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WHERE ARE MY SNACKS - I WANT THEM NOW - OR ELSE
LINK:https://x.com/betordc/status/2026606919150899476?s=20
LINK:https://x.com/betordc/status/2026606919150899476?s=20
FELIX IS PLAYING WITH THE BIG BOYS - LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE PLAYS WITH FIRE
LINK:https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2026900171569643666?s=20
LINK:https://x.com/wembi_steve/status/2026900171569643666?s=20
I DONT KNOW WHAT PLANET THIS MORONS FROM, CLEARLY NOT EARTH. IF THEY SAY IT, IT MUST BE TRUE
LINK: https://x.com/MinMinesRDC/status/2026951503840165988?s=20
LINK: https://x.com/MinMinesRDC/status/2026951503840165988?s=20
GEE TOO SAD - CHINA MIGHT START STOCKPILING AND DRIVE THE LITHIUM SPOT RATE HIGHER.
LINK: https://x.com/JasonInAU/status/2026732059742585002?s=20
LINK: https://x.com/JasonInAU/status/2026732059742585002?s=20
Dave Evans
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Seems like a monumental battle going on on X at the moment. Lots of unrelenting posts by AVZ shareholders like Allmet and others, and Kiki doing a fantastic job supporting us as he has done since the beginning.
Today is the 27th February and I’m expecting an announcement at some point saying the ICSID suspension will be extended.
I’ve heard too much bullshit for too long and spent too many hours here every day since the shit started. What’s kept us in the game is the ICC and ICSID. If we get sucked in again (which I suspect) I doubt I’ll continue to put the effort in, in fact I’ll be fucken spewing because I don’t see the offer we want coming until we put the pressure back on the DRC and US.
Today is the 27th February and I’m expecting an announcement at some point saying the ICSID suspension will be extended.
I’ve heard too much bullshit for too long and spent too many hours here every day since the shit started. What’s kept us in the game is the ICC and ICSID. If we get sucked in again (which I suspect) I doubt I’ll continue to put the effort in, in fact I’ll be fucken spewing because I don’t see the offer we want coming until we put the pressure back on the DRC and US.
Samus
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US expands its tent in Africa with new energy and minerals financing
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US expands its tent in Africa with new energy and minerals financing
Segun Adeyemi23 February 2026 07:32 PM
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation has approved a fresh round of strategic investments across Africa, sharpening Washington’s economic focus on critical minerals, energy security, and regional stability.
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) poses for photographs with Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi after signing a peace accord at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace on December 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. [Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]
- The US DFC has approved a new wave of strategic investments across Africa.
- The funding focuses on critical minerals, energy security, and supply chain resilience.
- Washington says the move strengthens partnerships while advancing US strategic interests.
- The decision comes after Congress raised the agency’s investment ceiling to $205 billion
In a statement released through the Africa Regional Media Hub, DFC Director General Ben Black said the new approvals reflect a “disciplined approach” to advancing US strategic interests while maintaining commercial sustainability.
He added that the agency aims to mobilise public and private capital to strengthen the sovereignty of key African partners and secure access to minerals essential for modern industry.
While the agency did not disclose the value of the individual transactions, the approvals follow a major legislative boost from the US Congress, which recently lifted the DFC’s overall investment cap to about $205 billion.
Lawmakers also authorised a new revolving equity fund intended to expand the agency’s participation in high-impact projects.
Officials said the newly approved financing remains subject to congressional notification and strict oversight to ensure alignment with US growth and national security priorities.
Established in 2019, the DFC has emerged as Washington’s flagship development finance vehicle, with investments spanning health, agriculture, and infrastructure.
The latest approvals underscore the growing geopolitical importance of Africa’s energy and mineral resources as global powers compete to secure resilient supply chains
cruiser51
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Looks like 10 o'clock 2 rows behind Louis in the light grey shirt, the Kobold rep for the DRC, with a big grin on his face.
cruiser51
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Franck Fwamba holding Louis' butt.
Xerof
Flushed the Toilet
US forms critical mineral triangle with UAE and DR Congo
By Valentina PasqualiFebruary 25, 2026, 4:26 PM
Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine in Tulwizembe, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Focus on DRC’s cobalt, copper and tin
- Washington aims to break China’s hold
- Gulf seen as important pillar in effort
Washington is trying to break China’s chokehold on the supply of critical minerals, such as cobalt, as demand for them skyrockets in the era of artificial intelligence. The Gulf is a pillar of this effort as it offers abundant capital, a commitment to economic diversification and plenty of cheap energy, experts said.
