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Allegations of pollution at the Tenke Fungurume mine in the DRC displaces communities
Companies
Gécamines
- Joint venture participant
,
Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) (Joint venture between CMOC (80%) and Gecamines (20%))
- Parent Company
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CMOC Group Limited (formerly China Molybdenum)
- Joint venture participant
Projects
Tenke Fungurume
- Operation
Affected
Total individuals affected:
Number unknown
Community: (
Number unknown
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
, Mining
, Gender not reported
)
,
Ecosystem: (
Number unknown
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
, Mining
, Gender not reported
)
,
Children: (
Number unknown
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
, Mining
, Gender not reported
)
Issues
Water pollution
,
Soil pollution
,
Air pollution
,
Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment
,
Forced Relocation
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Impacts on Livelihoods
,
Deaths
Après plusieurs plaintes portées contre l’usine « 30K » de traitement des minerais de Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM, pour pollution de l’environnement, une partie du quartier de Manomapia est entrée dans un processus de délocalisation depuis le 1er avril, pendant que l’entreprise minière continue de nier ses responsabilités dans ce désastre environnemental à Fungurume…
In the DRC, people relocated from mining sites often demand fair compensation for the loss of their property, homes, and other possessions.
Mining companies do not take responsibility for this process, yet they pay 10% of the compensation funds owed to relocated people into an account owned by a branch of the provincial government, the Relocation Commission, which goes to the commission’s operation.