War-displaced Congolese flee towards the city of Goma, eastern Republic of Congo, on November 15, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
A closed copper pit. by Evelyn Mayanja
Packaging copper and cobalt by Evelyn Mayanja
Control house for copper and cobalt By Evelyn Mayanja
Packaging copper and cobalt in Katanga by Evelyn Mayanja
Packaging copper and cobalt in Katanga By Evelyn Mayanja
CONGO. Numbi, South Kivu. 2012. A child carries a piece of bamboo across a cassiterite, coltan and tourmaline mine near the mining town of Numbi.
CONGO. LULINGU, SOUTH KIVU. December 30, 2013. Coltan and Cassiterite miners walk three hours from a mine to Lulingu, carrying heavy bags of minerals, often on their head.
A miner at work in Nyabibwe where coltan is excavated. Coltan (columbite-tantalite) is a precious mineral used to make consumer electronic products. Many accidents happen in the mines because of collapsing tunnels and toxic gases.
Photo 2: Copper tailings
By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 3: Industries fence of their concessions ( Name withheld for security reasons). By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 4: Community living close to Mining company. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 5: Copper and Cobalt to Control House. These are often owned by Chinese Entrepreneurs. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 6A: Copper mine pit. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 6B: A Close Up of the Copper Mine pit. By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 7: Community Involved in Mining: Often Parents Work Along With Their Children. By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 8: Women miners and traders. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 9: Women miners and traders . By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 10A: Separating Copper From Cobalt. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 10B: A Mix Of Copper and Cobalt Along With Other Minerals . By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 10C: A Child Holding the Critical Minerals of Copper and Cobalt . By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 11: Communities scavenging for minerals from enterprise tailings. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 12A: A Community Living Near Industrial Mining, Members of The Community Struggle to Find Water. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 12B: A Photo Showing Water Contaminated By Cyanide Acid By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 13A: A Water Tank Created By A Mining Company After They Destroyed All Water Sources. However, the Water Has A Horrible Smell. The Writing On the Tank In French Roughly says “These Are the Crimes Black people Face.” By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 13B: Water Heavily Polluted by Mining. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 13C: A Well The Community Built After The Water Source Behind Them Was Polluted. The Same Polluted Water Behind Them Leaches Into The Ground and The Well. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 13D: Another Photo of the Well Found In 13C. Created by the community because the river is polluted with acid water from the mine. by Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 14: A Woman Harvesting Cassava. Due to pollution, the cassava is rotten and the leaves are full of dust. This Brings Up Questions of How Communities Are Surviving and the Future They Face. By Evelyn Mayanja.
A School In The DRC. While Mining Companies Have Billion, Communities are Living In Poverty and Are Unable To Construct Schools. By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 15B: Another Photo of the School Found In Photo 15A. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 15C: Inside the School Found In 15A. These Are The Conditions Students Have To Learn In. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 16: Dust From Mining Trucks. Mining Companies Take Out Tones of Minerals Every Day. Every Sinotrak is about US$700,000. During The Dry Season This Sends Dust Contaminated With Dangerous Minerals Into The Air and Nearby Water. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 17: Children Cleaning Copper. By Evelyn Mayanja.
PPhoto 18A: Gecamines Gate- a state owned company. By Evelyn Mayanja.
PPhoto 18B: Gecamines mineral tailings in Penge Penge- close to Lubumbashi Town. By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 18C: Amounts Of Minerals Stuck On The Human Body. This is Common In Mines, yet people work without Safety Gear. By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 19A: Tailings from Ruashi mining near the airport in Lubumbashi. It Is owned by China’s Metorex Ltd. By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 19B: Communities Living Close to Chemaf Mine. When The Company mines or use dynamite to break the rocks, Mineral Dust and chemicals go Into The Air And Into The Eyes Of Children Who Cry For Hours From Pain. Many houses are also cracked by dynamites. By Evelyn Mayanja
Photo 20: A Pipe (Indicated By Red arrow) Draining Water and Cyndie Acid into a near by river in Luishia. by Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 21: Youth struggle to earn a living from mining. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 22: The Militarization of The Mines. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 23A: Photo 23B: Another Photo Like 23A Showing other Minerals found in a copper stone which are often not accounted for. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 23B: Another Photo Like 23A Showing other Minerals found in a a cobalt stone which are often not accounted for. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 24A: DRC Mining Week. These Are Just Some of the Companies Involved In Mining In the DRC. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 24B: Example Of Chinese Companies Involved In Neo-Colonialism. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 24C: A Second Example Of Chinese Cooperate Presence In The DRC. Neo-Colonialism. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Photo 24D: An Example of Western (Canadian) Influence In Africa. By Evelyn Mayanja.
Children cleaning the minerals and often eat without washing the hands.
Women narrating the challenges of mining and family responsibilities.
I am on the motorcycle heading to the mine.
Communities that were displaced are scavenging for copper and cobalt from the outskirts of TFM near Fungurume town.
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