Attack on DR Congo mine

Gunmen attacked the village of Mpama, a few kilometres from the Bisie cassiterite mine, in Congo’s violence-ravaged North Kivu province early on Wednesday. "The provisional death toll is 16 dead," North Kivu’s provincial mines minister Juma...

Debate over DR Congo report

Amalgamated Metal Corporation and UK-based group Global Witness have been in public discussion over the last week regarding trade in tin ore from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The debate was sparked by the publication on 21 July of a Global Witness report which...

DRC Tin Supply Chain Initiative

The world’s leading tin smelting companies, working with the global tin association ITRI, have, from the 1st July 2009, implemented the first phase of a comprehensive due diligence plan for tin minerals sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The...

DR Congo exports ebb and flow

Reported exports of cassiterite (tin concentrate) from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been below year-ago levels up to May this year and could now be further disrupted by a cessation of purchases by the Belgian trader Traxys SA and an increase in export taxes...