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Atlas Investability Index
0–100 scale
39
FAILING
Critical minerals
62PARTIAL
Infrastructure
30FAILING
FDI & capital markets
34FAILING
Energy transition
33FAILING

Composite plus four cluster sub-scores on a 0–100 scale. The methodology is public and versioned; underlying weights are proprietary.

Catalogued sources · 24

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Tier 0 · primary law
STATUTELaw No. 18/001 of 9 March 2018 (DRC Mining Code, revising Law No. 007/2002)
STATUTELaw No. 007/2002 (DRC Mining Code, superseded)superseded
REGULATIONDecree 18/042 (DRC Mining Royalty and Strategic-Minerals Classification)
REGULATIONSicomines Convention (renegotiated 2024)
REGULATIONARECOMS Quota Allocation Notices (CMOC, Glencore, ERG)
REGULATIONCEEC (Centre d'Expertise et d'Évaluation des Substances Minérales Précieuses et Semi-Précieuses)
REGULATIONARECOMS (Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle des Marchés des Substances Minérales Stratégiques)
REGULATIONEGC (Entreprise Générale du Cobalt)unverified
REGULATIONDRC Regulator Decision on Material Regulatory Change (2025/2026)
REGULATIONFATF Increased Monitoring — DRC
GAZETTEDRC ARECOMS Decision Text (Journal Officiel)unverified
REGULATIONARECOMS Cobalt Export Quota Regime — effective 16 October 2025 · eff. 2025-10-16unverified
REGULATIONARECOMS Decision 001/ARECOMS/2025 (22 February 2025) — Cobalt Export Suspension and Quota System · eff. 2025-10-16
REGULATIONARECOMS Cobalt Export Suspension Extension — 21 September 2025 · eff. 2025-09-21supersededunverified
REGULATIONDecision No. 001/ARECOMS/2025 — Initial Cobalt Export Suspension · eff. 2025-02-22supersededunverified
STATUTEDRC Mining Code 2018 — Law 18/001 · eff. 2018-01-01
Tier 1 · multilateral / official
MULTILATERALESAAMLG — Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group
MULTILATERALDRC 2025 Strategic Investment Fund + Transboundary Battery/EV SEZ with Zambia (Afreximbank + UNECA)
Tier 2 · commercial intelligence
Tier 3 · news / advisory