Special Forces Veterans Lead US Bid to Buy Congo Cobalt Miner
Orion Resource Partners and Virtus Minerals are jointly negotiating the purchase of Chemaf, according to people familiar with the matter. While the US firms are in pole position to acquire Trafigura Group -backed Chemaf, the parties haven't entered into an exclusivity agreement as aspects of the deal are yet to be finalized, one of the people said, asking not to be identified as the talks are private.
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