Global Witness has alleged that more than 2,000 tonnes of conflict coltan smuggled from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered global supply chains via Rwanda, potentially reaching ...

RUBAYA, Congo — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alain Libondo (17) left, and Nsinku Zihindula (25), hammering at solid rock to find cassiterite and coltan at Szibira, South Kivu.

Families Mourn Those Killed in a Congo Mine Landslide as Some Survivors Prepare to Return GOMA, Congo (AP) — After a landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a ...

Coltan mined by armed rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is being smuggled out through Rwanda and fed into global supply chains, an NGO investigation said Wednesday. Looted DR Congo coltan ...

Major Rwandan Coltan Exporter Bought Smuggled Congolese Minerals, UN Report Says By Reade Levinson, David Lewis and Sonia Rolley , REUTERS -Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals ...

In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a mudslide in a coltan mine has buried more than 100 people. The landslide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses ...

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