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The mineral resources of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo s DRC provide an important source of employment for both men and women involved in artisanal and small scaling mining ASM Yet opportunities are not equal for men and women nbsp nbsp Based on a series of interviews with various ASM stakeholders at the mines of Numbi Nzibira hellip
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive CSDDD is currently being negotiated by the European institutions This long awaited piece of legislation is expected to be finalised by early 2024 With the aim of holding companies operating in the EU accountable for the adverse human rights and environmental impacts of their operations and the impacts across their hellip
Challenges in securing access to remedy and restoring community relations after serious human rights abuse at the Williamson diamond mine nbsp This report assesses the efforts by Petra Diamonds to restore community relations and remediate the legacy of serious human rights abuse at its Williamson diamond mine in Tanzania nbsp In 2021 Petra reached a multi million pound settlement hellip
The western part of Mambasa territory in Ituri province has been overlooked by national authorities and international partners This despite major expansions of artisanal and small scale gold mining ASM operations including in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve OWR These mining operations have caused tensions between nbsp native inhabitants miners armed actors officials and conservationists Seeking to provide an hellip
The nbsp EU Regulation on the responsible supply of tin tungsten tantalum and gold 3TG originating from conflict affected and high risk areas CAHRAs came into full force on 1 January 2021 Also known as the nbsp Conflict Minerals or Responsible Minerals Regulation it nbsp aims to break the link between the exploitation and trade in 3TG on the one hand and conflict hellip
Since 2011 gradual introduction of novel mining equipment such as crushing mills has led to the increasing mechanization of artisanal gold mining operations in Mwenga territory South Kivu including the arrival of semi industrial mining companies This report is part of a USAID funded project examining the linkage between armed conflict insecurity and natural resource exploitation in hellip
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