Nicholas Garrett, The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) & Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) : Preliminary Observations from the Democratic Republic of The Congo (DRC), Report following a mission to North Kivu, 2007, 47 p.
 
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ASM & External Stakeholders & Development Assistance – Key Challenges for the EITI

6. The role of China and other new geographies countries as buyers of ASM minerals and investor in SSM companies is another challenge. China has not yet signed up to the EITI and continues to operate on a “we respect your sovereignty” basis, which means China is unlikely to support or participate in the implementation of the EITI in the DRC, unless it has no choice. Given the massive investment China has promised in DRC ($5bn of infrastructure, for example) a major challenge to the EITI would be to work out how ensure the support of China, which is likely to become the country’s main investor and buyer of minerals in the near future.