M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control ...

The emergence of a small copper mine in the Congo may yet trigger the long promised rejuvenation of the fabled Central African Copperbelt. Here at the Lonshi border crossing, trucks thunder down a ...

LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 24 (Reuters) - Shares in Canada-based mining group First Quantum Minerals Ltd fell nearly 5 percent in London on Monday after a top Congo court ...

Mine collapse in eastern Congo kills at least 10 people, rebel-appointed provincial governor says. Reuters. Thu, April 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM UTC. 1 min read ...

First Quantum (TSE:FM) said Thursday that Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC has agreed to pay US$1.25 billion for its Kolwezi tailings project, along with the Frontier and Lonshi mines ...

Nestled in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it shouldn’t be operating in at all – the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an ...

These industrial mines accounted for about 89 percent of Congo’s cobalt production in 2020, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, although industry insiders said some smaller ...

LONDON- Miner ENRC has bought a licence to operate the Frontier mine in Congo, a deposit held by Canada’s First Quantum until it was confiscated two years ago and which has since been at the ...

River water near some of Democratic Republic of Congo’s biggest copper and cobalt mines is toxic and may be causing widespread health problems. Scientists from Congo’s University of Lubumbashi ...

A Democratic Republic of Congo state-owned miner sold shares in copper projects formerly run by First Quantum Minerals Ltd. to two British Virgin Island-registered companies, according to the ...

Shares in Canada-based mining group First Quantum Minerals Ltd <FM.TO> fell nearly 5 percent in London on Monday after a top Congo court annulled its rights to two copper mines.

An artisanal gold mine collapsed in a rebel-controlled territory in eastern Congo, killing at least 10 people, authorities said Thursday. The collapse at the Luhihi mine in Kabare territory took ...