URANIUM MINE – DRC
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLA COBALT and uranium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is too dangerous for workers and should remain closed, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment has concluded. UN officials have examined Shinkolobwe mine since a June collapse killing eight miners. It was exploited for uranium in Belgian colonial times, but was sealed off before independence in 1960. In the 1990s, artisanal mining for cobalt was allowed, leading, said UNEP, "to uncontrolled and dangerous mining activities". Although there was no evidence of ...
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