Saturday, April 21, 2007

Mineral exports from Congo's Kivus to slowly resume

(Reuters) - Mineral exports from Congo's eastern Kivu provinces should start to resume next week after the government halted them to enforce rules on processing and transportation, a local official said on Saturday.

The vast, mineral-rich central African country suspended exports from the North and South Kivu provinces -- which produce cassiterite, tungsten ore and coltan -- earlier this week to ensure "counters" who process and export minerals had licences.


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