Entreprise Generale du Cobalt, or EGC, is now the only entity allowed to export so-called artisanal cobalt, according to new ...

Conflicts in the DRC could impact the global supply of tantalum, a key mineral used in capacitors for electronics.

In the Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, the expansion of mining activities within conservation areas undermines the ...

India is exploring mining of critical minerals in Zambia, Congo and Australia, Mines Secretary VL Kantha Rao said on Thursday ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

the armed groups want to occupy the whole of eastern Congo because of its land, its gold mines and, above all, its cobalt mines. Gold nuggets can be found by simply digging along the rivers with ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

BAMEGOARD, Republic of Congo — In the Republic of Congo ... has issued at least 79 semi-industrial gold mining and exploration permits within the same region. This surge in mining permits ...