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Illegal miners will be removed from the site of the Glencore project where at least 43 died last week.

Congolese security forces began evicting illegal miners from the mine on Thursday.

The Toronto-based miner acquired the 4,170-hectare St. Laurent project in March.

In a report on Monday, the commodities giant said it is reviewing all entities located in tax-haven jurisdictions.

Last Thursday's tragedy ratcheted up pressure on companies to make changes to security and community outreach.

Congo's interior minister vowed to remove all illegal miners by Sunday from a copper and cobalt mine run by Glencore following a landslide this week that killed at least 43 of them.

Workers will go to extreme lengths to break into mine sites in Africa, sometimes tunneling underneath walls or living underground to extract ore with a pick-axe.

Army will deploy at the KOV open-pit mine as the search for more victims continues.

Metal output in Congo is hampered by a shortage of power from the national grid,