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Mobilising momentum for DRC’s industrialisation: New Critical Minerals & Industrialisation Forum

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on February 13, 2026 at 13:41

The organisers of the DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum have announced the launch of a new, co-located event to this flagship annual gathering in Kolwezi, namely, the DRC Critical Minerals & Industrialisation Forum.

DRC Mining Week wins “Event of the Year” at the Katanga Awards

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on December 1, 2025 at 9:43

DRC Mining Week wins “Event of the Year” at the Katanga Awards, a powerful endorsement of DRC’s premier platform for mining investment and development

DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum features impressive expert speakers and pioneering projects

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on September 14, 2025 at 17:38

The upcoming DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum features an impressive list of expert speakers, senior government representatives and pioneering regional projects as part of the programme line-up.

DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum: “DRC ambitious to transform its resources”

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on September 11, 2025 at 16:57

Hosted under the theme of “Leveraging foreign interest in critical minerals to boost the country’s economy,” the DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum drives investment in the foundational infrastructure and downstream industries that will accelerate the n

DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum back with big move to Kolwezi in September

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on April 1, 2025 at 12:11

DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum is moving to Kolwezi and is taking place from 29-30 September 2025.

Strong diplomatic support for DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum in Kinshasa in September

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on September 11, 2024 at 14:01

The organisers of the DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum have announced a list of VIPs that have already confirmed their presence at the event, taking place in Kinshasa from 17–18 September.

Battery Metals Forum returns to Kinshasa in September as demand for key minerals and metals remains high

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on August 13, 2024 at 12:07

Key role players in the battery manufacturing value chain from the private and public sectors are to converge in Kinshasa from 17–18 September for the Battery Metals Forum DRC-Africa. B

Vuka Group: First DRC female prime minister “momentous occasion for DRC’s coming-of-age journey”

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on April 5, 2024 at 8:04

Reaction to the recent appointment of DRC’s former Planning Minister, H.E. Madam Judith Tuluka Suminwa, as the country’s new Prime Minister by Samukelo Madlabane, Event Director – Mining at the Vuka Group, organisers of the annual, long-running flags

Business in the DRC is booming for South African mining exporters as they return to DRC Mining Week

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on April 11, 2023 at 14:16

Business in the DRC is booming for South African mining exporters as they return to DRC Mining Week

DRC Mining Week building on triumphant return last year with an even BIGGER 2023 edition

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on February 2, 2023 at 16:29

Last year’s triumphant, long-awaited homecoming of the DRC Mining Week expo and conference was an overwhelming, record-breaking success, confirming the event’s status as a trusted, indispensable member of the country’s mining community and THE meetin

DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum to provide much-needed strategic focus for minerals of the future

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on November 18, 2022 at 7:15

“Building an inclusive and equitable battery metals sector in the heart of Africa”

Driven by the demand for batteries and electric vehicles in a transparent and open environment, the continent welcomes the new DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum: a speci

Strong, specialised South African presence at DRC Mining Week in June

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on May 19, 2022 at 17:26

South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) is hosting a South African pavilion at the upcoming DRC Mining Week, taking place in Lubumbashi from 1–3 June.

Returning to Lubumbashi: DRC Mining Week is “embracing the recovery”

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on March 5, 2021 at 10:24

The organisers of the annual DRC Mining Week expo and conference this week confirmed that the next live, in-person edition of this flagship industry event in Africa’s most exciting mining destination, will return to Lubumbashi from 5-6 October this y

Mining potential of DRC in focus next week in Cape Town

Posted by Annemarie Roodbol on January 30, 2020 at 14:54

The DRC’s Minister of Mines, the Honourable Prof Willy Kitobo Samsoni, will address the DRC Mining Investment Breakfast next week, Wednesday 5 February, in Cape Town.