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Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in the DRC, Zhao Bin visited some of the infrastructure projects in December 2023. Source:

DRC revisits China mining deal for $7bn infrastructure investmentSonia Rolley

IRH acquires 51% of Mopani Copper Mines in $1.1bn deal

IRH acquires 51% of Mopani Copper Mines in $1.1bn deal

By Nelson Banya and Chris Mfula 22 Dec 2023

MV Switchgear awarded new contracts. Source: Supplied.

MV Switchgear secures new contract for Kamoa-Kakula copper mine

20 Nov 2023

Congo president demands audit of mining registry to fight fraud

Congo president demands audit of mining registry to fight fraud

Stanis Bujakera 22 Nov 2021

Congo lawmakers tell Barrick to secure mine perimeter after deadly protest

Congo lawmakers tell Barrick to secure mine perimeter after deadly protest

Hereward Holland 11 Nov 2021

Source: © AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Gold Mine

Obuasi underground ore mining resumes

30 Sep 2021

Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry

Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry

Edward Thomas Jones, Danial Hemmings, Simon Middleburgh 27 Sep 2021

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 June, 2016. Reuters/Kenny Katombe

Congo's cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners

16 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 November, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying

Pratima Desai & Helen Reid 13 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

How mining survived the pandemic

Yaa Agyare-Dwomoh 23 Jun 2021

Glencore says to restart Congo's Mutanda mine towards end of 2021

Hereward Holland 22 Jun 2021

Glencore to restart operations at Mutanda copper, cobalt mine in 2022

Pratima Desai 19 May 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 25, 2015. Picture taken November 25, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

Andy Home 14 May 2021

Rescuers work in Kamituga, South Kivu, at the entrance of one of the mines which collapsed following torrential rains trapping dozens of artisanal miners in September 2020. Photo by Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo

Ben Radley & Sara Geenen 13 Apr 2021

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

14 Dec 2020

A creuseur or digger, descends into a tunnel at the mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners

Dorothee Baumann-Pauly & Serra Cremer Iyi 26 Nov 2020

Getting real about virtual events

Getting real about virtual events

Bizcommunity.com 9 Oct 2020

Illicit gold thrives in DRC

18 Sep 2020

Kibali Mine is fully automated. Image: Barrick Gold Corporation

Covid is forcing the mining sector to adopt technology

23 Jun 2020

Ivanhoe's Kamoa-Kakula Mine in DRC

Commodities, power and capacity building

22 Jun 2020

Barrick's Kibali mine

Miners bump heads over DRC mining code

19 Jun 2020

Going underground in Camarines Norte province, Philippines. EPA

Meet the struggling gold miners who are missing out on boom in the precious metal

Sara Geenen & Boris Verbrugge 27 May 2020

Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project

Mining in a post-Covid DRC will be "survival of the fittest"

22 May 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

China's investment in Africa's mineral resources

20 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2019: Energy & Mining

17 Dec 2019

Smart mining is the key to competitiveness

Eric Croeser 9 Dec 2019

Sherif Andrawes, BDO’s global head of natural resources

What's going to shake up the mining industry by 2030?

23 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Robert Lucian Crusitu/Shutterstock

Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

An artisanal mine. Fairphone/Flickr

The way that minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

Marijke Verpoorten, Nik Stroop & Peter van der Windt 30 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Kamoto Copper Company. Photo: Wikipedia

Illegal miners die in DRC mine collapse

28 Jun 2019

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Congo lawmakers tell Barrick to secure mine perimeter after deadly protest

Congo lawmakers tell Barrick to secure mine perimeter after deadly protest

Hereward Holland 11 Nov 2021

Source: © AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Gold Mine

Obuasi underground ore mining resumes

30 Sep 2021

Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry

Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry

Edward Thomas Jones, Danial Hemmings, Simon Middleburgh 27 Sep 2021

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 June, 2016. Reuters/Kenny Katombe

Congo's cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners

16 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 November, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying

Pratima Desai & Helen Reid 13 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

How mining survived the pandemic

Yaa Agyare-Dwomoh 23 Jun 2021

Glencore says to restart Congo's Mutanda mine towards end of 2021

Hereward Holland 22 Jun 2021

Glencore to restart operations at Mutanda copper, cobalt mine in 2022

Pratima Desai 19 May 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 25, 2015. Picture taken November 25, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

Andy Home 14 May 2021

Rescuers work in Kamituga, South Kivu, at the entrance of one of the mines which collapsed following torrential rains trapping dozens of artisanal miners in September 2020. Photo by Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo

Ben Radley & Sara Geenen 13 Apr 2021

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

14 Dec 2020

A creuseur or digger, descends into a tunnel at the mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners

Dorothee Baumann-Pauly & Serra Cremer Iyi 26 Nov 2020

Getting real about virtual events

Getting real about virtual events

Bizcommunity.com 9 Oct 2020

Illicit gold thrives in DRC

18 Sep 2020

Kibali Mine is fully automated. Image: Barrick Gold Corporation

Covid is forcing the mining sector to adopt technology

23 Jun 2020

Ivanhoe's Kamoa-Kakula Mine in DRC

Commodities, power and capacity building

22 Jun 2020

Barrick's Kibali mine

Miners bump heads over DRC mining code

19 Jun 2020

Going underground in Camarines Norte province, Philippines. EPA

Meet the struggling gold miners who are missing out on boom in the precious metal

Sara Geenen & Boris Verbrugge 27 May 2020

Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project

Mining in a post-Covid DRC will be "survival of the fittest"

22 May 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

China's investment in Africa's mineral resources

20 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2019: Energy & Mining

17 Dec 2019

Smart mining is the key to competitiveness

Eric Croeser 9 Dec 2019

Sherif Andrawes, BDO’s global head of natural resources

What's going to shake up the mining industry by 2030?

23 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Robert Lucian Crusitu/Shutterstock

Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

An artisanal mine. Fairphone/Flickr

The way that minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

Marijke Verpoorten, Nik Stroop & Peter van der Windt 30 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Kamoto Copper Company. Photo: Wikipedia

Illegal miners die in DRC mine collapse

28 Jun 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zambian President Edgar Lungu meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in 2018. EPA-EFE/Alexei NikolskySputnik/Kremlin Pool

Russia in Africa: can it offer an alternative to the US and China?

János Besenyo 3 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Regulatory change and safeguarding against corruption in the Australian mining industry

Scott Harris 30 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Gold mining reduces infant mortality rate

3 May 2019

Botswana's largest diamond find

Botswana's largest diamond find

26 Apr 2019

Demonstration for conflict-free products. Enough Project/Flickr

Why responsible sourcing of DRC minerals has major weak spots

Peer Schouten 23 Apr 2019

20-carat Okavango Blue diamond unveiled

20-carat Okavango Blue diamond unveiled

18 Apr 2019

Copper was part of the deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines. Shutterstock

The DRC and China's Sicomines: why future deals should be different

Andoni Maiza Larrarte & Gloria Claudio-Quiroga 3 Apr 2019

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube

Zim to relax mine ownership rules

11 Mar 2019

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo

#MiningIndaba2019: It's time to make Africa prosperous

Nicci Botha 7 Feb 2019

John Wellborn, managing director and CEO of Resolute Mining

#MiningIndaba2019: World's first fully automated mine

Nicci Botha 7 Feb 2019

iDredge makes alluvial diamond mining easier

iDredge makes alluvial diamond mining easier

14 Nov 2018