DRC bans export of cobalt and copper

摘要

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grabbing headlines again in a way that many investors would prefer that it didn't. The country's Minister of Mines Martin Kabwelulu has signed an order that bans the export of cobalt and copper concentrate. The move is ostensibly being made to encourage more value-added production within the country, but it throws some Western miners' assets into question.