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Washington blacklists DRC Cobalt - bold move 
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An open pit mine in the Greater Katanga, the world's cobalt reservoir.
Kinshasa does not agree with the United States' decision to include Congolese cobalt on their blacklist. In a statement bearing the signature of the Government Spokesman, Kinshasa believes that "this decision does not take into account the efforts or greater progress made in the regulation of artisanal and industrial mining by the State". "It tends," he says, "to question the effectiveness of international compliance control and supply chain due diligence mechanisms recognized in terms of human rights, work and safety to which industrialists are rigorously subjected by independent international structures working directly with Western multinationals (European and American) to take into account end users." And to specify: "This decision deliberately ignores local realities and undermines the international reputation of the congolese mining sector".
While expressing its strong desire to clean up its cobalt sector, the government of the DRC says it is "open to any constructive initiative aimed at improving working conditions and strengthening the protection of human rights in its mining sector in order to contribute to the inclusive and sustainable development of the country".
Below is the Government's press release, dated October 1, 2024.
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Inclusion du cobalt congolais sur la liste noire de Washington: Kinshasa proteste - L'info qui fait échos
Kinshasa n’est pas d’accord avec la décision des Etats-Unis d’inclure le cobalt congolais sur leur liste noire. Dans un communiqué portant la signature du Porte-parole <a class="mh-excerpt-more"...
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Inclusion of Congolese cobalt on Washington's blacklist: Kinshasa protests
October 2, 2024Faustin KuEDIASALA0
Kinshasa does not agree with the United States' decision to include Congolese cobalt on their blacklist. In a statement bearing the signature of the Government Spokesman, Kinshasa believes that "this decision does not take into account the efforts or greater progress made in the regulation of artisanal and industrial mining by the State". "It tends," he says, "to question the effectiveness of international compliance control and supply chain due diligence mechanisms recognized in terms of human rights, work and safety to which industrialists are rigorously subjected by independent international structures working directly with Western multinationals (European and American) to take into account end users." And to specify: "This decision deliberately ignores local realities and undermines the international reputation of the congolese mining sector".
While expressing its strong desire to clean up its cobalt sector, the government of the DRC says it is "open to any constructive initiative aimed at improving working conditions and strengthening the protection of human rights in its mining sector in order to contribute to the inclusive and sustainable development of the country".
Below is the Government's press release, dated October 1, 2024.
Econews
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