Comments on: Cobalt Draws Reluctant Carmakers Back to a Wobbly DRC

By: Robert M

Robert M — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:25:00 +0000

What alternate universe believes Trump is anti corruption? Earlier this month, with little fanfare, the administration announced that the United States was pulling back from commitments to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a consortium that, as Reuters described, “sets a global standard for governments to disclose their revenues from oil, gas, and mining assets, and for companies to report payments made to obtain access to publicly owned resources.” The extraction sector is still widely considered the most corrupt industry in the world, and the EITI – supported by more than 50 countries and the former Obama administration – remains on of the foremost groups tasked with ending trans-national corruption. — Reuters Business News November 2, 2017.

By: Robert Bennett

Robert Bennett — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:05:00 +0000

The US killed both Patrice Lumumba and Dag Hammarskjold and put Mobutu in power. They then used Mobutu to give a safe haven to the UNITA terrorists in Angola, who would have taken the control if the Cubans had not intervened.

By: T vannieKaap

T vannieKaap — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:03:00 +0000

Clever move by the Chinese. They don’t mind wading into sewers that angels would not go near and inconsequence they may get their hands around the supply of not just cobalt but a number of other rare metals which are showing promising results as battery alternatives.

By: Cory Groshek

Cory Groshek — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 02:21:00 +0000

Excellent article detailing the troubles the Congo has had in years past! Hopefully with Donald Trump’s new anti-corruption push in the US and new regulations relative to “clean cobalt” worldwide and in the DRC, things will improve from this point forward.