How much does a miner earn? Assessement of Miner's revenue & Basic Needs study in the DRC (original) (raw)

2020, G. de Brier, A. Jorns, M. Geray and A. Jaillon, The Miner’s Revenue and Basic Needs Study, IPIS, Antwerp, March 2020.

How much does a miner earn in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)? Can a miner’s family cover its basic needs? In a new report, IPIS and Levin Sources compare the income of miners and their basic needs expenditures, to provide a better and nuanced understanding of why ASM communities seem to remain extremely poor and identify the factors that impact their income. This report is the first to find that in Eastern Congo, miners’ families have a difficult time making ends meet, even though artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is among the best income sources available to many. To improve miners’ revenues, downstream users of minerals such as tin, which is still mostly mined artisanally, should first and foremost remain engaged in ASM supply chains and continue to purchase minerals in line with due diligence guidelines.