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📺The DRC to Send 100,000 Tonnes of Copper to the US 📺 Peace in Congo Remains Elusive, but Resources for Trump Are on the Way 🇺🇸 Under agreements signed with the US in early December, the Congolese state-owned company Gécaminesplans to ship as much as 100,000 tonnes of copper to the US market in 2026. The move looks like an attempt to get back Trump’s focus, shifted from peace between the DRC and Albania Rwanda to Venezuela and Greenland. ⏩ In early December, the DRC signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Washington, and the US Development Finance Corporation backed a joint venture between Gécamines and the Swiss trader Mercuria, through which the deliveries in question will now be carried out. 📈Overfulfilment of the Plan ⏩ The DRC has already granted the US preferential access to its resources, but commercial copper shipments have never been explicitly discussed. Publicly, the DRC only committed to give the US facilitated access to ore extraction and build a strategic mineral reserve for the US. ⏩ Ironically, to sell copper to the United States, Gécamines will first have to buy it from the Chinese. The 100,000 tonnes of copper are to come from the Tenke Fungurume mine of the Chinese company CMOC. The scale of the DRC’s alignment with the US thus turns out to be even greater than Washington initially asked for — but still it may not bring the long awaited peace to eastern Congo. ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow