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The Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC has significant deposits of minerals and metals including gold copper tantalum tungsten coltan and cobalt. For more than a decade the extraction of these resources has been linked to conflict human rights abuses and corruption. Much of the mining in the DRC is done by artisanal miners who work .
Upon researching events that have occurred more recently I discovered that the eastern part of the country is home to some of the largest Coltan mines in the world. A Brief Background of the DRC Democratic Republic of Congo was first established as a Belgian colony in 1908.
This map shows where the Coltan mines are located in the DRC. As one can see the Coltan mine is located right next to the country of Rwanda. This allows the trafficking of coltan to be smuggled out.
Stop unethical coltan mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo Elaine Primary started this petition to Electronics Companies and You might not know this but coltan Columbian Tantalum which is made from Columbite Tantalite is a precious metal that is used in phones tablets or anything you are using with a rechargeable battery.
Dec 16 2019 Top tech firms sued over DR Congo cobalt mining deaths. Published 16 December 2019. . in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sep 09 2017 The Democratic Republic of Congo DRC located in Central Africa is a resource-rich nation that has been plagued by conflict for decades. It has been the site of ongoing violence and civil war in what is known as the deadliest crisis since World War II.The country possesses vast amounts of natural wealth but mineral wealth in the Democratic Republic of Congo is even more famous
Congo Coltan and Cell Phones A Peoples History. Teaching Activity. By Alison Kysia. 28 pages. In this lesson students learn about the colonial history of Congo debate responsibility for crimes against humanity and investigate the connection past and present between the exploitation of natural resources and violence. Time Periods .
Jul 15 2006 This High Risk Research in Anthropology project is a preliminary investigation into the political economy and social consequences of columbite-tantalite or coltan mining in the Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 1998 until roughly 2003 this region was the center of what is widely referred to as Africas first world .
Congo Coltan and Cell Phones A Peoples History. Teaching Activity. By Alison Kysia. 28 pages. In this lesson students learn about the colonial history of Congo debate responsibility for crimes against humanity and investigate the connection past and present between the exploitation of natural resources and violence. Time Periods .
But as demand for tantalum took off with the boom of high-tech products in recent years a new more sinister market began flourishing in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There warring rebel groups - many funded and supplied by neighboring Rwanda and Uganda - are exploiting coltan mining to help finance a bloody civil war now in its third year.
Jul 04 2019 The nature of the mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC is mainly cobalt coltan copper gold diamonds zinc cassiterite and wolframite. The importance of the mining .
Dec 16 2019 Top tech firms sued over DR Congo cobalt mining deaths. Published 16 December 2019. . in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Oct 12 2018 As I learned on a recent research trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo this cobalt is not awash in cerulean hues. Instead it is smeared in misery and blood. Instead it
Jul 21 2017 image caption These people are mining coltan which is widely used in mobile phones More than 20 of the Democratic Republic of Congos mining
Nov 27 2016 Boys dig for minerals including coltan in Democratic Republic of Congos Rubaya zone where much of the countrys mining is done. They use the money they earn to buy food clothes and shoes. Despite the immense mineral wealth in DRC people here live in endemic poverty.
Aug 06 2018 Coltan mining trade and reforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Volume 56 Issue 3 Claude Iguma Wakenge a1 Dennis Dijkzeul a2 and Koen Vlassenroot a3
Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC engage in the worst forms of child labor including in the forced mining of gold tin ore cassiterite tantalum ore coltan and tungsten ore wolframite and are used in armed conflict sometimes as a
Aug 01 2021 Unlike the large-scale industrial mining of the southern Katanga area the northeastern DRCs mining is small-scale and artisanal and ripe for exploitation by small armed groups. Militants thoroughly control the lucrative mining of coltan lithium tin tantalum and tungsten there.
be known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. Coltan Exploration in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC 161. This is not to say that more ethnic clashes and other episodes of mass killings did not take place in the eastern parts of the country during the AFDLs advance on Kinshasa. In October 1996 attacks by Tutsi-led militias
Mar 05 2018 CBS News finds children mining cobalt for batteries in the Congo. A CBS News investigation has found child labor being used in the dangerous mining of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo .
Sep 2015. Sy Taffel. This paper asks how coltan casseterite wolframite and gold ores mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo relate networked microelectronics to brutal warlords and what .
Mar 05 2018 CBS News finds children mining cobalt for batteries in the Congo. A CBS News investigation has found child labor being used in the dangerous mining of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo .
the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC. IUCN is particularly concerned about the damaging impacts of this mining on the natural values of two universally important World Heritage sites Kahuzi-Biega National Park and Okapi Wildlife Reserve located in the eastern part of the DRC. Coltan mining in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve. Photo Terese and .
Aug 21 2021 Their statistics have also shown that copper production in Congo reached 12 million MT as of 2018. To conclude the mining sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo has immense potential which is still not exploited fully. Additionally minerals such as Diamonds Gold Coltan Cobalt and Copper are so important nowadays.
Jan 01 2018 This article offers ethnographic insights into how reforms of artisanal mining have triggered conflicts regarding property rights and access to minerals coltan 1 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo DRC. The study was inspired by the literature on access control and elite capture.
smuggling Coltan mining trade and reforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo CLAUDE IGUMA WAKENGE Claremont Graduate University School of Social Science Policy amp; Evaluation E. th Street Claremont CA Email claudeigumawgmail DENNIS DIJKZEUL Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict Ruhr
The Congolese coltan is cheaper due to its artisanal method of exploitation. Inhabitants hopping to earn money in a few weeks including children have been involved into this activity.
Apr 06 2016 The worlds largest gorilla sub-species has seen its population fall 77 percent over the past two decades a trend linked to illegal mining for coltan a key mineral used in the production of cell .
Jul 15 2006 This High Risk Research in Anthropology project is a preliminary investigation into the political economy and social consequences of columbite-tantalite or coltan mining in the Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 1998 until roughly 2003 this region was the center of what is widely referred to as Africas first world .
smuggling Coltan mining trade and reforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo CLAUDE IGUMA WAKENGE Claremont Graduate University School of Social Science Policy amp; Evaluation E. th Street Claremont CA Email claudeigumawgmail DENNIS DIJKZEUL Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict Ruhr
