The Democratic Republic of Congo's mines contract review commission yesterday recommended renegotiating the partnership agreement with Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. for the Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt project.
Freeport says the Tenke Fungurume project is one of the world's biggest copper and cobalt deposits. [right: orebody in adit.
below, deposit area. Tenke Mining Co.]The Congo review said, "The commission believes there is justification for renegotiating this partnership."