DR Congo allows Zijin mine to resume operations, Mines Ministry letter says
Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 11, 2016. PHOTO | REUTERS
Democratic Republic of Congo's government has lifted a suspension order on a Congolese copper and cobalt operation majority-owned by China's Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
Congo's Mines Ministry last month halted the activities of the Commus project, in which Zijin owns a 72 percent stake, to investigate mineral products returned from South Africa due to overly high radiation levels.
