Mining is prohibited in protected areas, which includes the reserve, according to Congo’s mining code ... used to separate gold from ore. Mercury is considered one of the top ten chemicals ...

Italian priest Davide Marcheselli has been fighting for years against Chinese companies illegally mining gold in the town of Kitutu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He says mining has ...

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.

Nestled in eastern Congo's Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it ...

The US and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo ... taxes on mining activities, generating around $800,000 a month from coltan taxation alone, in the Rubaya area of North Kivu, which ...