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A very rough ride for cassiterite trade

Hit successively by a government ban on mining tin in 2010 and then American restrictions under the Dodd Frank Act in 2011 followed by incursions by the M23 militias in 2012, Congo-K's tin-related industries seem close to collapse. But even [...]
Published on 23.07.2013 at 22:02 GMT Reading time 2 minutes
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Mines at the heart of ethnic allegiances

In this enormous country where central power is weak, ethnic allegiance counts above everything, particularly in the mineral resources sector where the political and economic stakes are high. Whoever controls the copper, cobalt, diamond and cassiterite mines of this vast land controls the manna which will finance the presidential and provincial elections of the future and the military operations needed to repel foreign forces.

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