The New Gold Rush: Post-conflict Mining and Trading in the Kilo Belt (DRC)

Dan Fahey

Chapter 9 in Natural Resources and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, 2011, pp 170-191 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines gold mining in the Kilo belt of the Ituri district in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo.1 Since its start just over a century ago, gold mining in the Kilo belt has transformed from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)2 to industrial production, and then back to ASM.3 Now, as Ituri emerges from a bloody conflict, gold mining is poised to become a mix of industrial and ASM production. The trade of gold has also evolved from being completely state controlled, to a loosely regulated system in the informal economy, to a structure of elite networks with ties to armed groups and foreign governments. With the return of industrial mining, the state will control the trade in industrially produced gold but elite networks are likely to continue to dominate the trade in gold produced by ASM.

Keywords: Informal Economy; Great Lake Region; Armed Group; Local Livelihood; United Nations Security Council (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230304994_9

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