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Glencore, the brokerage and raw materials extraction company, has agreed to supply Samsung with 21,000 tonnes of cobalt over the next 5 years.
The five-year agreement between the Anglo-Swiss and Korean giants which is already being studied also aims to conclude long-term supply agreements with key players in the supply chain of lithium-ion batteries.
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Vatican beatifies Congolese customs worker killed in 2007 for refusing bribe
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UN warns of impact Sudan's humanitarian crisis is having on Chad
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DRC and Liberia elected to serve 2-year term on UN Security Council
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Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech amid struggles
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DR Congo may impose curbs on cobalt exports when existing ban ends
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Dr. Mukwege denounces use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in DRC