The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US trillion. Gold, diamonds, cobalt and zinc are among them. Another ...

The reserve, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, occupies about a fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east DRC. Industrial activity is banned across its 13,000 square kilometres. But the Alerte ...

Alphamin Resources confirmed a fatal workplace accident at its Mpama South underground mine in the Democratic Republic of the ...

DRC Mining Week, organised annually by VUKA Group (https://WeAreVUKA.com/) in Lubumbashi, has been awarded “Event of the Year” at the Katanga Awards, reaffirming ...

“We are at the heart of the company’s offices, which Moïse Katumbi’s workers are taking back,” boasts Nonon Dilungidi Nlandu, an employee of the former governor of Katanga, in a short video posted on ...

In a scathing critique, Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu of Lubumbashi – who is also the president of the bishops’ ...

Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are hopeful of finalising a deal with the US to secure investment in critical minerals and support for ending the conflict in the east of the ...

Twangiza Mining, a gold miner operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has suspended its mining operations in the South Kivu Province. This decision came after directives from the ...

Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC) was set up by the government in November 2019, to purchase all domestically-produced cobalt by the country's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. The DRC ...

Since taking up arms again in 2021, the M23 has seized swathes of the mineral-rich eastern DRC, triggering a spiralling ...

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