Secret DR Congo Exports: Is China Acquiring Hidden Uranium Inside Cobalt Supply? | Firstpost Africa
Watch this video as Firstpost examines how a joint investigation by Lighthouse Reports, the Financial Times, and Princeton University researchers has exposed a massive blind spot in global mineral security. Between 2,000 and 5,000 tonnes of undeclared uranium may have left the Democratic Republic of Congo inside cobalt exports destined for China over the past two decades. The explanation lies deep beneath the soil of Katanga, a geological belt historically famous for the Shinkolobwe mine, which supplied the uranium for the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Eight decades later, that same ore is powering electric vehicles, smartphones, and the global green energy transition yet trace amounts of uranium remain mixed inside the cobalt shipments heading straight to Chinese refineries. As Washington backs the multi-billion-dollar Lobito Corridor to counter Beijing's dominance over 95 percent of Congo's cobalt exports, Katanga’s minerals have become the front line of a global power struggle. Alyson Le Grange explains why every mineral shipment leaving Congolese soil now carries strategic value that the world's biggest powers are fighting to control.TIME STAMPS:
0:00 – Introduction: Congo’s Cobalt Shipments Under Scrutiny Over Alleged Uranium Exports
0:25 – Investigation Claims Uranium May Have Been Hidden In Cobalt Shipments To China
0:55 – Katanga’s Unique Geology: Where Cobalt, Copper And Uranium Exist Together
1:20 – Congo’s Nuclear History: The Shinkolobwe Mine And The Manhattan Project
1:45 – From Atomic Bombs To Electric Cars: Congo’s Minerals Power Two Different Eras
2:05 – China Rejects Wrongdoing As Mining Companies Defend Operations
2:30 – Congo’s Cobalt Supply Chain Becomes A New Front In U.S.-China Competition
2:55 – Washington’s Push For Critical Minerals And The Lobito Corridor
3:20 – Congo’s Challenge: Turning Mineral Wealth Into Local Value
3:35 – Uranium Allegations Spark New Questions Over Control Of Congo’s Strategic Resources
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