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M23 fighters seize key DR Congo town despite ceasefire bid
The Bisie site produces the tin ore cassiterite and is located in the Walikale district of North Kivu province. The halt in ...
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DR Congo crisis: Canadian firm with world’s largest tin mine suspends operations
Alphamin Resources Corp., a Canadian company running the largest cassiterite mine in the world in the eastern DR Congo, has temporarily suspended operations at its Bisie mine in Walikale territory of ...
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Why Congo Is Suing Apple
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Rwanda’s mining tour amidst accusations of exploiting DRC’s minerals
In the face of accusations of illegal exploitation in the DRC, Rwanda is organising a visit to its mines. At the invitation of the Rwanda Mines Board, France24 correspondent Juliette Montilly head to ...
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Yanomami youth turn to drones to watch their Amazon territory
Around 20,000 illegal garimpeiros, as illegal miners are known in Brazil, invaded the land searching for gold and cassiterite, causing a severe humanitarian and ecological crisis. The Yanomami ...
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Africa Brief
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Federal mega-operation seizes one ton of cassiterite illegally extracted from Yanomami Land, destroys aircraft
Federal agents seized about one ton of illegally extracted cassiterite during patrols on the Paredão Velho Secondary Road, in the Alto Alegre region, close to the Yanomami Indigenous Land. The ...