There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...

Mining is prohibited in protected areas, which includes the reserve, according to Congo’s mining code ... used to separate gold from ore. Mercury is considered one of the top ten chemicals ...

is a regional centre for the mining business Over the past year, the M23 has made rapid advances across the mineral-rich east of DR Congo, taking areas where coltan – the ore from which tantalum ...

He said the operation to arrest the men had been kept secret after the recent release of another group of Chinese nationals accused of running an illegal gold mine in the area. Eastern DR Congo ...

Italian priest Davide Marcheselli has been fighting for years against Chinese companies illegally mining gold in the town of Kitutu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He says mining has ...

The northeast corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to one of ... abuses linked to efforts to control two key gold mining areas, Mongbwalu (Ituri District) and Durba (Haut ...

Nestled in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it ... used to separate gold from ore. Mercury is considered one of the ...

DAKAR: Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo's strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region ...