‘Corporate capture’ of critical minerals risks repeating DRC’s extractive past, warns indigenous leader

Mongabay
May 22, 2026, 4:46 pm199 ptsTrendingTop
The global rush for minerals needed for the green energy transition risks repeating the same old extractive patterns that have long left communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo bearing the costs while others reap the benefits, a lawmaker from the country warns. Robert Agenong’a, a civil society leader…

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