[Summary Report] According to reports from Reuters and other media outlets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Manono lithium mine project in Tanganyika Province, which is owned by China's mining giant Zijin Mining, has recently begun the export of its first batch of lithium concentrate. 

This not only marks the entry of this project into the substantive stage of commercialization, but also symbolizes that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has officially joined the ranks of global lithium exporters, opening a brand new chapter in its mining development. 

To China: First batch of trial shipments for verifying logistics and production capacity 

According to an informed source, the transportation of the first batch of lithium concentrate has been initiated as per the established plan in June 2026. All the produced lithium concentrate will be transported to the Chinese market.

The current export volume mainly consists of test shipments, aiming to conduct a full-process verification of the actual performance of the beneficiation plant and the entire cross-border logistics chain, thus laying the groundwork for subsequent large-scale production increases. Currently, some of the produced lithium concentrate is at different stages of transportation to China, and is expected to arrive at Chinese ports successively in October this year. 

—Extracted from the current Congolese WeChat official account