Congo’s Katanga Governor Snubs Export Ban on Copper Concentrate
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper-rich Katanga province said it won’t implement a government ban on exporting copper and cobalt concentrate because it doesn’t have capacity to process all the ore itself.
The order to halt exports, signed April 5 by Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu, was rejected by Katanga because the copper-rich region lacks sufficient electricity for the processing plants, Governor Moise Katumbi said today by telephone.