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Rwanda Leads Coltan Exports Amidst Concerns of Resource Exploitation in DRC 1

Over the past decade, Rwanda has consistently emerged as the world’s top exporter of coltan on five occasions, according to data compiled by the ECOFIN agency. In 2023 alone, Rwanda exported 2,070 tonnes of coltan, surpassing the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) export volume of 1,918 tonnes. Despite Rwanda’s recurrent dominance in recent years, the DRC remains the primary supplier of coltan, with cumulative export figures of 17,330 tonnes compared to Rwanda’s 15,374 tonnes over the past decade. Coltan, a crucial mineral in the tech industry for devices like computers… Read More Here

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Declining Trends in DR Congo’s Mining Exports Raise Concerns for Government Revenue

October 22, 2023October 22, 2023 arnbethnic

The overall trend of mining products exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been downward during the period from October 16 to 21, 2023, on international markets. According to data provided by the National Price Commission, a division of the DRC’s Ministry of Foreign Trade, tantalum is expected to experience a significant price drop of approximately 23%, trading at $227 per kg this week compared to $296 per kg the previous week. During the period from October 16 to 21, 2023, several other mining products exported from the… Read More Here

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Discovery of pyrochlore, a mineral more expensive than coltan, looted by Rwanda and Uganda from the DRC

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 arnbethnic

More than 120 people were killed by the M23 rebels during the massacre of November 29, in Kishishe, a locality of Rutshuru territory (North Kivu) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese government is furious, accusing the Kigali regime of supporting the M23 to unfairly occupy its territories. According to Julien Paluku, the DRC Minister of Industry, the progression of the M23 in Kishishe aims to control natural resources of the Mining and Industrial Company of Kivu (SOMINKI) to extract minerals from the Congo, specifically pyrochlore which contains niobium,… Read More Here

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Tantalex Lithium Resources On track to becoming a key African lithium producer

November 18, 2022November 19, 2022 arnbethnic

Tantalex Lithium Resources Corp., listed on the Canadian (CSE: TTX), American (OTCQB: TTLXF), and Frankfurt (DW8) exchanges, is currently developing its majority-owned flagship project, the Manono lithium tailings project. Tantalex has completed 13,000m of drilling with all assay results being received. A Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate is due to be released during the month of November. Additionally, bulk samples from the tailings have been sent to the metallurgical test facilities in South Africa where preliminary heavy liquid separation (HLS) metallurgical test results have confirmed that up to 6.5% Li2O spodumene… Read More Here

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Canadian Tantalex will launch production of tin and tantalum concentrate in 2023 in the DRC

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 arnbethnic

In Africa, the DRC and Namibia are the two main producers of tin. While Namibia has gradually increased its production in recent years thanks to the Uis mine, the DRC does not intend to give up ground and can count on new projects. In the DRC, Tantalex Lithium Resources will start producing tin concentrate and tantalum concentrate as early as March 2023, at the Titan project. This announcement made on Monday, October 31 by the Canadian mining company follows the obtaining of two mining concessions in the Manono region, in place of… Read More Here

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COMINIERE SA response to the allegations of mining fraud of more than 10 million USD valued at 60 tons of Coltan and Cassiterite in Manono and Malemba-Nkulu

October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 arnbethnic

The Simplified Joint Stock Company called UNITED COMINIERE, hereinafter “UC SAS” or the “Company” is the result of a Joint Venture Agreement dated July 27, 2016 between La Congolaise de l’exploitation Minière (COMINIERE SA) and Sandstone Worldwide Ltd (SANDSTONE) respectively owner of thirty (30) and seventy (70) shares within the Joint Venture for the development of Exploration Permits numbered 12447, 12448, 12460 and 12462 in the Provinces of Haut-Lomami and Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo; We, associates of UC SAS, have just read an article on ACTUALITE.CD, a… Read More Here

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DRC: artisanal coltan production represents almost ten times more than industrial production, i.e. 1,291 tonnes against 148 tonnes in 2021

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Janet

During the year 2021, the statistics of the Ministry of Mines recorded an industrial production of coltan estimated at 148.72 tons against 1,291.03 tons produced by the artisanal sector. The industrial production of coltan therefore represents barely 11% of the overall volume produced in the DRC in 2021, while that of the artisanal sector is estimated at 89%. And the large artisanal production of Congolese coltan comes from the province of North Kivu (1,106.42 tons) and South Kivu (182.29 tons). As for the industrial production of coltan, it is mainly… Read More Here

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Illicit exploitation of coltan, more than 4 billion USD escape the control of the Public Treasury per year (ENACT Africa)

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 arnbethniccoltan, DRC

The activity of armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) causes the public treasury to lose more than four (4) billion US dollars per year due to the illicit exploitation of coltan. This figure emerges from the latest report published by ENACT Africa, a European Union project aimed at strengthening the fight against transnational organized crime in Africa, In this report, the organization has highlighted some of the evils that hinder the responsible exploitation of Congolese coltan. Among the evils raised by ENACT Africa,… Read More Here

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Market: the main mining products continue to improve on the market this week, zinc at more than 42,600 USD per tonne

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Janet

This week from April 4 to 9, 2022, the main mining export products of the DRC remain in good shape, according to projections by experts from the National Mercurial Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Copper still on the rise at 10,332 USD per tonne against 10,247 USD per tonne last week, resulting in a price difference of 85.45 USD. Cobalt is also up this week at 82,067 USD per tonne against 81,619 USD per tonne last week, a price difference of 448 USD. Zinc is also trading higher… Read More Here