Sentences with phrase «in the democratic republic of»

April 23 - Shares in Democratic Republic of Congo copper and cobalt miner Katanga Mining Ltd lost nearly a third of their value Monday after it said the central African country's state - owned mining company had taken steps to dissolve one of its units.

Last week, Glencore said its mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo were served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $ 3 billion by a company affiliated with Gertler.

According to the Ivanplats prospectus, released back in September, most of the funds raised will be put toward several projects throughout the continent, including its US$ 2 - billion Kamoa copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has 9.2 million tonnes of measured and indicated resources and 12.5 million tonnes inferred.

LONDON, April 27 - Glencore's mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $ 3 billion by a company affiliated with Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, Glencore said on Friday.

Unfortunately, it is a little known fact that the deadliest war in the world since WWII is happening right now in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

One of the most prominent names at this year's event was Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow, who worked with director Imraan Ismail to create The Protectors: A Walk in the Ranger's Shoes, a look at the rangers guarding elephants from ivory poachers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

LONDON / DAKAR, May 3 - Miner and commodities trader Glencore is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

LONDON / DAKAR, May 3 (Reuters)- Miner and commodities trader Glencore is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

But it's going to be harder to successfully wipe out the disease in certain rural parts of Nigeria or in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

First Cobalt says the acquisition will help it position itself as a North American - focused cobalt company, as buyers of the metal look to diversify from a widespread reliance on production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where human rights groups have raised concerns of child labour in mining operations.

A recent sharp rise in cobalt prices — benefiting Western Australian nickel producers with cobalt credits — has been attrib - uted to lower production in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

* Glencore's mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $ 3 billion by a company affiliated with Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, Glencore said on Friday.

Among other efforts, he helped develop a program addressing conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The miner and commodities trader is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

Glencore dropped 5 per cent after mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo were served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $ US3 billion.

2nd December 2016 Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines subsidiary Kamoa Copper SA has retained Australian consultancy OreWin to prepare a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the development of the Kakula deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

By: Henry Lazenby 29th September 2014 Africa - concerned project developer Ivanhoe Mines on Monday reported the positive initial results of bench - scale metallurgical flotation testwork at the company's Kamoa copper project, near the mining centre of Kolwezi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern province of Katanga.

The statement comes after growing concern that increased demand for cobalt is fuelling exploitation of children and environmental destruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounts for 60 per cent of world supply.

By: Reuters Updated 2 hours 52 minutes ago Miner and commodities trader Glencore is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

By: Simone Liedtke 25th November 2016 Turnkey laboratory solutions provider Tramecon has commissioned the R10 - million Kinsenda laboratory, a project headed by midtier mining group Metorex, near the border town of Kasumbalesa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

By: Reuters Updated 1 hour 44 minutes ago Miner and commodities trader Glencore is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

A legal and technical team representing the major mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrived in Kinshasa for talks with the government on its new mining... Read more»

Glencore dropped 5 percent after mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo were served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $ 3 billion.

A pair of conjoined twins, born naturally in a remote village in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have survived separation following an 870 - mile round trip.

Yet the Ugandan government's army is hardly innocent of atrocities either, having displaced, tortured, and killed numerous civilians in Uganda as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Anna Ridout is a senior emergency communications officer for World Vision U.K. working in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)-- known as the «rape capital of the world» — approximately 1,100 rapes are reported each month; an average of 36 women and girls each day.

For example, it includes about 20 percent of the 4 million people killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's civil war, which significantly skews the 10 - year average that the number represents.

Goma airport, the gateway to one of the largest and most strategic cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's unstable and mineral - rich east, is the city's only connection to distant Kinshasa, the DRC's capital and a place unreachable from Goma by road.

He said: «In one corner of a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo was a large marquee.

The degree to which the Rwandan Anglican Church is complicit with the state has been illustrated by United Nations reports on retired bishops Emmanuel Kolini and John Rucyahana holding meetings for the reprehensible M23 «rebellion» in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

It's been 15 years since Popole Misenga has seen his own family, when one of Africa's deadliest conflicts broke out leaving more than 5 million dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The U.N. released a report today detailing its findings in its examination of war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 1990s.

After working closely with World Relief in the Democratic Republic of Congo, this Christian relief organization that works directly through local churches has opened an office in Jordan to serve both Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqis.

(CT covered the experimental «village peace communities» World Relief debuted under Bauman's leadership in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It was first discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo while it was growing naturally in the area.

In 1998, Olivier and his older sister watched his parents get slaughtered in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

During that time, I have supported over 1000 mothers and their babies in my country of Uganda, as well as in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana.

The reaction among scholars, activists, journalists, bloggers and PanAfricanists was immediate in identifying the inaccuracies, exaggerations and oversimplifications, which addresses «crimes... from a bygone era» as a tool to cultivate American military support (read intervention) for the Ugandan government, «a repressive dictatorial regime» responsible for looting, rape and atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

As seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo, difficulties providing soldiers with adequate resources may result in deteriorating discipline, corruption, defection, and human rights abuses.

At 11 a.m., Karibu Global Initiatives and partners host a press conference to highlight the situation of rural girls and women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the necessity for peaceful elections, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not yet an international public health emer......

The presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 28 November promise violence, demonstrate international failure and offer no perspective of change

The second parliamentary and presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since independence in 1960 in a few days time on 28 November 2011 are a crucial indicator for the state of the country.

At least six people have been killed in widespread protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations sources say.

He described Monkey Pox as a viral illness caused by a group of viruses that include chicken pox and small pox, noting that the first case was noticed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and subsequently it had outbreaks in the West African region.

In one documented by the Africa Progress Panel, mining rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sold for knockdown prices in deals that involved a series of secretly - owned firms in the BVI, leaving it unclear who had benefited from what may have been corrupt deals.

KINSHASA (Reuters)- A person in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who died of a hemorrhagic fever has tested positive for the Ebola virus, signaling the start of a new outbreak, the DRC Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

The former international development reversed the cut to Rwanda on his last week in the job, despite allegations over its human rights record and involvement in a civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have used teargas to disperse protesters, as a wave of demonstrations takes place across the country.