{"id":32504,"date":"2026-04-20T14:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32504"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:11:42","slug":"us-companies-eye-drc-mining-assets-including-rubaya","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-companies-eye-drc-mining-assets-including-rubaya\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018US companies eye DRC mining assets, including Rubaya\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>United States (US) companies are showing &#8220;significant&#8221; interest in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mining assets, including the rebel held \u200bRubaya area, a State Department official said, adding that investments in that area will have to align with \u200cWashington led peace efforts.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Earlier this year, DRC sent Washington a shortlist of strategic assets, including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects, for US investors to consider as part of a mineral&#8217;s partnership.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The US hopes through the minerals partnership to convert peace and investment deals with DRC into influence over the \u200bcountry&#8217;s critical-minerals supply chain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The US has stepped up efforts to secure critical mineral supplies globally for a strategic metals \u200bstockpile as it seeks to reduce reliance on China and counter China&#8217;s dominance in Africa.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The US \u2060is in the process of soliciting private sector feedback on the list of assets, the official told <em>Reuters<\/em> on Friday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We have \u200bsignificant interest, yes,&#8221; the official said, but declined to name the companies, saying &#8220;the conversations are still forming.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>DRC&#8217;s government and M23 officials \u200bdid not immediately respond to <em>Reuters<\/em> questions on US firms&#8217; interest in the mining assets.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13986,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-32504","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"US) companies are showing \"significant\" interest in DRC mining assets","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32512,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32504\/revisions\/32512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}