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DRC Deputy Minister of Mines Calls for Action to Protect Artisanal Miners 1

The Democratic Republic of Congo participated, through the Ministry of Mines, in the XVI Forum on responsible mineral supply chains, organized by the tripartite Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the CIRGL and the United Nations Experts. Representing the DRC, Godard Motemona, Deputy Minister of Mines, castigated the precarious situation experienced by artisanal miners in his country, while end consumers reap enormous benefits. He made the assembly see the enormous losses experienced by the DRC through mining fraud following non-compliance with the framework measures put in place. “Almost all… Read More Here

Six killed in illegal Diamond mine collapse in DRC

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 Constance

Six people died in a diamond mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, according to officials on Sunday 7th May. The incident occurred on Friday5th May in the Diboko area of central Kasai province. The victims were “unauthorized diggers who entered an area where mining is forbidden”, said Gaston Nkole, the province’s vice-governor. Despite the ban on mining for safety reasons, informal miners have continued to come to the site at night in search of diamonds. The vice-governor confirmed on Saturday 6th May night that the… Read More Here

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New effort maps taxes and fees to increase transparency in Congo’s artisanal cobalt supply chain

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 Constance

Studies show that heavy taxes and complex administrative burdens encourage extortion, smuggling, and debt bondage. IMPACT is launching a new project tackling corruption in Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) artisanal cobalt sector with an effort to map all the taxes and fees supply chain actors are legally required to pay. The Mapping Payments project, which is implemented in collaboration with the Congolese non-profit Action pour la Défense des droits humains (ADDH), kicked off last month with a workshop in Kolwezi, Lualaba Province—the town at the heart of DRC’s artisanal cobalt mining sector.… Read More Here

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EU and Canadian IMPACT team up to Combat Cobalt Corruption in DRC

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Constance

The Canadian organization IMPACT, which specializes in improving the management of natural resources, launched on March 21 in the city of Kolwezi the project “Mapping costs”. This is an initiative funded by the European Union and intended to fight against corruption by promoting transparency of taxes and royalties applicable in the artisanal cobalt sector in the DRC. This initiative brings together various stakeholders, including local elected officials, artisanal miners, civil society actors, traders and experts in mining and financial management, this project will consist of holding a series of workshops to… Read More Here

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Primera Gold boosts exports of Gold from Artisanal Mining in DRC

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Constance

It was the Economic Situation Committee (CCE) that made this observation during its weekly meeting on Wednesday March 22 around the Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge. According to the Minister of State in charge of the Budget, Aimé Boji Sangara, the Economic Committee noted with satisfaction that since the entry into activity of Primera Gold in January 2023, there has been an improvement in the export of gold from the artisanal sector. Primera Gold achieved 77% export of artisanal gold. “So the export of gold from the artisanal sector in… Read More Here

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Tshela to Become a Center for Trading Precious Materials in Kongo Central

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Constance

The province of Kongo Central is committed to reviving its mining industry. This is evidenced by the adoption by the Provincial Council of Ministers, on March 15, 2023, of the project to create a trading center for precious materials in the city of Tshela. This decision is part of the implementation of the provincial strategic plan for the revival of the mining industry. Note that the purpose of the new trading center is to meet several needs. This includes cleaning up the trade sector for artisanal mining minerals. It is also a… Read More Here

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Primera Gold Exported 354 kilos of Artisanal Gold in 51 days

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Constance

Primera Gold exported, in fifty-one (51) days, a total volume of 354 kg of gold from artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These figures were provided by the Congolese Minister of Finance, Nicolas Kazadi, via his Twitter account on Friday March 10, 2023. Minister Nicolas Kazadi did not specify details on where this quantity of artisanal gold was purchased. In February 2023, Nicolas Kazadi had already announced that 207 kilograms of gold from artisanal mining were exported, mainly from the provinces of South Kivu and Ituri. Since… Read More Here

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Over 2,000 Artisanal Mining sites exist in Mozambique

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Constance

Over 2,160 artisanal mining sites have been identified in Mozambique as part of the Artisanal Mining Census. The results have been published by the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, in coordination with the National Statistics Institute (INE). According to Thursday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Notícias”, the data show that, of the total sites, 1,577 are active with 31 per cent dedicated to gold mining. In 2021. artisanal mining involved 806,957 people, corresponding to 2.6 per cent of the country’s population. Three-quarters of the miners have this activity as… Read More Here

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Establishment of a commission to demilitarize artisanal mining sites in Haut-Katanga

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 arnbethnic

The provincial authorities of Haut-Katanga – the DRC’s capital of copper – decided, during a security council held on Tuesday, September 21, 2022, to set up an inter-service commission to demilitarize the artisanal mining quarries in this part of the Republic. Democratic Republic of the Congo. On behalf of the provincial government of Haut-Katanga, the provincial minister of interior and security acknowledged that despite the provincial executive’s ban, the military is still visible in artisanal mining quarries. “About the demilitarization of artisanal mining quarries, an inter-services commission will go to… Read More Here

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Haut-Uélé and Ituri: several foreign companies carry out artisanal mining under the cover of political and military authorities

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022 arnbethnic

The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Ituri and Haut-Uélé presented the results of its analyzes on the issue of artisanal and small-scale mining in these two provinces. It was during a restitution workshop organized on Thursday, September 01, 2022, in Kinshasa. This analysis has identified 3 persistent problems that are causing millions of US dollars to escape from the Congolese state, which are destroying the present and future generation. These include in particular: – The stagnation of the formalization process of the artisanal mining sector; – Mining by foreigners, most of whom… Read More Here