DR Congo tin exports to revive US sector

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Tin mined in DR Congo will be exported to the US as part of a broader partnership with Washington giving American companies preferential access to Kinshasa’s minerals. A Pentagon-backed smelter will produce the metal essential to the manufacture of radar and other military electronics.
Emirati-controlled mining company Alphamin Resources said it had signed a two-year agreement to supply up to 3,600 metric tons of tin annually from its Bisie mine in conflict-hit eastern DR Congo to US metals firm Nathan Trotter. The shipments would account for nearly a fifth of the mine’s annual production and feed a $65 million smelter in Virginia that is expected to begin operating in 2027.

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