The mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo is regulated by Law No. 007/2002 of 11 July 2002 on the Mining Code and Decree No. 038/2003 of 26 March 2003 on Mining Regulations. The new Code performs a classification of mineral deposits in mines and quarries.

These child miners, some as young as seven, live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), central Africa. Given that more than half the world's cobalt comes from the DRC, that one fifth of it is extracted by artisanal (or informal) miners, and that around 40,000 children work in southern DRC where the cobalt is mined, there's a …

The man, Albert Yuma Mulimbi, is a longtime power broker in the Democratic Republic of Congo and chairman of a government agency that works with international mining companies to tap the nation ...

For more than five years, the Fund has partnered with Apple to support activists working with miners and mining-affected communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the …

Get in touch with us now., May 14, 2024. In 2023, the mine production of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) totaled an estimated 170,000 metric tons, the peak production volume ...

The precarious political economy of cobalt: balancing prosperity, poverty, and brutality in artisanal and industrial mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Extr Ind Soc. 2019; 6: 915-939. ... a mining region in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is one of the ten most polluted areas worldwide, mainly because of ...

In June and July 2019, the Democratic Republic of Congo's security forces evicted artisanal miners encroaching on two of the country's largest industrial mining sites in Haut-Katanga and Lualaba provinces. In addition to deaths and injuries, the expulsions caused more than 10,000 artisanal miners to lose their only means of generating income.

Artisanal Gold Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Skip to Highlights. Highlights. ... Overall peace and security in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has not improved since 2014 because of persistent, interdependent factors that fuel violence by non-state armed groups (armed groups). …

A map of mining sites in eastern Congo has already been available for a few years thanks to the work carried out by the International Peace Information Service. ... [fn] See the Final Report of the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo Pursuant to Paragraph 6 of Resolution 1896 (2009), which raises questions …

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (Tier 2) The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. ... Artisanal mining remained predominantly informal, illicit, and strongly linked to both armed groups and …

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the world's most important mineral reserves. For more than a decade the extraction of these resources has been linked to conflict, human rights abuses and corruption. In the southern province of Katanga, people's lives have been torn apart as a result of mining operations. Small …

deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the U.S. Geological Survey (2022), the global cobalt production was 170000 metric tons in 2021, with the DRC contributing up to 120000 tons. In DRC, cobalt is mainly produced industrially. However the labour intensive artisanal and small scale mining

It was a cool, dusty morning in July 2021, when I first visited the Kamilombe cobalt mine in Lualaba Province in south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Mining Week is a conference designed to connect stakeholders in the mining industry and showcase new technologies. The conference will feature a number of speakers and events, including presentations on the latest mining technologies, panel discussions on the future of the mining industry in the …

1 Introduction. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), mineral resources are under the custodianship of the State which manages them on behalf of the people. For centuries under the colonial administration, Congolese were excluded from participating in and benefiting from their minerals.

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Mining, Agriculture, Poverty: At independence in 1960, the formal economy of Congo was based almost entirely on the extraction of minerals, primarily copper and diamonds. Most of this economic activity was controlled by foreign companies, such as the Belgian Union Minière du Haut-Katanga …

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to critically endangered gorillas and other important species. The loss of this rule deeply threatens their already delicate future and could lead to the final …

On 9 March 2018, President Joseph Kabila signed into law significant changes to the Democratic Republic of Congo's (" DRC ") mining code (the " Revised Code "). 1 The Revised Code, which amends the 2002 Mining Code 2 (the " 2002 Mining Code "), was adopted by both houses of Parliament on 27 January 2018 and came into …

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 …

Mining code of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Democratic Republic of Congo EITI. March 2018. Share. The law replaces an earlier code from 2002. It raises royalties on minerals and removes a clause that protected miners from changes to the fiscal and customs regime for 10 years.

Democratic Republic of Congo. Artisanal mining in the DRC has had a long history of widespread economic importance. In the 1980s, artisanal miners primarily focused on diamonds, but during the 1990s increases in demand for tantalum, tin and tungsten fueled further diversification of the sector. Today, artisanal mining has extend its activity to ...

Banro Corporation is reported to have the largest combined land package of any gold mining company in the African continent. [8] With 4 mining licences and seventeen exploration permits, Banro prospects cover 7500km 2 in the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the DRC. [9] Banro has had a tumultuous existence, with multiple challenges …

13 December 2021 (Updated 31 January 2022) – A new investigation into the DRC's nascent but globally significant lithium sector sounds the alarm on a swathe of potential supply chain risks. Global Witness' report raises key questions around how future production and its environmental impacts will be managed and who stands to benefit if …

Artisanal and small-scale mining activities (ASM) are widespread over Katanga, North and South Kivu, East Province, Maniema and Kasai. They occupy an estimated 500.000 to 2 million miners, w hile ...

Sept. 3, 2021. LUANDA, Angola — First, the river turned red. Then dead fish by the ton floated up to the surface. Then thousands of people started getting sick. Now, 12 people have died in the ...

ique experiment in "artisanal" mining for cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A shutdown designed to limit the spread of the lethal virus trun. ated a promising pilot project at a site called Mutoshi in Lualaba province in the south of the DRC. At Mutoshi, artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) had been "formalized" in ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ranks among the richest countries in the world in mineral wealth, estimated at $24 Trillion, and yet also among the poorest populations of the world. Informal artisanal and small-scale extraction is pervasive and attracts illicit actors that perpetuate instability and conflict in communities.

The artisanal mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is rife with forced and child labor, unreported deaths and human rights abuses, writes academic and modern slavery researcher ...

Miners hauled bags of cobalt in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo. ... The five biggest Chinese mining companies in Congo that focus on cobalt and copper mining also had lines of credit from ...

And the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Congo for short, is the king of cobalt. Last year, it accounted for about three-quarters of global production, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence ...