Charities are warning that without government support for the African country’s artisanal mining sector, private investment ...

At 4 a.m. on April 27, soldiers shattered the peace of a village in a mining region the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ...

The artisanal mining sector in the DRC, while providing essential income for many, is frequently criticised for hazardous ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Central Africa as a whole, is a region rich in mineral resources playing a ...

Over the last several weeks, two bills targeting Chinese supply chains were reintroduced in Congress. Although different in their approach, the ...

The demand for cobalt is expected to outstrip supply and lead to a deficit by the early 2030s, according to the latest report ...

Female artisanal mine workers in one site handled ... Watch this video to learn more about the health risks women face at DRC’s mining sites and the questions that remain unanswered.

The DRC has at least three ownership and operation levels for cobalt mining. In 2019, the government granted the Entreprise Générale du Cobalt the monopoly to acquire, process and market all artisanal ...

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, ...

Meanwhile, mining operations in the DRC are connected to human rights abuses ... supply chain through efforts to formalize artisanal and small-scale (ASM) mining areas, as opposed to large-scale ...