Spotlight | Mali Government and miners clash over sector …

Relations between the junta and mining companies in Mali, which represent a welcome source of income at a time when the country's coffers stand empty, …

Australian Mining Companies Digging A Deadly Footprint …

The company had come to the DRC in 1995 with high hopes. "Cashed up with a million dollars in the bank, we set off to Africa to see what we could do," recalled Turner during a 2011 industry luncheon. A report prepared for the company noted that "the neutral profile of an Australian company" pleased DRC leaders. It soon had powerful ...

Communaute Miniere de Goma | Mining Company | Goma, …

Communaute Miniere de Goma is a collective of miners and traders based in the city of Goma, located in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The group works in tandem to extract and distribute a range of minerals, such as gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum. The community is renowned for its commitment to responsible and ...

Successful partnership will keep gold mining shining for Mali

In Mali, Barrick Gold Corporation operates the Loulo-Gounkoto complex, one of the largest gold mines in the country. The gold mining complex consists of multiple …

Mining in the DRC: Bad Business and Backroom Deals

The people of the DRC are not the only ones to have lost out in these shady dealings. Back in 2009, the government seized the Kolwezi Copper Project from Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals, stating that First Quantum had breached its contract. If the government's allegations are true, then the seizure is a legitimate …

Kibali and DRC partner to promote local content

The merger has created a sector-leading gold company which owns five of the industry's Top 10 Tier One gold assets (Cortez and Goldstrike in Nevada, USA (); Kibali in DRC (45%); Loulo-Gounkoto in Mali (80%); and Pueblo Viejo in Dominican Republic (60%)) and two with the potential to become Tier One gold assets …

MALI : Western companies brace for a hit as Bamako …

Western companies brace for a hit as Bamako launches gold mining audit. The Malian government just launched an audit of the country's gold mining sector. …

Mining Companies in the DRC | Africa Mining IQ

Mining in the DRC. We're currently tracking 102 mining projects in the DRC across all stages of development. Among these projects is the Kinsevere Mine, located 30 km north of Lubumbashi, in the Kipushi Territory in the Katanga Province.Owned by MMG Limited, this is one of the most important copper mines in the world, with a capital value of about ZAR …

Homepage | Endeavour Mining

Find out what it's like to work at Endeavour or apply for a role. Our primary objective is to minimize potential environmental impacts throughout the lifecycle of our mines, from discovery through to post-closure, and to ensure the environment is maintained and enhanced for current and future generations of our host communities.

Chinese Company Removed as Operator of Cobalt Mine in …

Feb. 28, 2022. A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sidelined the Chinese owner of one of the world's largest copper and cobalt mines, a major victory for the Congolese government as ...

Precious Minerals DRC || Official Website

Precious Minerals DRC is continuously reinforcing its mining operations by bringing more and more areas under operations, targeting a four-fold growth. Mineral processing Precious Mineral DRC has Hydro-metallurgy based facility to manufacture 3000 tonnes Cobalt Hydroxide annually, 30,000 tonnes Copper Cathode annually.

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Now, mining royalties on non-ferrous metals have increased from 2% to 3.5% and notably a new "strategic substance" designation could require companies to pay a royalty as high as 10% on metals such as …

The future of artisanal mining in the DRC

Cobalt and the DRC. The DRC is the world's leading source of mined cobalt. In 2020, the worldwide mine production of cobalt amounted to 140,000 metric tons. The DRC accounted for nearly two-thirds of that amount. Rather than benefitting Congolese society, the cobalt reserves have led to significant social strife and corruption.

OREZONE DRILLING DRC – Orezone Drilling

Orezone Drilling has a global footprint in the mining exploration activities including Africa and South America. Exploration and mining companies have utilized our broad range of underground and surface drilling services across a diverse range of commodities, including platinum, gold, coal, copper, cobalt, nickel and uranium.

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

And while those outside of the DRC differentiate between cobalt extracted by the country's high-tech industrial mining companies and that which was dug by artisanal miners, Kara says the two are ...

List of Mining Companies in Mali

Desert Gold Ventures Activity Update at SMSZ Project in Western Mali; New Artisanal Mining in Priority Exploration Target Area. March 16, 2023. Roscan Gold Announces Granting of Environmental ...

Under the shadow of war in the DRC, a mining …

In Walikale, a territory located in the eastern DRC, Indigenous Twa people accuse the Canadian and South African-owned mining company Alphamin Bisie …

DRC: UAE signs $1.9 billion deal with state-owned mining company

Democratic Republic Of Congo. The United Arab Emirates have signed a $1.9 billion deal with a state-owned mining company in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese president said on Monday ...

Mining Companies in the DRC

DRC's active mining companies: • African Metals Corp. • Amani Gold. • AngloGold Ashanti. • ARC Minerals Ltd. • Armadale Capital Plc. • AVZ Minerals Limited. • …

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

Some 20,000 people work at Shabara artisanal mine in the DRC, in shifts of 5,000 at a time. The DRC produced approximately 74% of the world's cobalt in 2021. …

Ending Exploitation in the DRC's Deadly Cobalt Mines

In the DRC's artisanal mining sector—which exists alongside the formal mining industry—children and adults toil underground for hours in dangerous tunnels, …

On the trail of tantalum: tracking a conflict mineral

Over the past 15 years the source of tantalum has changed from being mainly in Australia to being predominantly mined in Rwanda and the DRC, raising concerns about its status as a conflict mineral. The Dodd-Frank Act means that companies must trace the source of these minerals and only use accredited resources, but has this …

Mining and conflict in the eastern DRC: An interactive story …

In this story map, IPIS presents its findings on the linkage between mining and conflict-financing in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on a survey conducted between 2021 ...

Chinese Mining 'Wrecking Lives' in DRC

In 2009, then-DRC President Joseph Kabila signed a deal with the Chinese government for access to mining concessions. In short order, Chinese companies seized ownership of 15 of the country's 19 primary industrial copper-cobalt mining concessions. "They dominate mining excavation on the ground," Kara said. "And not just that, they ...

List of companies in Congo (DRC) and gold mining companies

The Congo (DRC) companies list from Global Database contains contact details for 6154 leading companies and key employees within Congo (DRC). It's no secret that finding fresh prospects can be challenging; in fact, 80% of marketers say that their lead generation efforts are only slightly or somewhat effective - GlobalDatabase

Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2021 | Fraser Institute

This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute's 2021 annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The survey is an attempt to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulatory uncertainty affect exploration investment. ... (DRC), and Mali. Also, in the bottom 10 (beginning with the …

The DRC-UAE mining deal | Mining in the DRC

With the signing of the US$1.9 billion deal, DRC President Tshisekedi hopes to bottleneck access to funds for the rebel groups. It remains unclear which specific minerals the deal will cover. However, the DRC-UAE mining deal will benefit the East African nation. The contract with Primera Group will cover industrial minerals and …

DRC Miner Central Copper Resources works with Kabila …

CCR estimates that it will be possible to produce 30,000 tonnes per year from the site. The company plans to raise funds to continue exploration work at Mbamba …

Resource nationalism on the rise in top mining countries — …

Resource nationalism can take several forms, including renegotiation of existing mining contracts to get better terms (currently witnessed in the DRC and Mongolia), increase in taxes or royalties ...

DRC's Gécamines says foreign mining companies to blame …

By "under-evaluating the results of project companies in the DRC," Gécamines said the DRC has lost $4.9bn in revenues between 2002 and 2016, when compared with initial projections promised by ...