Congo to Extend 2025 Cobalt Quotas by Three Months After Delays

Cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be able to roll last year’s export quotas into 2026 as delays in setting up new procedures prevented shipments.

Companies have until the end of March to dispatch the volumes they were originally supposed to export between mid-October and the end of the year, the Authority for the Regulation and Control of Strategic Mineral Substances’ Markets, known as ARECOMS, said in a statement distributed on Dec. 31.