Congo Arrests Hundreds of Chinese Miners in Copper Heartland

Bloomberg Markets16 October 2026, 14:01 UTCDemocratic Republic of the Congo

About 300 Chinese nationals working in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper belt were detained earlier this week as part of a crackdown on illegal mining, according to people familiar with the matter.

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