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A United States government-backed Orion Critical Mineral Consortium has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire a 40% stake in Glencore’s Mutanda and Kamoto mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which produces more than 70% of the world’s cobalt, in a deal valued at $9 billion.
A collective of Congolese lawyers and human rights defenders filed a petition at the Constitutional Court of Congo, arguing the agreement was imposed without parliamentary ratification.
USA cannot survive without Congo
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2026-06-07 05:07:14 UTCEvent JSON
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