Glencore confirms Congo security presence at mine

Glencore on Thursday confirmed Democratic Republic of Congo armed forces were in the area around a copper and cobalt mine run by the company, a week after a landslide there killed 43 miners.

Congolese security forces began evicting illegal miners from the mine on Thursday, local activists said.

Glencore said the armed forces presence follows a growing presence of “illegal” artisanal miners throughout industrial mining concessions in the Kolwezi area.

(By Noor Zainab Hussain; Editing by Toby Chopra)