The DRC holds most of the world’s cobalt and significant copper and tin reserves, markets long dominated by Chinese operators. Now Washington and Abu Dhabi are stepping in, signing agreements with Kinshasa and each other to expand investment, secure access and coordinate critical minerals supply.
Officials have not clarified whether Washington and Abu Dhabi are actively cooperating or simply moving forward in parallel, but signals point to an emerging triangle of coordination, according to analysts.
“Whether it’s a closed loop is still in question, but I do think that the DRC is definitely one of the African countries that both the US and UAE have been targeting,” said Rachel Ziemba, a strategist in New York.
“And we know the US and the UAE are trying to cooperate in this space.”
Pax Silica, a US initiative to divert semiconductor supply chains away from China, could provide an envelope for such coordination, Ziemba said. In mid-January the UAE became the ninth country to join Pax Silica.
In an email to AGBI, a State Department spokesperson did not address whether there was any open coordination with the UAE.
However, they said the administration welcomed “efforts by US firms and their partners to contribute to the responsible development of the DRC’s mining sector”, calling this “vital for both local economic growth and global supply chains”.
The Emirati embassy in Washington has been contacted for comment.
Web of partnerships
The DRC has traditionally relied on Chinese companies for mining and processing of its cobalt, copper, tin, tungsten and other elements. The US and the UAE are challenging this through a web of partnerships.Washington clinched an agreement with Kinshasa in early December that lists easing “greater investment by US persons and aligned persons” as one of its priorities.
The parties met for the first time on February 5, on the sidelines of a minerals-focused gathering at the State Department. They secured “preferential access” for US companies to DRC mining projects, including a tantalum reservoir in the rebel-controlled east of the country, according to Reuters.
That same week, the UAE and the DRC signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement to enhance trade “in sectors such as precious stones, minerals, mining and agriculture”.
Washington and Abu Dhabi have their own bilateral framework to boost cooperation in the sourcing and processing of critical minerals and rare earths at home and in “other mutually agreed locations”.
This month Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports agreed to develop and operate a multipurpose terminal in Matadi along the Congo river, while a US government agency, the International Development Finance Corp, backed a venture of the DRC’s state-owned miner Gécamines to ship copper cathode to the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
In January the Development Finance Corp decided to co-invest with Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company (IHC) in critical minerals, energy and other areas of “mutual strategic interest”.
The US agency is also behind the $553 million rehabilitation of a 1,300km railway line that connects Congolese mining sites with Angola’s Lobito port.
Mining revamp
Christopher Ecclestone, a London-based mining strategist at Hallgarten & Company, said Washington was deploying government firepower to revamp mining after letting it fall by the wayside domestically in the past few decades.US officials are taking a page from Beijing’s playbook and embracing an “if you can’t beat them, join them” attitude, Ecclestone said. Orion Critical Mineral Consortium, which is also backed by the Development Finance Corp, is buying a 40 percent stake in Glencore’s DRC assets, he pointed out.
The US and the UAE may not be moving in lockstep, according to Ecclestone, but both have something to gain from their work in the DRC.
“The UAE companies are saying, ‘We will process this stuff out of X country and then we’ll send it to the US’, and the US is thinking ‘Thank God we don’t have to think about that, someone else will do it for us and it’s not the Chinese’.”
Further reading:
- Gulf gets to grips with the new geopolitics of copper
- US pins hopes on Gulf for supply of critical minerals
- Gulf navigates increased US pressure to shut out China
The DRC may secure better terms and support to establish some domestic processing, said Will Adams, head of base metals research at Fastmarkets.
“Nobody wants to be reliant on one big power because you can get pushed around more, so having a bit of competition amongst your suitors is probably not a bad thing,” he said.
Dave Evans
Regular
Most likely done to give Tshisekedi something to brag about and save his arse as there’s been pressure on him from all the reports of his corruption.
The posts above yours Sam, from @Mouthpiecenomnom and @Xerof specifically doesn’t mention lithium, but it specifically keeps repeating AI (think KoBold). Don’t trust KoBold.
I initially replied to @cruiser51 post but then deleted my reply. After thinking it over I decided to repost it….
Behind KoBold’s rep is corrupt CAMI MD Popol Mabolia Yenga and left of him, and front row far right, most probably Zijin reps
ICC Dathomir 5% case pushed back because the ICC arbitration was also suspended and the cherry on top would be not having a new nominated arbitrator at ICSID.
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THEY WANT THE WEST TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING AND WALK AWAY WITH NOTHING
LINK: https://x.com/Its_ereko/status/2027000963777634674?s=20
LINK: https://x.com/Its_ereko/status/2027000963777634674?s=20
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