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CONGO: DR Congo locks down mining area, some workers repatriated over coronavirus
- Date: 24-03-20
- Category: CONGO
- Source: Reuters
The Democratic Republic of Congo imposed a two-day lockdown in part of its copper and cobalt heartland and a union official said a Glencore mine in a neighbouring province had repatriated some foreign workers in response to an expanding coronavirus outbreak.
View full storyCONGO: DR Congo army will remove 2,000 illegal miners from Glencore site
- Date: 02-07-19
- Category: CONGO
- Source: Aljazeera
The country's president ordered military intervention after miners defied a government deadline and clashed with police.
View full storyCONGO: Deadly collapse at Glencore’s Congo mine claims over 40 lives
- Date: 27-06-19
- Category: CONGO
- Source: Mining MX
The death toll at the Glencore-owned Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to over 40.
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