Category: Mining
Rwandan Court’s Prison Sentence for Chinese Mining Boss Sparks Passionate Response Online
The Karongi Intermediate Court in Rwanda's decision to hand down a hefty prison sentence on Tuesday to Chinese mining boss Sun Shujun for brutally beating his employees sparked an outpouring of emotion online. "The Chinese are there mining the minerals and stealing ...
Chinese Embassy in Nigeria Suddenly Discovers the Environmental Impact of Chinese Illegal Mining
The Chinese embassy in Nigeria has hurriedly expressed support for calls to clean up the Osun River, which feeds into the densely inhabited Lagos lagoon, following months of reporting that Chinese mining companies are partly responsible for polluting the waterway with heavy metals. ...
China’s DRC Envoy Seeks to Mend Fences With the Country’s Powerful Mining Company
China's ambassador to the DR Congo, Zhu Jing, paid a visit on Monday to meet Alphonse Kaputo, the powerful chairman of the country's state-run mining company Gécamines. The courtesy call was no doubt part of an effort to try and mend ties with ...
China’s DRC Envoy Makes High-Profile Visit to Cobalt Mining Belt, Sends a Powerful Message to Both Kinshasa and Washington
China's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zhu Jing, made a high-profile visit over the weekend to one of the country's most important power brokers in the heart of the cobalt mining zone in the southern mining belt in Katanga province. ...
Zhu’s Other Message in Katanga: See, We Are Building That Infrastructure We Promised
China has faced withering criticism in the DR Congo over the past year that it has failed to live up to the promises it made to build infrastructure in exchange for access to the country's vast mineral and metal resources. So, part of ...
All Smiles as DR Congo’s New Ambassador Takes up Duties in China
François Nkuna Balumuene, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s new ambassador to China, presented his credentials to Hong Lei, the Director-General of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last week. The new ambassador has wasted no time in making courtesy calls to Chinese ...
Zimbabwe’s Top Leaders Bestow Awards on Chinese Steel and Mining Companies
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa along with VP Constantine Chiwenga and Mining Minister Winston Chitanda awarded three Chinese steel and mining companies with the country's inaugural Mining Excellence Awards last week at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Harare. The companies, Tsingshan Holdings ...
New Details Emerge on China Moly-Gécamines Mining Settlement in the DR Congo
More information is coming to light about Tuesday's surprise announcement that the court case in the DR Congo against Chinese mining major China Molybdenum has been suspended. The Chinese company, also known as CMOC or China Moly, published an ...
China Moly Back in Control of the Massive TFM Mine in the DR Congo
In a surprising reversal, the office of Congolese Prime Minister Sama Lukonde issued a statement late Monday night that suspended all legal proceedings against mining giant China Molybdenum (China Moly) and paves the way for the company to regain control of the massive Tenke Fungurume (TFM) copper and ...
China’s Minmetals Doubles Down on DRC Cobalt
The lure of greater access to the DR Congo's vast copper and cobalt reserves is drawing more Chinese mining companies to expand their investments in the country. Mining giant Minmetals Resources on Monday announced a $600 million deal to expand copper and cobalt extraction from its Kinsevere ...
The New York Times’ Popular Podcast The Daily Dedicated an Entire Episode to the U.S.-Chinese Cobalt Competition in the DRC… And It Was Really Mediocre
The massively popular New York Times podcast The Daily devoted an entire episode on Friday to the competition between the U.S. and China over access to the world's largest reserves of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
South Africa’s SABC Tackles DRC-China Relations
While African broadcasters frequently cover Africa-China relations on talk shows, it’s rare to see African reporters covering the issue on location in other African countries. So it was notable to see South Africa’s state broadcaster, SABC News, produce a report from ...