Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended cobalt exports for four months to rein in oversupply of the battery metal on the international market.
The measures, according to the President of the Authority for the Regulation and Control of Strategic Mineral Substances’ Markets, Patrick Luabeya, will be reviewed in three months.
Congo is the world’s top producer of cobalt, a key component in batteries for electric vehicles and mobile phones.
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