Congo Financing Global Resource 
Green Car Congress
APRIL 4, 2011
A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. It will help slow global warming while also saving scarce natural resources.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Volkswagen says that it is actively engaging in improving artisanal cobalt mining conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as the living conditions for people in the surrounding communities. The project is being implemented by GIZ and financed by BASF, BMW Group, Google, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Volkswagen.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
As part of a cross-industry initiative, the BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This fully privately financed project seeks to pilot an approach to address challenges in artisanal mining.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 10, 2024
Chemaf Resources Ltd. Chemaf Resources Ltd. said last week it would halt mining operations at its Grants open pit mine until conditions improve, warning of a writedown, while nickel miner Panoramic Resources Ltd. Junior producers have been particularly hard hit. Australia’s Core Lithium Ltd.
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