the extraction of minerals in congo

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  Green Conflict Minerals

  2023328 · A further environmental impact of cobalt mining in Congo is the hazy air surrounding the mines, full of dust and grit, and toxic to breathe. Studies have shown that the risk of birth defects, such as limb abnormalities and spina bifida, greatly increased when a parent worked in a cobalt mine, linked to high levels of toxic pollution caused by ...

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  The DRC Mining Industry: Child Labor and Formalization of …

  202191 · With the assistance of multinational companies in the big tech and other sectors, measures can be taken to make cobalt extraction sustainable and safer for the communities mining the mineral. This assistance will enable Congo's small-scale miners to be better compensated, have the proper equipment, and operate safely while eradicating …

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  A review of the geological characteristics and resource …

  202451 · The southern Namibian Basin and Cuanza Basin only precipitated minerals which belong to early evaporation stage, while the northern Lower Congo Basin directly precipitated minerals which belong to late evaporation stage, but lacking early carbonate and sulfate sedimentary strata.

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  Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  2020429 · Mineral resources such as gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum are natural resources found in plentiful quantities in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They are highly valued for their use in electronic devices, including computers and cell phones. The extraction of these minerals, however, has contributed to serious ...

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  Rare Earth Element Deposits and Their Prospects in the …

  Informal mining activities and extraction by mining companies indicated endowment of these carbonatites in Nb 2 O 5 and phosphate minerals [ 54, 104, 105 ]. However, detailed geochemical and petrological studies would reveal other rare …

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  How conflict minerals funded a war that killed …

  2023719 · An abundance of critical minerals is so far being mined in only a small number of countries. Most cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and most nickel from Indonesia.

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  What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the …

  2022529 · Coltan is indispensable to the making of modern electronic devices but its mining causes human and environmental disasters in the DR Congo.

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