INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For over two decades, Chinese companies have been known to demonstrate a notable risk tolerance, often venturing into overseas markets that
Western counterparts avoided.
This is evident in the conflict-ridden yet mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo, where Chinese mining
enterprises had in the past decade made vast investments as foreign-owned companies exited, positioning the country as the world’s largest
producer of cobalt and second-largest producer of copper.
This pattern of investment...
