Rcd Goma Coltan Mining

The Looting of the Congo by Colette ... diggers have to cede half their gold to rebel soldiers belonging to RCD Goma (Rally for Congolese Democracy). ... ore (coltan ...

How has coltan exploitation affected the people of Eastern Congo? Coltan is a combination of columbium-tantaline and as of 2000 was one of the most important ...

Understanding conflict. Building peace. The complexiTy of resource governance in a conTexT of sTaTe fragiliTy: an analysis of The mining secTor in The Kivu hinTerlands

3 Coltan and confl ict 66 4 Advocacy, campaigns and initiatives 105 ... prospective tantalite mines 22 1.5 Estimated global tantalite primary production,

... Illegal Minerals and Conflict ... are controlled by the RCD Goma has tin casserite, coltan, ... US Mining companies courted Laurent Kabila from his 1996 march ...

It’s called coltan and so it happens that I am ... They travel to the mines, ... One thing I discovered during my stay in Goma two years ago was that various ...

... is a World Heritage Site located in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... when the Goma-based Rwandan RCD ... coltan mining under the aegis of RCD Goma ...

Construction, mining, trading DRC Euromet Coltan trading UK ... group RCD-Goma through this trade. Accused by: Global Witness and the Group of Experts at the UN.

Africa News : mining of the mineral coltan, which is used to make pinhead capacitors in mobile phones

A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in ...

Coltan had been the chief ... Kabila sold the mining rights at ... Albers and his partners twice asked his RCD rebel allies to kill Krall Metal ...

Aug 09, 2012 · International Dimensions of the Conflict in the East ... These prisoners were seen mining coltan while guarded by RPA ... (in the case of RCD-Goma).

Apr 03, 2010 · Coltan Gold & Tin Mining in Kivu, ... , Sud-Kivu Eigenaar is hotelier in Goma Oktober 2009 www.ipisresearch.be Foto 7 9. 7 ...

... coltan initiatives coltan mining coltan production coltan trade ... and trade profits from coltan Project RCD-Goma reports Republic of Congo revenue ...

Coltan: from the Congolese war zones to your mobile phone Part 1: Financing the rebels: European companies and the RCD-Goma’s attempts to monopolise the coltan trade

Nov 13, 2010 · The curse of Congo’s mineral wealth ... who has been buying coltan and cassiterite in the region of Goma ... Though much of the RCD-Goma faction ...

April 09, 2010 : The Vile Scramble for Loot: How British corporations are fuelling war in the DR Congo

Wanted: Congolese rebels seek foreign investors to tap fabulous mineral wealth buried under one of the world's most volatile patches of real estate.

This is all money, says a Western mining executive, ... and tantalum. Tantalum, also referred to as coltan, is a particularly valuable resource – used ...