Kolwezi has some of the world's largest copper and cobalt reserves and that makes it a key location at the heart of the U.S. and China's jostle for mineral supremacy on the African continent.

In 2016 it took over the Tenke Fungurume mine near Kolwezi in a deal with the American miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc. and Canada's Lundin Mining Corp. that totaled $3.8 billion.

The agreement for the 206-MW Ruzizi III Regional Hydropower Project was part of over $2.5 billion in deals and commitments ...

Now, Kolwezi is at the center of U.S.-Chinese competition over critical minerals. Earlier this year, mining firms began shipping ore along a U.S.-backed railway that terminates in Angola's ...

These stark images tell a dark tale about the mining of cobalt, one of the most prized minerals of the modern technological age.. Taken near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a ...

Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin committed to restore Kakula Mine back into production as soon as safely possible Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo--(Newsfile Corp. - May 26, 2025) - Ivanhoe Mines ...

From June 22-25, more than 2,700 U.S. and African public and private sector leaders gathered for the 17th U.S.-Africa ...

In Kolwezi, the Mining Cooperative for Social Development (CMDS), which oversees more than 6,000 artisanal miners at the Kamilombe site some 10 km (6 mi) from the city, ...

The United States says the 17th US -Africa Business Summit yielded more than $2.5bn in new deals and commitments between US ...

Child labourers in Africa are being rebranded as 'artisanal miners' – it's time for the West to stop ignoring modern slavery ...

A general view of artisanal miners working at a mine near Kolwezi. Rights groups have flagged human rights abuses in the region [File: Junior Kannah/AFP] A ‘wrong path’?

The Sino-Congolais des Mines (Sicomines) agreement, signed in 2007, was a resource-for-infrastructure agreement that allowed Chinese companies to access cobalt, copper, and other minerals in return ...