Coltan, the Congo and your cell phone ... The mining of coltan in the Congo is often described as artisanal. Teams of a few individuals clear some jungle, ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, almost all diamond mining is done by hand. It’s a labor-intensive process that requires hauling away layers of dirt and rock ...

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The mining rights stipulated in the Mining Code are: Search Permit, ... This EITI Report covers Democratic Republic of Congo's extractive sector in 2015.

Yahoo!-ABC News Network ... but it is making the conflict in Congo more complicated. ... Coltan mining is very well paid in Congo terms.

Children as young as 7 years old work eight or more hours a day in the artisanal and small-scale mines that dot the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Once known for its conflict minerals and civil unrest, the Democratic Republic of Congo is working towards becoming a key cobalt, copper and diamonds mining ...

A profile of Mining in Democratic Republic of The Congo with directories of companies, people, industry sectors, projects, facilities, news and events.

6 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINERAL LAW FOUNDATION 57th INSTITUTE 2011 Chapter 9 MINING IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO A …

Colonial. During the colonial period, the Republic of the Congo saw small-scale mechanized mining activities. During the 1960s French exploration companies identified ...

Congo has one of the lowest GDP per capita in the world despite striking a series of huge mining deals in recent years and ramping up its output of minerals.

To understand why the southeastern Katanga region is much better developed than other parts of the DR Congo, you need to know about the mining industry of the area.

Country Overview. The Democratic Republic of the Congo ... However, systematizing the procedures necessary for a competitive process in awarding mining, ...

DAKAR, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Mining companies in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Monday that proposed changes to the mining code adopted by the lower house of ...

Our work on conflict minerals ... a foreign mining ... exposing the links between Chinese gold mining companies and armed groups in eastern Congo - and ...

Before the war and the installation of Laurent Kabila as president, Tougas was working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and remembers being asked why Kabila ...

Pollution caused by copper and cobalt mining has not only poisoned the Katapula, a tributary of the mighty Congo River and one of the main waterways in this second ...

Illegally acquired and exported gold from the mineral-rich eastern Congo keeps filling the pockets of some foreign companies as well as armed groups, a new report shows.

Dec 01, 2017· Watch video· Almost 9,000 miles from the dusty Congo savanna, miners have hit on an entirely new source of ... “Rather than mining ore that’s 2 …

Mining is an important land use activity in the forested region of the Congo basin, employing millions of people in the informal sector, and in the past few decades ...

Mining is the the most important sector in the economy of the DR Congo, though historically the industry has caused much misery.

A profile of Mining in Congo with directories of companies, people, industry sectors, projects, facilities, news and events.

The cobalt pipeline Tracing the path from deadly hand-dug mines in Congo to consumers’ phones and laptops

The Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a significant factor in the world's production of cobalt, copper, diamond, tantalum, tin ...

Raise Hope for Congo was a campaign of the Enough Project launched in 2008 which worked to build a constituency of activists to advocate for an end to the ongoing ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's new proposed mining code, which the industry has warned will stifle investment in the copper and cobalt-rich nation, sailed through the ...

Armed conflict and a weak government allow slavery to flourish in eastern Congo. Forced labor and slavery are widespread in mining regions—as is forced marriage.

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This report aims at providing stakeholders with a good analysis of the potential impacts of mining development on the Congo Basin forests. It is one of a series of ...

Free the Slaves Investigative Report June 2013: Congo’s Mining Slaves 5 Mining is a key source of export income for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC or Congo).