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In 2021, the DRC's coltan production amounted to an estimated 700 tonnes, making the Central African country the world's largest coltan producer by far. Coltan is indispensable to the manufacture of all modern technological devices. The mineral is refined to tantalum powder, which is used to make heat-resistant capacitors in laptops ...
The identification of coltan mineral deposits in six Kenyan counties marks a significant opportunity for the country's mining sector. The Mining Act of 2016 and subsequent regulatory frameworks ...
Read story on the MINING WEEKLY website By Robyn Wilkinson Feature Writer - November 4, 2016 Mining and metals company AB Minerals is introducing a new disruptive processing technology, which has ...
However, coltan in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and quickly becoming the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, is a dangerous material. A majority of Coltan production deposits …
Extensive research has linked coltan mining in the DRC to large-scale environmental degradation, with devastating consequences for the region. The Global Forest Watch platform reveals that the DRC has lost 8.6% of its tree cover since 2000, and mining, …
The DRC is Africa's largest producer of coltan but believes it is not making the most of this resource. Cargos of unprocessed coltan ore, from which tantalum and niobium are extracted, are taken across the border before being …
In 2021, the African country's coltan production was estimated at 700 tonnes, making the DRC the world's largest coltan producer. Activists, journalists and scholars have found a relationship between coltan exploitation and large-scale environmental degradation, human rights abuses, violence and death, the Conversation reported.
Societe Miniere de Bisunzu Sarl (SMB) is the Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest coltan miner. In 2021, the African country's coltan production was estimated at 700 …
A recent breakthrough in Coltan discovery marks a pivotal moment, with Kenya Broadcasting Corporation confirming the availability of this highly prized mineral. Minister of Mining, Salim Mvurya, hailed the find as a potential economic game-changer, though precise quantities are yet to be determined. What is Coltan?
Mining and metals company AB Minerals is partnering with the African Minerals and Geoscience Centre (AMGC) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to establish the first columbite-tantalite (coltan) smelter ...
Sites of historical heritage and indigenous norms are violated by artisanal miners and foreign companies. Exploitation of children, rape and gender-based violence are common …
The County Mining Officer, Peter Njagi, noted that the announcement of the discovery of coltan was a game-changer and that the news would spread like wildfire. Many illegal miners might invade the area, he warned.
Coltan mining in Central Africa and especially in the Eastern Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has often been viewed as a case for a conflict over the control of raw
Mining and extractives Illegal cobalt mining taints transition to green technology. The DRC's extractive reform strategy fails to address the consequences of illegal cobalt mining for …
from mining that contribute directly and indirectly to conflict. In northern Katanga, iTSCi aims to curb the smuggling of coltan. Given that the coltan business has been controlled by 'criminal actors' (Global Witness ), iTSCi's main objective is to …
Coltan mining in Central Africa and especially in the Eastern Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has often been viewed as a case for a conflict over the control of raw materials in a fragile state. 4 Although the DRC seems to advance in some key areas lately, e.g. in macro-economic management, education enrollment or improving drinking …
Since 2006, our working group has been investigating columbite-tantalite (coltan) mineralisation, especially in Africa, also within the wider framework of establishing certified trade chains.
This was meant to help sustain the flow of raw materials (Coltan) from Africa into Europe under the EU's Raw Materials Initiative RMI. The Coltan Processing Plant, a Joint Venture between AB Minerals and AMGC will reduce the flow of raw materials and a lot more value will be captured by the Coltan producing countries in the region but more esp ...
Mineral Conflicts: Coltan Mining in Africa. 15 Mar 2016. By Hale Yildiz. Fresh perspective; Share. Facebook. Twitter. Linkedin "This is Africa" was the exasperated conclusion of Leonardo Di Caprio's character in the 2006 film, Blood Diamond. This is a pessimistic, yet relatively accurate portrayal of all that is dysfunctional and peculiar ...
Absence of mining equipment, Lack of regulation, Higher airborne PM2.5 (range 180–210 µg/m3) and VOC (range 1.4–2.3 µg/m3) levels were detected at coltan mining work …
Ivory Coast-based Chinese businessman Su Xiao Feng has branched out into coltan exploration. In late October, he founded Societe de recherches et d'exploitation du colombo-tantalite (Sorect) in Abidjan. He is not the only one to be looking for coltan, short for columbite–tantalites, in the Ivory Coast.
Coltan mining in Central Africa and especially in the Eastern Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has often been viewed as a case for a conflict over the control of ... There is a clear pledge for international action from various sides. The United Nations have established evidence and given recommendations by means of several ...
Africa Intelligence brings you exclusive coverage of the major political, economic and diplomatic issues at stake on the African continent, ... (AI, 06/04/23), is currently setting up Primera Metals with a view to getting into the …
Coltan Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) production from Africa's Great Lakes region has previously been addressed at large scales, notably from regional to country levels.
M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have taken control of Rubaya, a key mining town for the smartphone mineral coltan, following days of intense fighting, a rebel spokesman said. Congo's east has been …
Faustin Kantanga, a civil society leader in Bukavu, told ENACT that coltan mining sites were rife with prostitution, sexually transmitted diseases, rape and gender-based …
11.3 Coltan Mining in the DRC Due to specific geological conditions—deposits are too small to be amenable to large-scale industrial mining—, Coltan mining in eastern DRC is mainly done as artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). ASM differs considerably by mineral and province in terms of how the sector is governed, how the economy and ...
Coltan is short for columbite–tantalites and known industrially as tantalite is a dull black metallic ore from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.Coltan is known as "black gold" in the Democratic Republic of Congo as it holds very high monetary value. Chances are you have coltan in your pocket right now - as coltan is used in every cellphone, …
Mining and metals company AB Minerals is introducing a new disruptive processing technology, which has been developed to assist African columbite–tantalite (coltan) mining countries with the low ...
Illegal coltan mining in the hills above the town of Rubaya has grown considerably over the past year as the war drags on in North Kivu province in eastern DR Congo. This is particularly the case on licence 76, which Congo …
