Foreign trade: rise in prices of several DRC commercial mining products

Kinshasa, April 20^th, 2026 (CPA).- Several commercial mining products from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, such as  copper, nickel, gold and aluminium, have registered price rises during the week of April 20^th to 25^th,  2026, according to price lists from the Ministry in charge of Foreign Trade consulted on Monday by CPA. “Several commercial mining products are seeing price rises in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), such as: copper, nickel, gold and aluminium, during the week of April 20^th to 25^th, 2026,” it is read. According to these price lists, copper has recorded an increase, rising from USD 12,148.40 to USD 12,836.10, or 5.66% per tonne. Nickel has moved from USD 14,981.87 to USD 15,352.97 compared to the previous week, representing a 6.33% increase per tonne, whilst gold has risen from USD 151.88 to USD 153.87, a 1.31% increase per gramme, Aluminium has followed the same positive trend, trading at USD 1,690.63 compared to USD 1,666.39 the previous week, representing a 1.45% increase per tonne.  Some base metals saw price declines during the week of April 20^th -25^th, 2026. Meanwhile, other commercial minerals such as cobalt, niobium and battery materials have recorded declines, going from USD 55,615.00 last week to USD 55,604.00 this week, a fall of 0.01% per tonne; from USD 7,555.07 to USD 6,534.04, a fall of 13.51% per tonne; and from USD 484.51 to USD 483.06 the previous week, a decline of 0.29% per tonne. Meanwhile, germanium shows a stable trend at USD 6,198.75 per gram.