Traceability Comes for Ferrochrome as buyers enforce supply chain rules after Congo's uranium scare. Learn who wins, who loses in the shift.
Analysis · Critical Minerals
Key Facts
—Congo review DRC will test cobalt exports after a study estimated 2,000–5,000t uranium shipped 2000–2024 (disputed).
—Study source Peer-reviewed estimate, not a customs total; government and Chinese firms deny it.
—Marikana deaths 14 men died in an unlicensed chrome pit near Marikana, South Africa, in 2026.
An investigation by Lighthouse Reports, The Financial Times and Le Monde traces the possible export of uranium from the…
The DR Congo is investigating uranium-contaminated cobalt exports after an investigation revealed thousands of tonnes of…
Chinese-owned mining companies, in the Democratic Republic of Congo have rejected claims that their cobalt products contain…
Radioactive ores have become a proliferation risk in the land that supplied material for second world war atomic bombs
The Democratic Republic of Congo will confiscate unused cobalt export quotas and tighten export rules, reinforcing its grip on…
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 10: DR Congo is testing its cobalt exports for uranium after an investigation alleged…
World's largest cobalt producer investigates secret China exports "exposed" by U.S. and French investigators in a war-torn region in Africa
