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 ...

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 ...

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

During a research trip to Kolwezi in the DRC in September 2019, I visited the two largest active cobalt ASM formalization projects, one led by the Swiss-based commodity trading firm Trafigura, ...

Photos: Satellite images taken from 2017-2022 show the expanding mine near Kolwezi, DRC. Credit: Planet Labs PBC. This mining boom has also led many to turn to the industry for work.

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.

FILE - A copper and cobalt mine run by Sicomines is seen in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 30, 2015. Share Uncertainties Remain With Renegotiated Chinese Mining Deal in DRC ...

Fourteen kilometers (about 8 mi) from Fungurume, (approximately 1.5 hours from Kolwezi), 11 people in Kabombwa lost their lives due to river pollution between 2020 and 2022, according to the NGO ...

A mine worker holds a cobalt stone at a mine near Kolwezi, DRC, 2022. [Photo: Junior Kannah/AFP/Getty Images] These abuses have been ongoing, but they’ve gained recent attention as more reports ...