In total, artisanal miners in Congo produced 9.2 million carats of diamonds in 2021, according to mines ministry statistics. ... provincial director for Congo's artisanal mining agency SAEMAPE, ...

A PROMINENT Donald Trump ally is pursuing control of a controversial Congolese mine as part of Washington’s fresh approach to ...

Inside the Democratic Republic of Congo's Diamond Mines Congolese miners working one of the thousands of artisanal mines that cover the southwest Democratic Republic of Congo. Aug. 9, 2015.

With his mining investments and philanthropy, Mr. Gertler is perhaps the most famous foreign investor in Congo, which he first visited in 1997, when he was 23 and selling rough diamonds.

Congo Says Toxic Leak at Diamond Mine Part-Owned by Russia’s Alrosa Killed 12. Lack of transparency over spill at Angola-based Catoca mine deepens concerns about pollution in hard-to-monitor ...

The report also alleges Russian mercenaries have looted gold and diamond mines, engaged in smuggling operations and are also involved in illegal sales of “conflict minerals'' (in this case gold and ...

KANAGA - Six people died when a diamond mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, officials said on Sunday. The accident took place in the Diboko area in the central ...

Kananga, DR Congo: Six people died when a diamond mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, officials said on Sunday.

In the Republic of Congo, diamond production represents both a significant source of wealth and a major point of contention. With an estimated $24 trillion in untapped natural resources, the ...

Nestled in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it shouldn’t be operating in at all – the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an ...

At least six people were killed when an artisanal diamond mine in Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai province caved in, a provincial official said on Thursday, adding that there could be more ...