Respiratory health of dust-exposed Congolese coltan miners
Purpose In Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), informal coltan mining has been expanding amidst increased insecurity due to armed conflicts. We investigated the impact of occupational dust-exposure on the respiratory health of Congolese coltan miners. Methods In total, 441 Congolese workers participated in this study, including 199 informal …
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Five things you need to know about coltan
3. War-torn Central Africa supplies about a fourth of the world market as production declines in Australia, the previous world leader. Most Central African coltan is considered conflict mineral because mining areas are controlled by armed factions and organized crime. It's the same in the South American jungles where Colombia, …
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Tantalum supply from artisanal and small-scale mining: A min
Downloadable (with restrictions)! The global significance of artisanal and small-scale mining of certain mineral commodities implies the need for evaluating this production component as a potential long-term source of supply, in conjunction with production from industrial mining operations. The tantalum sector is an important pioneer in this regard, as artisanal …
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Coltan Mining In The Congo: We All Have Blood In Our Hands.
Most of the mines are rebel-controlled. A UN-report states that the Rwandan army made 250 million US $ from selling Coltan in less than 18 months (even though there is no Coltan in Rwanda to mine). Apart from the corruption that is going on, child labour is also very common in the Congo, and the mining industry is no exception.
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Internalizing the Negative Externalities of Mining in …
impact of mining on the health of the mining community. Tarkwa is a leading mining community in Ghana and it is located 372 km south west of Accra, Ghana's capital. The area lies between latitude 400'N and 500 40'N and longitudes 1045' 2010 W with a total land area of 2354 sq km. As a hub of the mining industry in Ghana,
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The Cost of Coltan Mining to People and the Environment …
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is endowed with natural resources, with rich mineral deposits worth more than US $24 trillion. Columbite tantalite (Coltan) is one of the precious and strategic minerals extracted in the Central African country. The DRC's coltan production reached 700 tonnes in 2021, making it the world's largest …
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Tantalum supply from artisanal and small-scale …
Tantalum supply from artisanal and small-scale mining: A mineral economic evaluation of coltan production and trade dynamics in Africa's Great Lakes region - …
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Global Forest Coalition The Dark Side of Technology: …
Extensive research has linked coltan mining in the DRC to large-scale environmental degradation, with devastating consequences for the region. The Global …
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What Coltan Mining in the DRC Costs People and the …
The global coltan market was valued at US$1,504.81 million in 2019. It is expected to reach US$1,933.92 million by the end of 2026, growing at a rate of 5.58% a year between 2021 and 2026. But activists, journalists and scholars have found a relationship between coltan exploitation and large-scale environmental degradation, human rights …
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Plight of African child slaves forced into mines
Coltan smuggling is big business throughout Africa and is a major source of income for warring militias. The valuable ore is sold for £300 a kilo but the young slaves risking death to mine it get just £1.50 a week. For that paltry sum they work in narrow tunnels dug into river-beds which are at constant risk of collapse. Thousands have ...
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Addressing the enablers of coltan smuggling in …
In 2014 one kilogram of coltan cost $37.50 in Bukavu, $44 in Uvira and $34 in Kalemie. Each of these prices exceeded what was set in the mines, which ranged from $28.80 to $40 in Kisengo and Mai-Baridi. …
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Social and Environmental Impacts of Mining | SpringerLink
There are however some social negative impacts associated with mining including violence, child labour, escalation of gender inequalities, health and environmental effects including deforestation and pollution. In this section, the focus will be on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). However, environmental impacts of industrial sand mining ...
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The Mining of Coltan: Chances are Your …
As CBC reported, men, women and children are forced at gunpoint to mine the coltan, which is exported at a high profit. Using picks and shovels and toiling for 12 hours a day, miners are forced to ...
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"Referees become players": Accessing coltan mines in the …
This article offers ethnographic insights into how reforms of artisanal mining have triggered conflicts regarding property rights and access to minerals (coltan),. ¹ 1In eastern DRC, coltan is an ...
