Penouta is, to date, the only coltan mine in Europe, because it is also the only known reserve on the continent. The company hopes to extract 50 million tonnes of the precious black gold from a mine ...

At least 12 people have been confirmed dead following the collapse of an artisanal coltan mine in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities reported on Friday. The mine, ...

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.

GOMA, DRC | Xinhua | More than 20 people have died following a collapse Thursday at a coltan mine in Rubaya, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local sources said Friday.

International Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge by DAVID YUSUFU KIBINGILA Associated Press and MONIKA PRONCZUK Associated Press May 29 ...

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.

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 labour by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral ...

“Desde el este de la República Democrática del Congo, el coltán es comprado por comerciantes, en su mayoría libaneses o chinos, que lo venderán a exportadores ubicados en Ruanda.

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