Rcd Goma Coltan Mining

Our guide, a 16-year-old miner called Inocence, must walk for an hour to reach his post at the largest coltan mine in the country. "Sometimes the mountain caves in," he tells us.

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Coltan/Tantalum in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Credits: ) Proxy international wars disguised as civil wars Although Mobutu Sese Seko's Congo (1965-1997), then known as Zaire, was a corrupt dictatorial regime, the mining industry had been nationalized in the Katanga region and partially nationalized in …

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The situation in other parks and reserves is equally grave, including Kahuzi-Biega Park, the Okapi Reserve and Virunga Park. The number of okapis, gorillas and elephants has dwindled to small populations. In the Kahuzi-Biega Park, a zone controlled by the Rwandans and RCD-Goma and rich in coltan, only 2 out of 350 elephant families remained in ...

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According to Nestor Kiyimbi, the head of the RCD Mining and Land Department, the creation of Somigl was justified by the under-estimation of the exploited quantity of coltan (only one of the ...

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2000, which allowed the RCD-Goma rebel movement and. ... This article concerns the paradoxical value potentials of coltan and coltan mining in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on ...

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minerals – including diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, cassiterite (tin ore) and coltan – to timber and oil. 1 But this vast natural wealth has brought nothing but ... (RCD) – and its three factions RCD-Goma, RCD-Mouvement de libération (RCD-ML) and RCD ... considerations at play. 13 The mining sector symbolised that control. Shaba was one ...

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The total number of artisanal miners engaged in coltan or coltan-cassiterite mining in the Great Lakes region is not precisely known; monitoring data by IPIS (2019) and others indicate that the active artisanal workforce variably comprises between 30,000 and 60,000 workers, depending on seasonal impacts, commodity prices and different socio ...

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the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) and Congolese Libera-tion Front (CLF)—have ruthlessly exploited the mineral wealth from territories under their …

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RCD/Goma-controlled zone, for which it could rely on loans from the BCDI. [15] ... The second effect of the local coltan mining is its strong impact on social cohesion. As most coltan miners are male

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The arc extending from Bunagana on the Uganda border, through Kanyabayonga, to Goma on the Rwanda border, covers a lucrative mining belt containing some of the world's largest deposits of coltan ...

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Since 2002, Goma has been occupied by the Rally for Congolese Democracy (now RCD-Goma), a front for the Rwandan government, recently in collaboration with a much diminished central government in the DRC capital city of Kinshasa. ..., 520-521), "informal" ventures became the rule (De Boeck 1996; Jackson 2001; 2002; 2003a; 2003b). Though …

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At the end of 2000, a sudden demand for tantalum capacitors caused a boom on the coltan market, precipitating massive price rises and a rush in mining activities. In the …

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mining and trading of coltan to finance their activities. This chapter also discusses some issues related to the motivation of armed groups engaged in coltan mining and in …

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The commission of enquiry of the Belgian Senate on the exploitation of mineral resources of Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) on Friday heard the testimony …

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diamonds and coltan. While sites for coltan mining (still very profitable) have been at the centre of the looting throughout eastern Congo since 1996/7, it is high quality gold that tops ... (respectively RCD-ML and RCD-Goma)2 and the business people who control the trade. Rebel administrations impose excessively high levels of 'taxation ...

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PART. 1 FINANCING THE REBELS: EUROPEAN COMPANIES AND THE RCD-GOMA'S ATTEMPTS TO MONOPOLISE THE COLTAN TRADE Controlling the coltan trade: the RCD-Goma's …

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On 31 December 2000, RCD-Goma and its allies launched an attack on the area controlled by RCD-ML and captured Kandole, an area rich in diamonds and with some coltan.

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Child miners: the dark side of the DRC's coltan wealth. . Coltan is one of the world's most vital minerals, and 60% of reserves globally are found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) Kivu province. In 2019, 40% of the global coltan supply was produced in the DRC.. The mineral is used in cell phones, laptops and other devices …

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The 20 million strong population of Eastern Congo is afflicted by a complete lack of government, absence of law and ever-changing rules which are imposed by invading armies from Rwanda and Uganda, and roving bands of well-armed predators. A UN Security Council report has highlighted that coltan is perpetuating Congo's civil war.

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Coltan smuggling from the DRC flourishes because of variations in prices set in mining areas and those found in the black markets of northern Katanga, Goma, South Kivu in DRC and Gisenyi in …

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The Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a significant factor in the world's production of cobalt, copper, diamond, tantalum, tin, and gold as well. It is the Democratic Republic of the Congo's largest source of export income. In 2009, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

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This study is an analysis of how military issues can contribute to a sustainable ending of civil wars, particularly in Africa. The continuous warfare in the Democratic Republic for the Congo (DRC) between 1996 and 2004 is used to understand the nature of civil wars and how they relate to classical strategic theory of war in general and their termination in particular.

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On 31 December 2000, RCD-Goma and its allies launched an attack on the area controlled by RCD-ML and captured Kandole, an area rich in diamonds and with some coltan. Also late in December 2000 ...

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The Goma-based Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) has disclosed that three foreigners were partners in the company, Somigl, to which it has just granted monopoly mining rights for of columbite and tantalite (coltan) minerals. Rwanda News Agency (RNA) on Thursday quoted RCD Secretary-General Azarias …

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ARCHIVES - Échantillons d'une mine de coltan à Rukunda, territoire de Masisi, au Nord-Kivu, République démocratique du Congo, le 2 décembre 2018. Partager . Print. L'insécurité en RDC est alimentée par un engrenage complexe mêlant géopolitique, rivalités ethniques et nationales, et bataille pour le contrôle des ressources naturelles ...

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coltan mining company in the Great Lakes, namely SOMIGIL. Within a few months it was able to resell 236 tonnes for $2.36 million, a deal from which only the RCD-Goma profited. Deprived of revenues, former exporters scrambled to attract global public interest, playing on concerns over the fate of the gorillas of the Kivus. Coltan was not the ...

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RCD-Goma has designed a fiscal system based mainly on the mining sector. About six different forms of tax exist in this sector, and they are applied on approximately eight different types of minerals, including the most important (coltan, gold and diamonds).

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Young artisans, mostly under 18, from the villages near Goma in North Kivu who work in coltan mining face severe occupational hazards. Radon, a radioactive substance associated with coltan, has been linked to lung cancer, and these child miners interact daily with the mineral without precautionary safeguards .

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The arc extending from Bunagana on the Uganda border, through Kanyabayonga, to Goma on the Rwanda border, covers a lucrative mining belt containing some of the world's largest deposits of coltan, which …

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