Climate Politics
Congo’s President Wants New Exploration for Green Energy Metals
- Exploration to start in Kasai region for nickel, chrome
- President also seeks investments in cobalt, lithium processing
Felix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo's president, during a panel session on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Democratic Republic of Congo wants to position itself as a key source of metals in the green energy transition, and that will mean new exploration for nickel and chrome, according to President Felix Tshisekedi.
Exploration for the two minerals will begin “in the next few days” in Congo’s southern, diamond-rich Kasai region, Tshisekedi said Tuesday at the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The country is also looking for partners to invest in cobalt, tantalum, tin and lithium processing.