Stories from the Field
Building bridges from mineral revenues
Imagine a small town in a lush green landscape with two mighty rivers running through it. Residents – farmers, nurses, children, merchants, mothers, miners, teachers – all going about their daily business. The town is called Bihambwe, located in North Kivu province in...
Potential set-back from low mineral prices
Before the iTSCi programme was implemented across the Great Lakes Region, the extraction of tin, tantalum, and tungsten (3Ts) ore was characterized by high levels of fraud with little monitoring of prices, taxes or other activities taking place in the mines, at...
Encouraging children away from work at mines
In the DRC, in common with other artisanal mining areas around the world, children can be drawn into extraction, crushing, washing and transportation of minerals, often to help their families with income, pay for school fees, or cover their basic needs. Although the...
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New study gives hope for endangered gorillas in eastern DRC
A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has revealed that the global population estimate of critically endangered Grauer's gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri) is now 6,800 individuals compared to a previous global estimate of 3,800 individuals. ...
Volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo
On Saturday 22 May 2021, Mount Nyiragongo situated in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the capital city of Goma erupted. From Monday, repeated tremors raised concerns about another eruption. One tremor has reached a 5.1 magnitude. The...
Reflecting on a decade of success at the OECD’s 14th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
ITSCI was proud to host a partner session at the OECD’s 14th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains on 26 April 2021. We thank our panel of government partners, stakeholders, members and experts for their participation and reflections on ITSCI’s decade of...
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