Luoyang Molybdenum Group (CMOC Group) tau hais rau hnub Monday nws tau rov pib xa tawm tooj liab thiab cobalt los ntawm nws cov TFM mine hauv Democratic Republic of Congo, Reuters tau tshaj tawm. Qhov no yog thawj qhov kev lees paub xa tawm los ntawm Luoyang Molybdenum tom qab daws teeb meem nrog Democratic Republic of Congo thaum lub Plaub Hlis.
Tenke Fungurume Mining Company (TFM) tau muab 10 feem pua ntawm lub ntiaj teb cobalt hauv 2021, tab sis tau tso tseg kev xa tawm thaum Lub Xya Hli 2022 tom qab muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb nrog Congolese lub xeev tus tswv miner Gecamines tshaj cov khoom siv hluav taws xob.
Qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tau raug daws nyob rau lub Plaub Hlis, tab sis thaum lub sij hawm ob tog tsis tau hais tias thaum twg cov khoom xa tuaj yuav rov pib dua.
"TFM tooj liab thiab cobalt khoom tam sim no raug xa tawm thiab muag ib txwm raws li tau npaj tseg," Vincent Zhou, tus cev lus rau CMOC Group, tau hais rau hnub Monday. Pib txij lub Plaub Hlis 29, TFM cov khoom lag luam rov pib xa tawm.
CMOC npaj yuav muag tooj liab thiab cobalt cov khoom lag luam tsim txij thaum Lub Xya Hli xyoo tas los raws li kev xav tau ntawm kev lag luam, tsis yog nrhiav kev muag khoom sai, Zhou tau hais.
Cobalt tus nqi ntawm Comex pauv tau poob 40 feem pua txij li Congo cobalt mine tau ncua kev xa tawm thaum lub Xya Hli 2022, tab sis tsis hloov pauv thaum lub Plaub Hlis Ntuj lig, thaum CMOC thiab Gecamines tau hais tias lawv tau ua tiav qhov kev pom zoo ntawm cov nuj nqis.
"Feem ntau ntawm TFM cov khoom cobalt muaj cov ntawv cog lus mus sij hawm ntev, thaum tus so yuav raug muag raws li kev lag luam thoob ntiaj teb thiab tsis xav tias yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam loj rau tus nqi," Zhou hais.
CMOC tau hais tias nws cov haujlwm Congo tau tsim 254,286 tonnes ntawm tooj liab thiab 20,286 tonnes ntawm cobalt xyoo tas los.
"TFM qhov rov pib dua ntawm kev xa tawm tooj liab yuav ntxiv rau kev muab khoom, tab sis qhov nce ntxiv ntawm cov khoom yuav tsum tsis txhob overstated vim tias cov khoom muag tau pib muag txij lub Plaub Hlis," said Nitesh Shah, kws tshuaj ntsuam ntawm WisdomTree.
Thaum lub sij hawm thawing ntawm tensions nrog Gecamines, CMOC pib ua hauj lwm ntawm KFM kuv. KFM mine, yav tas los hu ua Kisanfu, yog ib qhov loj tshaj plaws thiab qib siab tshaj plaws tooj liab-cobalt mines hauv ntiaj teb, kuj nyob hauv Congo.
CMOC tau ua qhov kev sim ntau lawm ntawm KFM thiab npaj kom tsim tau 70,{1}} txog 90,000 tons ntawm tooj liab thiab 24,000 txog 30,{7}} tons ntawm cobalt xyoo no , Zhou hais.
Congo yog lub ntiaj teb cov khoom lag luam loj tshaj plaws ntawm cobalt. Qhov thib peb loj tshaj plaws tooj liab tsim tom qab Peru thiab Chile.
