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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE; EXPORT OF LITHIUM EXPLOITED IN MANONO ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET: THE MANONO LITHIUM COMPANY OBTAINS SUPPORT FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE

Promotion of exports of Congolese products on the international market, the company MANONO LITHIUM which exploits lithium in Manono in the province of Tanganyika, will now benefit from the support of the Ministry of Foreign Trade in the export of its productions, part of which is already at the port of Kalemie; a project which plans an annual production of around 1 million tonnes of lithium concentrates.

Fallout from the strategic meeting this Monday, July 13, 2026 in Kinshasa between the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya and the representative of the MANONO LITHIUM project in the DRC, Kévin Wang.

On behalf of the Congolese Government, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya called on the MANONO LITHIUM company to focus on local processing, in accordance with the vision of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi to thus create added value and jobs, because with the first phase of 500,000 tonnes per year, a large quantity of this production must be transformed locally into lithium sulfate, before being exported by lake to supply the global market for batteries and electric vehicles.

Note that the Manono lithium deposit in the province of Tanganyika is estimated at more than 400 million tonnes of ore.