{"id":155,"date":"2026-08-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starkdrc.com\/filiere-batteries-rdc-chaine-de-valeur-regionale\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:27:43","slug":"filiere-batteries-rdc-chaine-de-valeur-regionale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starkdrc.com\/en\/filiere-batteries-rdc-chaine-de-valeur-regionale\/","title":{"rendered":"The DRC battery industry: towards a regional value chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holding the world's largest cobalt reserves and a major copper producer, the DRC has for several years aimed to move up the electric vehicle battery value chain. In August 2026, the issue returned to the centre of debate at the 46th SADC summit in Durban.<\/p>\n<h2>A regional rather than national chain<\/h2>\n<p>The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), <strong>Claver Gatete<\/strong>, is calling for minerals to be processed on the continent, with production stages shared among several southern African countries. For batteries, the axis mentioned links the <strong>DRC, Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa<\/strong> : refining, precursor manufacturing, components, assembly and logistics would be distributed among these countries, with the DRC mainly supplying cobalt and copper.<\/p>\n<h2>Competitive costs<\/h2>\n<p>According to an ECA economic estimate, a plant producing <strong>10,000 tonnes of battery precursors per year<\/strong> in the DRC would cost around <strong>US$39 million<\/strong>, nearly three times less than a comparable facility in the United States. This is an estimate, not an announced plant project.<\/p>\n<h2>Prerequisites: power and corridors<\/h2>\n<p>The Lobito corridor (Angola\u2013DRC\u2013Zambia) and the Southern African Power Pool are presented as essential conditions, particularly for power and transport. This work builds on the framework agreement signed in 2023 between the DRC and Zambia, with support from Afreximbank and the ECA, to study cross-border special economic zones dedicated to batteries, as well as the battery research centre of excellence hosted by the University of Lubumbashi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stk-callout\"><strong>Point to watch:<\/strong> moving from declarations to funded, located investments. Industrialisation means greater needs for power, industrial electrical works and automation \u2014 expertise at the heart of STARK COMPANY's offering.<\/div>\n<p class=\"stk-credit\"><strong>Photo credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lepoint.cd\/minerais-critiques-la-cea-place-la-rdc-dans-une-chaine-regionale-des-batteries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LePoint.cd<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-photo-credit\"><em>Featured image: <a href=\"https:\/\/lepoint.cd\/minerais-critiques-la-cea-place-la-rdc-dans-une-chaine-regionale-des-batteries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LePoint.cd<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"stk-source\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lepoint.cd\/minerais-critiques-la-cea-place-la-rdc-dans-une-chaine-regionale-des-batteries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LePoint.cd \u2013 ECA places the DRC in a regional battery value chain (17 August 2026)<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/classe-export.com\/index.php\/racommunaute\/73075-la-rd-congo-avance-pas-a-pas-vers-lemergence-dune-filiere-batterie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Classe Export \u2013 DR Congo moves towards a battery industry<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cobalt, copper, precursors, special economic zones: how far has the Congolese ambition to produce battery components come?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batteries-minerais-critiques"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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