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Hundreds of mining executives, investors and politicians gathered at Africa’s 2024 Mining Indaba in Cape Town this month to discuss “positive disruption” in the mining industry. The buzz left no doubt that companies are latching onto huge opportunities from the rising demand in critical minerals needed to propel the energy transition. But there are also
Statement by UK corporate watchdog RAID On 24 August, the UK’s top anti-corruption agency, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), announced it had decided to drop its ten-year investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) due to “insufficient admissible evidence to prosecute”. ENRC had been under investigation for corruption and bribery centred on suspected bribes for cobalt and
A group of 146 civil society organisations today express their serious concern about the legal proceedings filed in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Israeli businessman Dan Gertler against Congo’s leading anti-corruption coalition, Le Congo n’est pas à Vendre (Congo is Not for Sale or CNPAV). The criminal lawsuit (citation directe) filed in early March targets CNPAV spokesperson Jean-Claude Mputu
Photo: Jean-Claude Mputu Un groupe de 146 organisations de la société civile expriment leur vive préoccupation au sujet de l’action judiciaire engagée en République démocratique du Congo par l’homme d’affaires israélien Dan Gertler contre la principale coalition anti-corruption en RD Congo, Le Congo n’est pas à vendre (CNPAV). La procédure pénale (citation directe) engagée au début du mois de
New living wage calculation shows mine workers labouring for the energy transition are being left behind Pour une version en français, cliquez ici. “Around the world, companies engaged in the energy transition seem to be making record profits, while the Congolese workers who are bringing cobalt to global markets are falling further into poverty. The switch
Un calcul actualisé du salaire de subsistance révèle que les travailleurs des mines qui contribuent à la transition énergétique sont laissés pour compte « Partout dans le monde, les entreprises engagées dans la transition énergétique semblent réaliser des bénéfices records, tandis que les travailleurs congolais qui mettent le cobalt à la disposition des marchés mondiaux s’enfoncent