EXCLUSIVE Congo in talks with China's Huayou to end …

Item 1 of 2 Artisanal miners work at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Congo opens Chinese-owned Deziwa copper and cobalt mine

The Deziwa mine is the latest example of the close investment ties China has forged with Congo. An $880 million project which started construction in May 2018, the Deziwa mine aims to produce ...

Mengo Potash Project, Kouilou

The Mengo potash mine is a greenfield project being developed in the Kouilou province of the Republic of Congo. Canadian company MagMinerals Potasses Congo (MPC) owns and manages the potash project, in which MagMinerals Potash Corp. (MagMinerals) holds a 90% interest, while the Republic of Congo holds the remaining …

Kamoa Copper Project, Katanga

The Kamoa Copper project is located in the Kolwezi District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The project includes an underground mine and a concentrator plant that produces blister copper and sulphuric acid. ... The mining licence for the project, valid for 30 years, was granted by the government of the DRC in August 2012. ...

Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex

The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine — a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (20%) — is a very large, near-surface, flat-lying, stratiform copper deposit with adjacent prospective exploration areas within the Central African …

Manono Lithium Project, Democratic Republic of Congo

Manono lithium project is an open-pit mine located 500km north of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The mine is owned jointly by AVZ Minerals …

KPMG GLOBAL MINING INSTITUTE

developing and have announced several new projects in the country. The increasing presence of global miners in the country could lead to greater mechanisation of the mining process. This is expected to result ... Democratic Republic of Congo mining guide | 3. New geographic expansion risk framework. Risk framework to assess new geographic ...

US DFC boosts Congo funding, bids to de-risk world's

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) said it was scaling up financing and guarantees for mining projects in Democratic Republic of Congo, to help de-risk and unlock private ...

Manono Lithium-Tin Project

The Manono Lithium-Tin Project is an open-pit mining development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in central Africa. It is estimated to be one of the largest lithium-rich LCT (lithium, caesium, tantalum) pegmatite deposits in the world.

A Comprehensive Approach to Congo's Conflict …

Securing critical mining sites. There are hundreds of mines controlled by gunpoint in eastern Congo. But these following mines are particularly key to armed groups: Bisie Mine, Walikale District, North …

Congo copper mine suspended amid radiation concerns

China's Zijin owns 72% of COMMUS and the project is in the mining hub of Kolwezi in Lualaba province. The state-owned Gecamines controls the balance. ... Zijin also holds an interest in Congo ...

Republic of Congo: The Mining Industry

The Republic of Congo which is strategically located within mineralization zones blessing one of more stable countries by deposits density spanning iron, gold, diamonds and rare earths elements underscoring largely underexplored Responsible mining development potential assuming policy priority as government envisions exports diversification and …

DR Congo allows Zijin mine to resume operations, mines …

Congo's mines ministry last month halted the activities of the COMMUS project, in which Zijin owns a 72% stake, to investigate mineral products returned from South Africa due to overly high ...

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF COPPER

Kamoa Copper, in the Kolwezi copper district of the DRC's Lualaba province, is a joint venture between Ivanhoe (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), the DRC government (20%) and equity investment ...

UAE signs deal to develop mines in eastern DR Congo

The United Arab Emirates has signed a $1.9bn deal with a state mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to develop at least four mines …

Kola Potash Project, Republic of Congo

SPSA owns a stake in Kola Potash Mining (KPM), which holds the Kola mining lease. In March 2020, the Minister of Tourism and Environment of the Republic of Congo approved the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) of the Kola mining licence for a period of 25 years.

'Cobalt Red' describes the 'horror show' of mining the …

'Cobalt Red' describes the 'horror show' of mining the element in the DRC : Goats and Soda Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ford to lead blockchain pilot that traces cobalt …

The carmaker will use a blockchain-based platform to trace supplies of cobalt from a Chinese-owned mine in the Congo for the batteries in its electric cars, in an effort to ensure they are not ...

Congo, Chinese partners sign reviewed Sicomines copper …

Democratic Republic of Congo and Chinese investors on Thursday signed an agreement reached in January that revises some terms of their Sicomines copper and cobalt joint venture, Congo's ...

What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the …

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion.Gold, diamonds, cobalt and zinc are among them.

Mining 2024

The mining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has existed for more than a century and constitutes a significant part of the national economy. ... A good example of environmental and community relations/consultations around mining projects in the DRC is the biodiversity conservation and sustainable development project in the Luki ...

Bisie Tin Project, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Bisie tin underground project is located in Walikale District, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ... Sub-level caving (SLC) mining method, with a sublevel spacing of 20m, is applied at the Bisie tin underground project. The major mining fleet will include 14t load haul dump units and 40t articulated dump trucks.

Congo miners step towards sustainable gold production

Brazzaville, 11 October 2022 – The Republic of the Congo has taken an important step towards a sustainable mining sector today, with the launch of a $10.5-million project to …

UAE signs deal to develop mines in eastern DR Congo

The United Arab Emirates has signed a $1.9bn deal with a state mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to develop at least four mines in the African country's turbulent east ...

Pumpi Copper-Cobalt Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic …

The Pumpi copper-cobalt project is an open-pit mining project located in the Kolwezi territory of Katanga Province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The …

Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the …

In the heart of the city of Kolwezi long-established communities have been destroyed since a vast open-pit copper and cobalt mine was reopened in 2015. The project is operated by Compagnie Minière de Musonoie Global SAS (COMMUS), a joint venture between Zijin Mining Group Ltd, a Chinese company, and Générale des Carrières et des Mines SA ...

Katanga KOV Copper-Cobalt Project, Democratic Republic of …

The Katanga KOV copper-cobalt project is an open-pit project located in Lualaba province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Katanga Mining owns …

Mining Companies in the DRC | Africa Mining IQ

Find the mining companies active in the Democratic Republic of Congo here! We're tracking 23 mining companies.

Bisie Tin Project, Congo

The Bisie Tin Project is located approximately 60km north-west of Walikale Centre and 180km north-west of Goma, the capital of the North Kivu Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project hosts two deposits namely the Mpama North and Mpama South, within the Mining Licence PE13155, which was issued in …

Mining in the Congo Basin: Getting to the Heart of the …

Heart of Iron: Mining in the Congo Basin Rainforest explores plans to mine iron ore in Tridom (Tri-national Dja-Odzala-Minkébé) - a vast forest landscape between Cameroon, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo. The film highlights the potential benefits and risks of mining in a region that is home to Baka and Bakola pygmy and Bantu …