Congo-Kinshasa: Investigation Raises Alarm Over Uranium in DR Congo Cobalt Shipments to China
An investigation by Lighthouse Reports, The Financial Times and Le Monde traces the possible export of uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo back to a confidential International Atomic Energy Agency memo obtained in 2024.
Steve Muanza, head of the DRC's nuclear energy agency, told The Financial Times that it was "technically possible" and even "probable" that Chinese companies were extracting uranium from cobalt ore exported from the country, although he said there was no direct evidence.
Internal company documents reviewed by the investigators recorded uranium-rich cobalt samples, including a peak concentration of 1,100 parts per million in December 2016 - around 15 times the export limit cited by the investigation.
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