Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

By John Cannon The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced prolonged conflict for many years. The recent advancement of M23, a ...

Middlemen and local militias steal billions from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) cobalt and coltan trade, fuelling conflict and leaving the nation poor, according to a political analyst.

Crane manufacturer Condra is solidifying its position as a supplier of cranes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...

The DRC produces around 70% of the world's cobalt, a critical component in lithium-ion batteries. Illegal mining, smuggling, and corruption plagues the industry. Artisanal mining, which employs an ...

Like copper and uranium before it, cobalt mining has been linked to widescale exploitation and child labour . Corruption and elite capture remain defining features of mining in the DRC.

on the extraction of cobalt in the DRC before it is shipped, mainly to China. Cobalt is extracted as a byproduct of copper mining. Artisanal and small-scale mining and child labour remain a salient ...