American firms have generally avoided Congo on account of its conflicts, corruption and distance. Meanwhile, Chinese rivals ...

FILE - One of the few remaining miners digs out soil which will later be filtered for traces of cassiterite, the major ore of tin, at Nyabibwe mine, in eastern Congo, on Aug. 17, 2012. The governor of ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended artisanal copper and cobalt mineral processing, according to a decree seen by ...

OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo (AP) — Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees are a scant ...

Student activists and research scientists urged sustainable solutions and social responsibility at a Monday teach-in on mining, technology, human rights abuses and environmental challenges affecting ...

RUBAYA, Congo — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key ...

KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo — Little about Kolwezi, a small city in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, hints at its global importance. Nondescript and ringed by slag heaps, pits and ...

DAKAR, Senegal — A rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control of a mining area in the east of the country, a U.N. official said. In April, the M23 — a rebel ...

On most days, hundreds of men trudge into this mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo wearing plastic headlamps and hoisting shovels in search of treasure underground: cobalt. Here’s the backstory → ...

LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A mining ban in troubled eastern Congo is preventing the tin and tantalum industry from meeting tough new U.S. rules against "conflict minerals", ...

Democratic Republic of Congo should renegotiate its $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors, according to the draft of a report commissioned by a global anti-corruption body ...

Deforestation is visible near the Muchacha mine in November 2020, near the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Congo. (AP Photo) OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo (AP) — Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River ...