Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Congo, earlier this month.

A collapse at a coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has killed at least 12 people, a mining source and a civil society source said on Friday.

The M23 also charges a levy of $7 on each kilogramme of coltan. The UN group of experts estimated that as a result the M23 earns about $800,000 a month from coltan taxation in Rubaya.

5. What is conflict coltan? Conflict coltan refers to what many investors are no doubt aware of: tantalum’s conflict mineral status.

Amid Congo's escalating conflict, U.S. eyes mineral deal as M23 rebels control coltan-rich Rubaya, vital for tech and defense industries.

Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025.

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 mineral ...

Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the ...

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, at the artisanal Rubaya mining site, hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing modern ...

Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge The Associated Press May 18, 2025, 2:04 AM ...

Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9 ...