Olivier Binyingo, a director in the Johannesburg office of Herbert Smith Freehills South Africa LLP who has built particular experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will participate in a DRC Mining Week webinar on Thursday 18 June, 11:00 GMT which will address questions such as:

• Will the permanency of these declines be tied to the duration of the crisis?
• What is the distribution plan around the metals currently building surpluses due to the demand weakness?
• How do future consumers will try to mitigate supply risks?
• Why is gold considered as the safe haven
• DRC: a unique combination of political, financial and operational challenges to understand when it comes to cobalt and copper
• How to break dependency to cobalt? Is nickel an alternative?

Register here to join the debate with key mining industry experts.