In 2006, resource companies spent more on mineral exploration in British Columbia than any other year since such records have been kept. Natural Resource Canada (NRCan) reported this last week in its Overview of Trends in Canadian Mineral Exploration, an annual overview of mineral exploration published by the government of Canada.
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As the Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila begins his first democratically elected presidential term, he faces the challenge of radical reform in the mining sector, which has been marked by decades of corruption and mismanagement. Phuong Tran reports from VOA's Dakar bureau.
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A week after winning a court order to be allowed to continue mining, a British mining company has been denied permission to return to its claim in the Marange Communal lands in Manicaland province where a diamond rush began three months ago. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA, this is the first time the government has sought to expropriate a mine.
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Soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and employees of an international mining company went on trial this week. They are charged with committing war crimes against civilians during an army crackdown in 2004. For VOA, Phuong Tran reports from the Dakar bureau on the on-going trial.
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