The Conference under the theme, “The Blood of the Holy Martyrs, Seeds of Hope for an Integral Ecology”, was organised as an ...

Adding huge wind turbine blades and solar panels to generate electricity occasionally is the “green” scam of the century, as ...

The Biden administration has held talks with three firms in recent weeks about purchasing one of the world’s largest non-Chinese cobalt producers ... Republic of Congo, are part of a push ...

Congo's state-owned miner, Gecamines, has submitted a bid for the cobalt and copper assets of DRC cobalt miner Chemaf Resources (CRL), reported Bloomberg News. This move comes after the DRC ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, large numbers of people work in dangerous, unregulated mines, digging for cobalt – a mineral used in the batteries found in phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

The only way that the blood will finally be washed away from conflict diamonds is if there is a true fair-trade-certification process that allows conscientious consumers to buy Congo’s artisanal ...

The company also owns dozens of undeveloped copper and cobalt licenses in Congo. Chemaf previously said it had about $690 million of debt outstanding as of September 2023.

Tantalum is among the minerals that was identified earlier this year in a letter from Congo’s government questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” being ...

Congo’s mines minister said the spat between authorities and a Glencore-owned copper and cobalt mine revolves ... presence poses in the key producer of minerals needed for the energy transition.

Democratic Republic of Congo plans to clamp down on companies that buy or source minerals from its war-torn eastern region, where smuggling is fueling one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

DAKAR, Senegal — A rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control of a mining area in the east of the country, a U.N. official said. In April, the M23 ...