The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth resources, which are said to be worth trillions of dollars.

Aug. 4 at 5:00 p.m. Correspondent Katharine Houreld and photographer Arlette Bashizi traveled together across southeastern Congo, visiting industrial and artisanal mines in the country’s three ...

OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo--For eight years, a Chinese mining company has been vastly ... It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds. The original boundaries of the reserve ...

Alphamin Resources is evacuating its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to the advance of insurgent ...

It’s been 15 years since the global effort to ban conflict diamonds began. But the industry is still tainted by conflict and misery Story by Aryn Baker/Tshikapa Photographs by Lynsey Addario for ...

Tin prices jumped to eight-month highs on Thursday after Alphamin Resources said it would temporarily cease operations at its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to unrest ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo says it’s suspending cobalt exports for four months to rein in oversupply of the battery metal on the international market. Cobalt production in Congo – which ...

DR Congo is home to copper, cobalt, zinc, uranium, diamonds, tantalum ... region and they are reportedly fighting for control of mining areas. More than 700 people have been killed in fighting ...

M23 offensives follow a clear logic: they want to gain control of the region's minerals — mainly gold, cassiterite, coltan, ...

Norinco has now proposed that the Democratic Republic of the Congo increase its interest in Chemaf's Mutoshi and Etoile mines to as much as 15% from 5% currently - at no additional cost - subject ...