US Envoy Sees Alphamin Reopening Congo Tin Mine as Rebels Depart

Armed forces of the M23 rebels are seen in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on April 7.

Photographer: Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua/Getty Images

Alphamin Resources Corp. could soon resume operations at one of the world’s biggest tin mines located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after Rwanda-backed rebels withdrew from the area, a top US official said.

“We hope that the company will resume or make some announcement soon with regards to resuming their operations,” Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa, told reporters Tuesday in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. “We definitely encourage them to resume their operations.”