Region: Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

An ICC tribunal has ordered a state-owned entity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to pay €39 million in penalties to an Australian mining company for breaching the orders of an emergency arbitrator in a dispute over a lithium project.

17 March 2025

UPDATED: Colombia is apparently facing a second treaty claim relating to a sunken 18th-century Spanish galleon full of treasure, as the Democratic Republic of the Congo is hit with an ICSID claim over a mining concession. 

14 January 2025

An ICC arbitrator has declined to hear a claim by one of China’s largest mining groups over its purported purchase of a stake in a major lithium project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

18 March 2024

An Australian mining company says it has obtained provisional measures in an ICSID arbitration against the Democratic Republic of the Congo over a disputed lithium project that has also spawned various ICC claims.

23 January 2024

An Australian mining company says it will again seek ICC emergency arbitration against a state entity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over a lithium project that is already the subject of several pending claims.

30 October 2023

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing a new ICSID case from a Swiss banking group, as ICC claims by a Kazakh-owned mining group and a South African law firm also come to light.

29 August 2023

An Australian miner has launched an ICSID claim against the Democratic Republic of the Congo over a troubled lithium project that has already produced several ICC cases. 

09 June 2023

An Australian mining company says it is defending an ICC claim worth US$1.42 billion brought by a Chinese mining company and a state-owned entity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – the sixth arbitration to be filed over a troubled lithium project.

16 May 2023

An Australian mining company says an ICC emergency arbitrator has ruled in its favour in a dispute with a state-owned entity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over a lithium joint venture.

09 May 2023

An Australian mining company is bringing a pair of ICC arbitrations against its former joint venture partner in a battle for ownership of a major lithium project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – months after a Chinese multinational brought a claim over the same project.

09 December 2022