Congo's Tin Miners Suffer as Others Gain; Government Troops Oversee Booming Trade From: The Washington Post | Date: December 11, 2005| Author: Anjan Sundaram | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Faustin Matiya, a farmer turned miner, emerged from Congo's forest covered in mud and carrying more than his own weight in tin ore.

Matiya abandoned his fields to dig for cassiterite, the main ore of tin. After a two-day trek from the crude mines, he sold his 110- pound sack of red rock for 30 cents a kilogram (2.2 pounds) to a middleman. Government soldiers who carry Kalashnikov assault rifles and supplement their $10 monthly salaries with tips from the freelance middlemen then herded...

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