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.

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

Technology giant Apple Inc. is under investigation for allegedly using minerals sourced from conflict-hit zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to lawyers representing the ...

It’s official, DRC-Africa Battery Metals Forum is moving to Kolwezi and is taking place from 29-30 September 2025. In what is already the third edition of this event, the focus is on the region ...

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 ...

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 ...

The agreement for the 206-MW Ruzizi III Regional Hydropower Project was part of over $2.5 billion in deals and commitments between African and American partners signed during the U.S.-Africa Business ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s ...

More than 7 million people displaced. Over 7 million people are displaced across the DRC, including 2.8 million in North Kivu—a province in eastern DRC where much of the recent fighting has been ...

D eadly floods currently being experienced in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are becoming ever-more likely as the world’s climate warms, new research has found.. Recent days have seen ...

China's cobalt processing. 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 ...

M23 fighters stand nearby as an estimated 2400 Congolese (FARDC) soldiers surrender en masse to the rebel group at the Stade de l'Unite on January 30, 2025 in Goma, DRC.