A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency and PremiCongo raises serious concerns about pollution and public health risks linked to operations at the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The report, Toxic Transition, documents large emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) from TFM’s processing facilities since 2023. According to the investigation, these emissions
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Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) has made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, highlighting systemic failures in how Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are carried out and enforced in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) copper-cobalt mining region. Our submission seeks to inform
Mining companies gathering at DRC Mining Week should commit to paying a living wage Tens of thousands of cobalt and copper mine workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) labouring for the green energy transition are trapped in an exploitative low wage system which fails to meet their basic needs and keeps them well
Les sociétés minières qui se réunissent à la DRC Mining Week devraient s’engager à verser un salaire de subsistance aux travailleurs des mines Des dizaines de milliers de travailleurs des mines de cobalt et de cuivre en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) qui jouent un rôle important dans la transition énergétique verte sont piégés dans
