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The aftermath of an Ibama raid on an illegal mining camp, or garimpo, in Yanomami land in Roraima. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces ...

When it comes to “conflict minerals,” diamonds get the most attention. But diamonds aren’t the only minerals being sold to finance wars. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, minerals such as ...

A mineral that is difficult to crack meets a raw material that is increasingly in demand in the electronics and semiconductor industry: In multi-stage smelting and refining processes, raw tin is ...

Near the rusting carcass of a smelter, barefoot men and women scratch at the ground in the quest for cassiterite -- the tin oxide ore that generations ago gave the town of Manono a brief taste of the ...

Rwanda’s mineral revenues remain dominated by cassiterite, a tin oxide mineral (SnO2) which fetched revenues to the tune of US$37.6m (Rwf20.5b) as of October, 2008.

The Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) has announced August 16, 2025 as the deadline for investors to submit applications for licenses to operate in 10 ready-to-invest-in mining concessions ...

Frederic Gautier has been thinking a lot about death recently. The miner, from South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), thought about it as he cowered under his bed to escape a ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Cassiterite dealers will resume exports from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday after ministers cleared a deal to raise taxes on the tin ore and end a seven-week ...