Investigation raises alarm over uranium in DRC cobalt shipments to China
- An investigation by Lighthouse Reports, The Financial Times and Le Monde traces the possible export of uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo back to a confidential International Atomic Energy Agency memo obtained in 2024.
- Chinese mining group CMOC, which owns the main site examined in Katanga, disputes the findings.
- Lighthouse Reports obtained a previously undisclosed internal memo from the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2024 and began investigating its contents.
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- An investigation by Lighthouse Reports, The Financial Times and Le Monde traces the possible export of uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo back to a confidential International Atomic Energy Agency memo obtained in 2024.
- Chinese mining group CMOC, which owns the main site examined in Katanga, disputes the findings.
- Lighthouse Reports obtained a previously undisclosed internal memo from the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2024 and began investigating its contents.
Sources: RFI