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DRC : Rubaya mine at heart of vast coltan trafficking network …
Rubaya mine at heart of vast coltan trafficking network. Tonnes of the strategic mineral coltan are being extracted and exported illegally from mines owned by the family …
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What is Coltan? 6 Facts You Should Know
The mineral coltan is one of the resources that is playing an important role in the technological revolution. Coltan ore itself hosts technology minerals tantalum and niobium. Brazil, Canada and ...
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Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining and the …
Abstract. This paper reflects broadly on how artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is argued that …
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The real costs of coltan mining in the DRC — report
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most resource-rich countries in the world — its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of $24 trillion. The ...
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Tantalum supply from artisanal and small-scale mining: …
estimated mine production share (%) by artisanal and small-scale mining (black bars) average value (billion US$) of global mine production 2014 - 2018 (gray bars) 0.3
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(PDF) Chinese mining projects in Africa
June 2021. Abhijeet Nehra. In this article, I explain the chinese activities in the east coast of Africa specifically infrastrucutre projects in Eritrea, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: What Coltan Mining in the DRC Costs …
The global coltan market was valued at US$1,504.81 million in 2019. It is expected to reach US$1,933.92 million by the end of 2026, growing at a rate of 5.58% a year between 2021 and 2026. But ...
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Mining and illicit trading of coltan in the Democratic …
relationships within the political economy of coltan mining and trading in the DRC. Specifically, it seeks to: • Examine the scope and dimensions of organised crime in the mining and trading of coltan; • Identify those involved; • Identify the trade routes, regional and international links associated with the illicit trading of coltan;
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DRC: Apple, Tesla and Intel may have benefitted from mines …
A carries a container of water at a coltan mine in Kamatare, Masisi territory, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 1, 2018. ... stance on LGBTQ+ stirs debate Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson urges dual tolerance during a BBC interview as Ghana's parliament debates its contentious anti-homosexuality bill.
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Africa: conflicts and mining-induced displacement
Just to give two examples of mining-induced displacements among so many others: the gold mining in Ghana and the illegal exploitation of diamonds and coltan[1] in the war torn Democratic Republic of Congo. ... For example the trade in coltan, a rare mineral used in computers and mobile phones, had social effects 'akin to slavery', the …
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Kofi Ansah, Fui Tsikata shed more light on Ewoyaa …
In a follow-up statement issued on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, they identified three additional issues that, if addressed, could substantially benefit Ghana's position in …
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TIMS data for columbite-tantalite from Ghana and …
Coltan 139 (ID-TIMS age of 505.4 ± 1.0 Ma and 506.6 ± 2.4 Ma; Melcher et al., 2008) was used as the external standard for U-Pb analysis, while NIST SRM 610, GSE-1G and BCR-2G were used as the ...
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The invisible lives of cobalt miners and green traceability …
This article focuses on the invisible lives of the artisanal diggers who mine much of the world's cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their lives in Katanga fade behind the ore they produce. In the dominant green energy discourse, these workers become invisible actors whose corporeality, work and struggle are concealed …
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Top African countries that are rich in natural resources
Bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and situated in West Africa, Ghana is rich in numerous natural resources including; bauxite, aluminum, diamond, and timber. Ghana has a population of 31.07 million people. Ghana's wealth is a product of proper resource management. Of these resources, Ghana is most dependent on its arable land and gold …
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Children as young as seven mining cobalt used in …
Children as young as seven are working in perilous conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to mine cobalt that ends up in smartphones, cars and computers sold to millions across the ...
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The Congo and Coltan: Political Economy, Precious Commodity…
A report by the Commission of the European Union in 2011 raised issues of child labour in coltan mining in DRC, and in the recycling industry in Ghana and China. In 2016, Amnesty International, in a joint investigation with African NGO African Resources Watch, published a report that found that children even as young as seven years old …
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