Tenke Fungurume, located in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in central Africa, is one of the biggest and highest-grade copper-cobalt deposits in the world. Producing since 2009, the giant copper and cobalt mine is owned and operated by Tenke Fungurume Mining (T...
High exposure to cobalt and other metals in mineworkers and malachite workers in Katanga, D.R. CongoWe obtained spot samples of urine from three convenience samples of workers: 15 male miners (mean age 30.4 y) upon their return from work in a copper-cobalt mine, 26 informal diggers [7 ...
Title: CMOC pushes back as Congo’s Gecamines demands compensation in cobalt mine dispute, Summary: China’s CMOC Group Ltd hit back at what it called “wild overcharges” from Congo’s state mining co
Trolley assist truck transportation system is widely applied in different kinds of mines in south part of Africa, which is notable in regional application. The investigation, on the designs and applications of Sicomines Copper-Cobalt Mine, Rio Tinto ROSSING Uranium Mine, and CGNPC HUSAN Uranium Mine...
P-170 RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE SILICOSIS IN INDUSTRIAL COBALT MINE WORKERS: TWO CASES FROM DR CONGOdoi:10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0692INTRODUCTION. Silicosis remains the most important occupational lung disease worldwide. However, the condition is not often diagnosed, even in the Katangan Copperbelt, an area...
Modern mines, such as the cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are resembling the gold rush era with poor environmental regulations and will only amplify the mine waste problem. Advancing technology and climate change solutions, i.e., electric cars, require extraction of raw ...
Cobalt values also exceeded the MAVs in two Aparis soils but were within the range determined in the Mociços mining area [29], being relatively lower than that found in São Domingos mine soils [31]. 2.2. Enzymatic Activities Enzymatic activities (Figure 1) were used as biological ...
These elements include lithium, iron, manganese, cobalt, aluminum, natural graphite, copper, phosphorus, nickel, and titanium. These elements have been chosen because they are essential for the development of battery technology and the overall energy transition. At least one of the mentioned elements...