{"id":968490,"date":"2018-08-30T21:22:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T21:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=968490"},"modified":"2018-08-30T21:22:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T21:22:57","slug":"congos-h1-copper-production-rises-8-cobalt-output-up-38-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=968490","title":{"rendered":"Congo&#8217;s H1 copper production rises 8%, cobalt output up 38%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/congos-h1-copper-production-rises-8-cobalt-output-38\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>DAKAR, Aug 30 (Reuters) \u2013 Copper output in Democratic Republic of Congo rose 7.9 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2018 to 597,249 tonnes and cobalt production jumped 37.6 percent to 52,491 tonnes, the central bank said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Congo is Africa&#8217;s top copper producer and the world&#8217;s leading miner of cobalt, which is a key component in electric vehicles and other electronic products.<\/p>\n<p>Gold production rose 15.8 percent over the same period to 17,948 kg, central bank data showed.<\/p>\n<p><em>(By Aaron Ross; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/congos-h1-copper-production-rises-8-cobalt-output-38\/\">Congo&#8217;s H1 copper production rises 8%, cobalt output up 38%<\/a> appeared first on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/\">MINING.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/congos-h1-copper-production-rises-8-cobalt-output-38\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>From:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/congos-h1-copper-production-rises-8-cobalt-output-38\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Congo's H1 copper production rises 8%, cobalt output up 38%\">Mining.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Reuters DAKAR, Aug 30 (Reuters) \u2013 Copper output in Democratic Republic of Congo rose 7.9 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2018 to 597,249 tonnes and cobalt production jumped 37.6 percent to 52,491 tonnes, the central bank said on Thursday. 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