Congo’s Copper Producers Warn Against Sea Change in Mining Laws
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Mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s biggest copper producer after Zambia, urged the government to reconsider proposed changes to the mining code and end a ban on exporting mineral concentrates.
An April 5 government order gave companies 90 days to halt exports of concentrated copper and cobalt as the nation seeks to promote domestic processing. Miners have said the country lacks sufficient electricity to process all its own ore.