DR Congo to lift eastern mining ban

Mar 2, 2011

Democratic Republic of Congo will lift the mining ban which it imposed on its eastern provinces last September to cut off funding to armed groups on 10 March, Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu told Reuters. The six month ban on mining activities and exports by President...

ITRI letter to SEC relating to Dodd Frank February 2011


Feb 25, 2011

TRI has previously provided comments to SEC on 22 November 2010, and 27 January 2011. We now submit additional remarks on the potential cost and timescale of implementation of due diligence systems in the upstream supply chain (mine to smelter). DOWNLOAD PDF...

DR Congo ban may be phased out

Feb 9, 2011

The Democratic Republic of Congo, is considering phasing out a ban on mining in three eastern provinces that was aimed at halting illegal trade, Bloomberg reported. “Mines could be reopened quickly,” Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu told a mining conference...

Minister: Rwanda mining sector will keep growing

Feb 7, 2011

Rwanda’s mining sector output grew by 34% in 2010 compared to the previous year and will continue to expand in 2011, the Minister of Forestry and Mineral Resources, Christophe Bazivamo told the New Times newspaper. Mineral exports generated $96.4 million last...

Rwanda begins tagging minerals

Jan 27, 2011

Rwanda’s New Times newspaper reported that the country’s Geology and Mines Authority (OGMR), has set up a mineral tagging and sealing scheme, internationally recognized as the iTSCi project, which aims to curb illegal trading of “conflict...