刚果民主共和国矿业部周五表示，中资矿企CDM虽已暂停运营，仍须向去年受工业废水泄漏影响的刚果社区支付600万美元赔偿。
Chinese-owned miner CDM must still pay $6 million to Congolese communities hit by last year's industrial wastewater spill even though it has suspended operations, the Democratic Republic of Congo's mines ministry said on Friday.
刚果（金）是全球最大钴生产国和第二大铜生产国，近年来收紧了矿业监管以增加国家收入。
Congo is the world's largest cobalt producer and second-largest copper producer, and has tightened mining regulations in recent years to boost state revenues.
刚果东方国际矿业公司（CDM）是中国浙江华友钴业（603799.SS）的子公司。华友钴业是全球最大的电池材料生产商之一，也是电动汽车行业的关键供应商。
Congo Dongfang International Mining (CDM) is a unit of China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (603799.SS), one of the world's largest battery materials producers and a key supplier to the electric vehicle industry.
2025年11月，CDM位于卢本巴希的矿区一处围堰发生废水泄漏，污染了附近社区，刚果当局随后责令CDM停产三个月。该围堰原本用于蓄水，却被用来储存酸性溶液。
Congolese authorities suspended CDM for three months after wastewater leaked from a containment basin at its Lubumbashi operation in November 2025, contaminating nearby communities. The basin was designed for water retention but had been used to store acidic solutions.
当局随后下令该公司向卡萨帕、卡马特特和卡米塞佩三个受影响社区各支付200万美元。
Authorities subsequently ordered the company to pay $2 million each to the three affected communities of Kasapa, Kamatete and Kamisepe.
矿业部在周五的声明中表示，赔偿计划的实施之所以被推迟，部分原因是CDM所称的财务困难；该公司最近宣布暂停业务。
In a statement on Friday, the mines ministry said implementation of the compensation programme had been delayed in part by financial difficulties cited by CDM, which recently announced a suspension of its activities.
矿业部表示：“财务困难或暂停运营，并不能免除运营方对受影响民众的义务。”声明还称，对当地社区作出的承诺“必须得到兑现”。华友钴业和CDM未立即回应置评请求。
"Financial difficulties or the suspension of operations do not exempt the operator from its obligations toward affected populations," the ministry said. Commitments made to local communities "must be honoured", it added. Huayou and CDM did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
矿业部表示，此次事件后，CDM还须向国库缴纳660万美元罚款。
The ministry said CDM was also required to pay a $6.6 million penalty to the state treasury following the incident.