Monthly Archives: July 2019

Last Updated: 17 July 2019 Article by Julianne Hughes-Jenneth Hogan Lovells Abstract The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) were endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2011, following the six-year mandate of the Special … Continue reading →

Jul 5, 2019 – 06:32 Open-pit mine near Kolwezi. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg (bloomberg) (Bloomberg) — Glencore Plc said armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo are in the area around the operations of its Kamoto Copper Co., after dozens … Continue reading →

Kamoto Copper Company THE Democratic of Congo’s (DRC’s) security forces arrested at least 20 people who were protesting a decision that artisanal miners working illegally at Kamoto Copper Mine (KCC) should be removed from the premises. General Philemon Yav, deputy … Continue reading →

The death toll at the Katanga mine is said to have risen from 19 to 43, with the illegal miners working in two galleries that caved in on Thursday in benches overlooking the excavation area. Glencore owns 86.3% of Katanga … Continue reading →

Glencore said it “observed the growing presence” of artisinal miners on an industrial mining concessions in the Kowezi area in a statement released yesterday addressing the tragedy. The mine collapse has so far claimed 47 lives at Glencore’s Katanga Mining … Continue reading →