Mining policy decisions made by politicians in the DRC's capital Kinshasa or mining regions like Kolwezi are felt throughout global battery supply chains. For instance, as the ...

Having amassed an impressive attendance of over 16 500 attendees, including that of C-suite mining executives, government ...

Raw materials from the various southern provinces of the DRC already transit from Kolwezi to the ports of Durban in South Africa or Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania to reach the metals market based in ...

Drawing on an analysis of geological and economic data, interviews with government officials and private sector executives in both Washington and Kinshasa, and site visits to mines in Kolwezi in the ...

KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of the Congo ... Environmental impact of mining in the DRC. In July 2024, a Mongabay film crew met Professor Célestin Banza, who is at the heart of this report.

Cobalt was first mined in the DRC in 1914 during the long period of Belgian colonisation, from 1885 to 1960, when many of the country’s precious resources were pillaged by Belgium.

Blackwater founder Erik Prince agreed to help DRC curb mineral smuggling and improve tax collection. The deal avoids combat zones and targets transparency in a region losing $40M/month from ...

It took the copper six days to travel from the city of Kolwezi in the DRC – home to some of the world’s largest copper and cobalt reserves – across more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of ...

It took the copper six days to travel from the city of Kolwezi in the DRC – home to some of the world’s largest copper and cobalt reserves – across more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of ...

7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) south of Brussels, near the mining town of Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Paul Zagabe Nbanze works in a copper and cobalt mine.

South African construction company Moladi has supplied its removable, reusable, recyclable and lightweight plastic formwork mould construction system for miner Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa copper mine ...