La Rep\u00fablica Democr\u00e1tica del Congo ha clasificado el cobalto como sustancia \"estrat\u00e9gica\", lo que significa que los mineros pagar\u00e1n casi tres veces m\u00e1s derechos que antes por el componente clave de las bater\u00edas de los veh\u00edculos el\u00e9ctricos. La tasa se sit\u00faa ahora en el 10%, indica un decreto gubernamental.<\/p>\n
La medida no hab\u00eda sido del todo inesperada. La DCR hab\u00eda considerado aumentar los c\u00e1nones ya en enero seg\u00fan se informa<\/a>. Por aquel entonces, el Parlamento hab\u00eda debatido un impuesto del 5%, pero ahora est\u00e1 en el 10%.<\/p>\n La tasa de derechos del 10% tambi\u00e9n se aplicar\u00e1 al coltan, que se utiliza para alimentar dispositivos electr\u00f3nicos, y al germanio, que se emplea para fabricar transistores.<\/p>\n La subida de impuestos ha provocado la oposici\u00f3n de inversores como Glencore y China Molybdenum, que han presionado contra el nuevo c\u00f3digo minero aprobado a principios de a\u00f1o, sin \u00e9xito.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" La Rep\u00fablica Democr\u00e1tica del Congo ha clasificado el cobalto como sustancia \"estrat\u00e9gica\", lo que significa que los mineros pagar\u00e1n casi tres veces m\u00e1s derechos que antes por el componente clave<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":88338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9927],"tags":[10230,13682,10914,13168,13383,13169],"class_list":["post-103724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battery-fuel-cell","tag-batteries","tag-battery-cells","tag-battery-production","tag-cobalt","tag-congo","tag-raw-materials"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":" On another note, BMW, BASF, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics launched a cooperative pilot project to support sustainable and fair cobalt mining initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week<\/a>. The German development agency GIZ will coordinate the project and also include small local miners who work under particularly dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n Before they became “strategic”, the minerals were all subject to a royalty rate of 3.5 percent, an increase over the 2 percent rate in Congo\u2019s previous mining code.<\/p>\n Cobalt plays a key role in the production of batteries for electrified vehicles. The resource is also a rare element, with only about 0,004% of the earth\u2019s crust holding the mineral. Additionally, about two thirds of the global supply are located in Congolese territory.<\/p>\n