We operate gold mining, diamond mines and are in the process of building a copper processing factory in Kolwezi Industrial area in the mining province of Lualaba, DRC. We are a company focused on the …

NMJD executed a research project in the summer of 2020 on social and economic benefits of diamond mining to local communities in Sierra Leone, a country which according to KP statistics exported 812,000 carats valuing USD 168 million in 2019. The project targeted two of the country's three main diamond mining districts, namely Kono and Kenema.

The mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) represents the most important sector of the country's economy, and the DRC belongs to the world top five diamond producers. Artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) of alluvial diamonds represents an important source of alternative income f …

Gold is the most important extracted resource for ASM in the country with an estimated 80% of artisanal miners extracting the precious metal. Many of the Gold miners used to work in diamond mining during the gem's boom period. In 2015, Congo exported 17.1 million carats of the gems, down from 33 million carats 10 years earlier (Wilson, 2017).

HUGE DISCREPANCY In 2004, a Kimberley Process report said that while Congo's diamond output was around 55,000 carats a year, it was exporting 4-5 million carats.

These miners are the remnants of the Democratic Republic of Congo's diamond industry, which once provided a quarter of the world's supply. In 2015, Congo exported 17.1 million carats of the ...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), oficially 'République Démocratique du Congo', is the third-largest country in Africa and the largest among the member nations of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). Located in the central part of Africa (0o00 N, 25o00 E) and spread over 2,344,858 square kilometers – slightly less ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries is leading to grievous human rights abuses. The expansion of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to the forced eviction of entire communities and grievous human rights abuses including ...

Since entering the diamond trade in Congo in 1997, Israeli companies have carved out a dominant position, contributing substantially to Israel's economy. As of 2016, cut diamonds accounted for an astounding 23.2% of Israel's total exports, making them the country's most significant export product and constituting 12% of the world's ...

The Kimberley Process. Diamonds and Civil War. Books and Movies. Where to Buy. ... particularly in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The human loss and suffering are unimaginable, but the following statistics provide some perspective. ... Rebel group RUF was mining up to $125 million of diamonds annually ...

The concept of conflict diamonds or "blood diamonds" emerged in the late 1990s when it became evident that several violent civil wars in Africa were connected to mining and trading of rough diamonds. In 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey was asked by the U.S. Department of State to help address illegal diamond mining in Africa.

What Are "Blood Diamonds"? The movie Blood Diamond traces the path of a large pink diamond found in Sierra Leone in the 1990s by a fisherman working as a slave in a rebel-controlled diamond mine. That diamond changed and ended many lives, and the story of that stone carries a strong social message. The story is interesting fiction, but it is based …

Because of the Kimberley Process, 99.8% of diamonds are now certified conflict-free and there is much greater accountability and transparency in the diamond industry. ... Zimbabwe, or The Democratic Republic of Congo where violations of human rights in diamond mines are well-documented. ... This process completely avoids the many …

The city of Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of the Kasai-Oriental province in south-central DR Congo is once home to the country's state diamond company, MIBA- the Bakwanga Mining Company.

The Congolese state has lost around $1.4 billion through Dan Gertler's "suspect deals and outsized influence" in the country's mining sector through buying mining assets at discounted ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has significant deposits of minerals and metals, including gold, copper, tantalum, tungsten, coltan and cobalt. For more than a decade the extraction of these resources has been linked to conflict, human rights abuses and corruption. Much of the mining in the DRC is done by artisanal miners, who …

Dan Gertler's saga in the Congo is a stark emblem of the intricate web of exploitation that plagues resource-rich African nations. Gertler, an Israeli mining magnate, found himself in the crosshairs of the U.S. government, which imposed sanctions against him in December 2017 and June 2018. These sanctions responded to his "opaque and ...

The Kimberley Process came into effect ten years ago to stem the flow of rough diamonds used by rebel movements in Africa to finance wars against legitimate governments.

Once diamonds are extracted from mines, they go through a sorting and processing stage. The rough diamonds are sorted based on their size, shape, and quality. This is done to determine which diamonds will be sold for industrial use, and which will be sold for jewelry. Diamond trading companies play a crucial role in this stage of the …

Mining exploration in Africa increased from 4% of total mineral exploration expenditure worldwide in 1991 to 17.5% in 1998. Overall mining investment in Africa doubled between 1990 and 1997. The ...

Today the situation in Mbuji-Mayi is a far cry from the 1980s, when some 40,000 workers and their families drew their sustenance from the company. A worker driving a front loader collects ore in the open air at the Miba (Minière de Bakwanga) diamond mining site in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai region in DR Congo on May 3, 2021.

Diamond Process FLOW CHART #1. This flowsheet is typical for small to medium tonnages of alluvial feed (5 to 30 tons per hour). Such material is often cemented and requires crushing by either jaw or gyratory crushers. In this flowsheet a trommel screen, with a scrubbing section, is used to break down clay and cemented fractions, before ...

Congo gains as Biden re-imposes sanctions on Israel's diamond tycoon. The Biden administration has revoked a sanctions waiver on Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler that was issued in the last ...

These brilliant stones are formed about 90-120 miles beneath the Earth's surface, and need a combination of tremendous pressure and temperatures (16520-23720 F) during their formation. Diamonds, which are now easily accessible across the world, were originally found and mined in India, Brazil, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Angola and Congo.

Diamond. According to GlobalData, Sierra Leone is the world's eighth-largest producer of diamonds in 2022, with output up by 7% on 2021. Over the five years to 2021, production from Sierra Leone increased by a CAGR of 31% and is expected to rise by a CAGR of 2% between 2022 and 2026. GlobalData uses proprietary data and analytics to …

In 2022, the D.R. Congo's diamond production amounted to some ten million carats. This was an decrease of around 29.8 percent compared to the previous year. Nonetheless, in 2022, the country ...

A toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola killed at least 12 people and left 4,500 sick, a minister in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo says. The leak turned a tributary of the ...

Congo has yet to complete the laboratory analysis but has said the leak polluted drinking water, causing 12 deaths and making thousands of people ill. ... mine and process diamonds together in ...

'Cobalt Red' describes the 'horror show' of mining the element in the DRC : Goats and Soda Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo.