RPT-COLUMN-Congo's cobalt hopes risk the same ruinous road as Thai rice: Russell
February 19, 2018 at 07:00 AM EST
LAUNCESTON, Australia, Feb 19 (Reuters) - What do the moves by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to boost its share of the country's cobalt bounty have in common with the former Thai government's attempts to control the global market for rice exports?