The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has already shed thousands of mining jobs this year after global commodity prices tumbled.
Last month, the country’s chamber of mines announced that the mining
sector lost at least 3000 direct and 10,000 subcontractor jobs since
commodity began to tumble last year.
The DRC, Africa’s largest copper producer,
is heavily dependent on the mining sector, which accounts for 98 percent
of export earnings together with its smaller oil industry.
Workers at a former industrial open mine site in Kolwezi are part of
tens of thousands of miners who work in the mostly unregulated
artisanal mining sector.
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Source: euronews.
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