Huayou revealed two plans, one to spend US$742m on nickel and the other to spend US$147m on copper in DRC.
In November 2018, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd. said it will provide most of the money needed to set up a $1.83 billion Indonesian nickel smelting project, as mining companies scramble to secure the raw materials that will supply the expected new-energy vehicle boom.
In December 2018, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd. plans to invest $147.2 million in a copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), deepening the Chinese mining company’s presence in the central African country.
The investment — through a local subsidiary — will be used to develop a project located in the Lukuni region of the southern province of Haut-Katanga, the company said in a filing (link in Chinese) with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Tuesday.