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.

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

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.

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Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has sought out a deal with the Trump administration, offering mineral access in return for American support in quelling an insurgency and boosting security.

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 Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9 ...

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 ...