{"id":148950,"date":"2026-04-01T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148950"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:00:14","slug":"china-gains-ground-in-dr-congos-mining-sector-as-australian-firm-loses-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148950","title":{"rendered":"China gains ground in DR Congo\u2019s mining sector as Australian firm loses permits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTwo significant decisions within eight days made by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo reflect the current state of its mining industry, where Chinese companies have emerged as preferred partners.<br \/>\nOn March 19, DR Congo\u2019s Mining Registry announced the cancellation of mining permits held by Australia\u2019s AVZ Minerals for non-payment of surface rights fees.<br \/>\nIt was the second cancellation in three years suffered by the company in DR Congo after its Manono lithium concession was revoked&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3348614\/china-gains-ground-dr-congos-mining-sector-australian-firm-loses-permits?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTwo significant decisions within eight days made by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo reflect the current state of its mining industry,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148950"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}