Congo State Miner Blames Foreign Investors for Underdevelopment
- Carter Center says Gecamine’s failed to account for proceeds
- Copper-producing Congo is world’s largest source of cobalt
A man carries a bag of copper at a mine quarry and cobalt pit in Lubumbashi.
Photographer: Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images
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Democratic Republic of Congo’s state mining company blamed international investors and anti-corruption activists for the country’s lack of progress despite its vast mineral wealth.
Non-governmental organizations including the Atlanta-based Carter Center and London-based Global Witness have accused Gecamines of failing to account for hundreds of millions of dollars paid to the state miner by the companies exporting copper and cobalt from the central African nation.