Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended artisanal copper and cobalt mineral processing, according to a decree seen by ...

American firms have generally avoided Congo on account of its conflicts, corruption and distance. Meanwhile, Chinese rivals ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has begun collecting samples in preparation for Chinese company CMOC’s first cobalt shipment under a new quota system, expected to take place in the coming days, two ...

The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been ravaged by what is aptly described as a “forgotten war” spanning more than ...

A deep-sea ecologist writes that the United States’ new rush to allow deep-sea mining raises significant environmental ...

A rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo said he and his forces will withdraw from the city of Uvira after the ...

The moment provides President Donald Trump — who has repeatedly and with a measure of exaggeration boasted of brokering peace in some of the world's most entrenched conflicts — another chance to tout ...

A study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity in September describes the extensive environmental toll of mining for ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 group has captured hundreds of Burundian soldiers during its latest offensive in eastern Democratic ...

Dominique Bikaba’s family was once displaced from vibrant rainforests in the Congo Basin to make way for a sweeping national ...