A Pentagon-backed US smelter will produce the metal essential to the manufacture of radar and other military electronics.
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.
— Ruben Nyanguila
In brief
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.
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