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Oil above $100 a barrel is now hitting currencies and business activity, not only pump prices, in African fuel importers.
Cobalt hydroxide prices fell about 31% in the third quarter despite the export quotas the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) uses to restrict supply.
DR Congo's Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba launched an airborne geological survey programme on 6 October to map the country's mineral potential.
Sudan earned a record $2.292 billion from official gold exports in the first nine months of 2026, the state-owned Sudanese Mineral Resources Company said on 6 October.
