Environmental assessment of two artisanal gold …
This report is an environmental assessment of mercury pollution in two artisanal gold mining sites in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme …
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Congo miners step towards sustainable gold production
The Republic of the Congo moves to reduce mercury pollution from its artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector $10.5-million initiative will promote technical solutions, access to markets and finance for artisanal gold miners Mercury pollution poses significant risks to human and environmental health Brazzaville, 11 October 2022 – The Republic of the Congo has taken an …
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ARTISANAL GOLD MINING IN THE DEMOCRATIC …
ARTISANAL GOLD MINING IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2 as many as 800,000 people during the First Congo War (1996 – 1997) and served as a staging ground for skirmishes throughout the Second Congo War (1998-2003).3 Although the Congo Wars ended, conflict continued, despite efforts to demobilize armed groups.
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17 Chinese men accused of running illegal gold mine in DR Congo …
Competition over mining operations has fuelled fighting in the region that borders Rwanda. In July, the province's governor, Jean-Jacques Purusi Sadiki, suspended mining operations there and ordered companies and operators to leave in a bid to "restore order to mining operations".
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Chinese gold mining threatens a protected UN heritage site in Congo
Mining is a crucial revenue stream for Congo and it "can't place a higher value on the environment than on mining," he said. Kimia is supporting the population and has employed more than 2,000 ...
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Congo Gold Production, 1993 – 2024 | CEIC Data
Congo Gold Production was reported at 43,000.000 kg in Dec 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 43,000.000 kg for Dec 2021. ... Metal and Mining Sector – Table WB.USGS.GOLD: Precious Metals: Gold: Production by Country or Locality. View Democratic Republic of Congo's Gold Production from 1993 to 2022 in the chart:
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Chinese gold mining threatens protected UN heritage site in DR Congo
Chinese gold mining threatens protected UN heritage site in DR Congo. Associated Press Videos. Updated Tue, December 10, 2024 at 2:01 AM UTC.
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Quarantesept, Cinqante | Gold Mines | Ituri, DR Congo
Security Guard in DR Congo Mine – Quarantesept and Cinqante are gold mining towns just outside the Ituri forest reserve in DR Congo named for their distance from the town center. There are gold mines all over on the western border of the Ituri and hundreds of people from DR Congo and Uganda come to work at the small-scale mines.
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Journal of Agrarian Change
To date, the expansive social science literature on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Africa has received little attention from scholars of agrarian political economy. This paper attempts to bridge this gap, based on an in-depth study of ASM in South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Congo Gold Raffinerie SARL
Congo Gold Refinery is a tailor-made refinery located in the city of Bukavu (South Kivu province in DRC). The entity meets the standards of the international market to bring the highest-quality in its products. This refinery brings together the smelting process, the refining process and the design of pure gold, with the use of the latest ...
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How illegal mining is fuelling war in DR Congo | Nation
The US government further asserts that the situation is worsening due to "control, first by the PARECO armed group and then by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in April 2024, of a key tantalum mining area near the Congolese town of Rubaya (eastern Congo) and control by non-state armed groups of gold mining areas in the provinces of Fizi, South Kivu and …
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Chinese Gold Mine Threatens UN Heritage Site in DR Congo
A Chinese-operated gold mine in DR Congo's Ituri province is putting the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a UN World Heritage site, at risk. Credit: Image Journey – CC BY-ND 2.0 via Flickr. A Chinese-run gold mine in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, is encroaching on the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a UN World Heritage Site known for its …
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How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo
The Congo has a long history of the state and mining corporations working together to suppress artisanal and small-scale miners in South Kivu. This has happened across different political regimes ...
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East DR Congo grapples with Chinese gold mining firms
Kamituga, 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.
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Congo to buy out UAE partner in gold venture as shipments …
Congo started Primera Gold DRC SA in January 2023 with Abu Dhabi-registered Primera Group Ltd. in a bid to crack down on the gold smuggling that fuels conflicts in the country's eastern provinces.
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Gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the world's seventeenth-largest producer of gold in 2023, with output up by 0.5% on 2022.
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kanangamininggroup
Established in late 2018, Kananga Mining Group is a pioneering force in the gold mining industry, dedicated to sustainable extraction practices and community empowerment. Based in …
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East DR Congo Grapples With Chinese Gold Mining Firms
By Camille LAFFONT Italian priest Davide Marcheselli has been fighting for years against Chinese companies illegally mining gold in the town of Kitutu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He says mining has spoilt the town of South Kivu province, polluting rivers and destroying fields. Hundreds of foreign companies, most ...
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DRC's green and automated Kibali gold operation …
Kibali, the largest gold mine in Africa, is now also one of Africa's greenest and most impressively automated operations, which continues to stimulate local economic development and even provides ...
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Kivu Mineral Mining Company – For Natural Gold, …
Kivu Mineral Mining is a fully registered mineral sector development partner in Democratic Republic of Congo with sound resources and investments in Kivu region of Congo since 1990. Our integral model of operation offers 5% ownership to indigenous communities in Kivu region to avert wrong sentiments that would make the operations of the company ...
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Kibali, DRC
Kibali, one of the largest gold mines of its kind in Africa, is situated in the DRC, adjacent to the town of Doko and 210km from Arua on the Ugandan border. Kibali is co-owned by AngloGold Ashanti (45%), Barrick Gold Corporation (45%) and …
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East DRC plays tough with Chinese gold mining firms
East DRC plays tough with Chinese gold mining firms By AFP. Posted on October 24, 2024 09:45 An artisanal miner stands in front of the entrance to a shaft in the Kamituga artisanal mine, South Kivu, DRC, on 20 September, 2024. ... for years against Chinese companies illegally mining gold in the town of Kitutu in eastern Democratic Republic of ...
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MINING – Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo is regulated by Law No. 007/2002 of 11 July 2002 on the Mining Code and Decree No. 038/2003 of 26 March 2003 on Mining …
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Mineral extraction in the Democratic Republic …
The Ministry of Mines and the Government of DRC enacted the Congolese Mining Code in 2018 aiming at increasing profit taxes as well as the interest in new mining initiatives.
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Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic …
In South Kivu Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the use of new technologies in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has proliferated over the course of the last decade.
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Homes bulldozed to make way for gold mining in DR Congo …
Homes bulldozed to make way for gold mining in DR Congo. In mid-October, local authorities ordered the destruction of several houses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on land operated by the mining company Kibali Gold Mining since 2009. Local residents protested against the operation in demonstrations that were brutally repressed by ...
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Manual for the certification of ores in the Gold industry …
mining activities in DR Congo - Mining Law; - Labour Law; - Mining Regulation, etc. 3. Area of application This manual applies to manual and industrial gold mining in DR Congo: • on pit level to manual mining; • to industrial mining; • to trading posts; • to treatment and transformation enterprises and throughout the
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From Extraction to Final Product: Following the Artisanal Gold …
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Chinese gold mining threatens a protected UN heritage site in Congo
Congo's mining registry said the map they're using came from files from the ICCN, the body responsible for managing Congo's protected areas, and it's currently working with the ICCN on updating the boundaries and protecting the park. ... The Muchacha mine — the biggest in the reserve and one of the largest small and medium scale gold ...
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Congo's Gold
The violence that is associated with at least some of the gold mining, bleeds into this production chain. And so, this project takes off from an artisanal gold mine in northeast DR Congo, to further examine the mineral's route to the international market - traded from miners' hands to those of rebels, smugglers and traders.
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