{"id":"2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","language":"en","title":"DRC export-price bulletin shows copper and cobalt benchmarks easing","summary":"The ministry’s 5–10 October bulletin lists copper at US$14,649.30/t and cobalt at US$39,086/t before lower reference values.","body":["The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of External Trade posted a price bulletin on 7 October for principal export products during 5–10 October 2026. The National Price Bulletin Commission says its reference prices are intended to support market transparency and inform economic operators.","In the bulletin graphic, the copper quotation moves from US$14,649.30 per tonne to US$14,601.60/t, while cobalt moves from US$39,086/t to US$38,754/t. The ministry marks both entries as declining.","The same graphic shows gold moving from US$141.46 to US$138.48 per gram and tantalum concentrate from US$28,365.61 to US$28,353.36/t. These are bulletin benchmarks, not confirmed transaction prices or export receipts.","The bulletin gives no quantities or transaction volumes, so the short-period price changes do not establish a change in production or export revenue. The listed values are reference quotations for the stated 5–10 October period."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"DRC export-price bulletin shows copper and cobalt benchmarks easing\n\nThe ministry’s 5–10 October bulletin lists copper at US$14,649.30/t and cobalt at US$39,086/t before lower reference values.\n\nThe Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of External Trade posted a price bulletin on 7 October for principal export products during 5–10 October 2026. The National Price Bulletin Commission says its reference prices are intended to support market transparency and inform economic operators.\n\nIn the bulletin graphic, the copper quotation moves from US$14,649.30 per tonne to US$14,601.60/t, while cobalt moves from US$39,086/t to US$38,754/t. The ministry marks both entries as declining.\n\nThe same graphic shows gold moving from US$141.46 to US$138.48 per gram and tantalum concentrate from US$28,365.61 to US$28,353.36/t. These are bulletin benchmarks, not confirmed transaction prices or export receipts.\n\nThe bulletin gives no quantities or transaction volumes, so the short-period price changes do not establish a change in production or export revenue. The listed values are reference quotations for the stated 5–10 October period.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["commodity-prices","mining","metals","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-07","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T13:24:37Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-10T13:24:37Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T13:17:54Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-07","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T12:58:27Z","sources":[{"url":"https://commerce.gouv.cd/mercuriales.php?lang=en","name":"DRC Ministry of External Trade, National Price Bulletin Commission","licence":"No open reuse licence stated; factual reporting only, no source image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","licenseUrl":"https://commerce.gouv.cd/","attribution":"DRC Ministry of External Trade, National Price Bulletin Commission, export product price bulletin posted 7 October 2026","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"},{"url":"https://commerce.gouv.cd/part_admin/assets/img/mercuriales/photo1_6ac6338701ab0.webp","name":"DRC Ministry of External Trade, 5–10 October export price bulletin image","licence":"No open reuse licence stated; factual reporting only, no source image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","licenseUrl":"https://commerce.gouv.cd/","attribution":"DRC Ministry of External Trade, export price bulletin covering 5–10 October 2026","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-add-africa-drc-export-price-bulletin-oct7"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["price-observation","statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"CD","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-10-10","from":"2026-10-05","precision":"day"}}}