KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has signed an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo that positions the U.S. firm to acquire the ...

KoBold Metals, supported by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, signed a deal to develop Congo's Manono lithium deposit, overcoming a ...

According to the testimony, Gertler maintained financial ties with an unnamed associate of Congo’s former president while he ...

Billionaire Dan Gertler’s confidential arbitration testimony describes how he paid an associate of Congo’s former president, ...

Namib Minerals is a newly listed, Africa-focused resource play with only one cash-generating asset, How Mine, and minimal ...

China’s CMOC Group produced more cobalt at its two mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the first half of this year, despite the African nation’s ban on exports. The world’s largest ...

Thirteen-year-old Beni Cial Yumba Musoya used to spend her days scavenging for cobalt under the scorching sun in the artisanal mines of Kolwezi. Today, she dreams of donning a white coat and saving ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been a critical source of strategic minerals for the United States since at least World War II. Here’s a short history → Mining Congo: A Global Power Play ...

The DRC produces more than 70% of the world's cobalt, 15% to 30% of which is produced in artisanal mines. For years, these small-scale operations have been notorious for human-rights violations.

Gold miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work against their will and without pay after seizing its mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

NYAMPEGO, Democratic Republic of Congo -- The Congolese army has routed guerrillas from mines across the country's east in recent months, shifting control of a handful of mines to the military ...

A collapse at a coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has killed at least 12 people, a mining source and a civil society source said on Friday.