Rwanda mineral exports exceed $100 million

Jan 5, 2009

Tin is playing a leading role in a boom in mineral exports from Rwanda. The country’s total mineral export earnings in the ten months to October 2008 amounted to US$81.9 million, of which cassiterite (tin ore) accounted for $37.6 million. Mineral export earnings...

DR Congo exporters to halt sales

Dec 10, 2008

Exporters in the North and South Kivu provinces of the DR Congo plan to halt sales of minerals including tin concentrate from the start of January, according to Bloomberg. The action is in response to accusations from NGOs and international organizations that revenue...

DR Congo exports remain in doubt

Nov 21, 2008

Although there have been moves towards a peace deal in eastern Congo in the last week, local traders say the slump in tin prices will continue to limit exports from the region. Following talks with UN envoy, Olusegun Obasanjo over the weekend, rebel leader Laurent...

DR Congo fighting disrupts tin supplies

Oct 30, 2008

The advance of rebel forces to the outskirts of regional capital and tin-trading centre Goma, North Kivu province, is likely to disrupt tin production and trade in the area. The National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) rebel group, led by General General...

DRC may ban ore exports

Oct 3, 2008

The Democratic Republic of Congo is planning a ban on exports of tin, tungsten and tantalum raw materials from the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu and Maniema from January 2009, according to news agency reports. Similar restrictions have already been applied...

Kivu Resources drops DR Congo mine plan

Oct 2, 2008

Kivu Resources has abandoned plans to develop industrial-scale mining of the Bisiye deposit in North Kivu, according to Bloomberg. Bisiye has been the main location of artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent years, but continuing instability in...