DRC Just Banned Concentrate Exports and Signaled It Could Tighten Cobalt Quotas Further — What Miners Need to Know Now
The Democratic Republic of Congo has spent the past decade tightening its grip on how its cobalt and copper leave the country. What changed in the first two weeks of August 2026 is the pace. Three regulatory moves — a concentrate export ban, a new by-product tax regime, and the clearest public statement yet on […]