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Africa: DR Congo, Zambia Vow to Resolve Customs Delays for Trucks Hauling Copper, Cobalt
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Zambia, DR Congo to End Border Delays for Copper-Carrying Trucks
The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshesikedi and Zambian President Hakainde Hichelema, have vowed to resolve customs delays for trucks transporting copper, writes Kathy Short for VOA. The two countries are Africa's top producers of the precious metal.
There has been a growing demand worldwide, for electric vehicles - which is fuelling the race for copper and cobalt used in their batteries, but truckloads of the key metals have been stuck at the border between the two countries.
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The country aims to produce 1,5 million tonnes per year and become the world's fifth top copper producer by 2015 on the back of increased foreign investment. Read more »
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Copper is all around us. The metal is both ever-present and invisible in our world. Copper makes reading the words on this screen possible. And the global spread ... Read more »
Trucks transporting copper in a kilometres-long line at the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
