At least 200 were killed when mines collapsed at a coltan mining site in eastern Congo this week, rebel authorities say. The Rubaya mines, where the disaster occurred, supply a key metal for ...

The leader of the AFC/M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a drone attack targeting the airport in the strategic northeastern city of ...

Global Witness is calling for businesses and governments to better consider the human cost of rare earth minerals, following the horrific mine disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently.

More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor ...

Thousands who fled the advance of M23 rebels now face the threat of disease and shortages in Burundi’s overcrowded refugee camps It must have been an eerie sight when 35-year-old Dieudoné Muka looked ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It was the afternoon of Thursday, January 29 in the eastern Congolese city of Goma. More than 24 hours had passed since Grace Barata’s relatives had any word ...

Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – In cities in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), home to some of the world’s largest cobalt and copper reserves, eyes are on the ...

GLENCORE said on Tuesday it was in talks to sell a 40% stake in its copper and cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A memorandum of understanding had been signed between Glencore and ...

Glencore (LON: GLEN) has entered a non-binding agreement to sell a 40% stake in its mine assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (Orion CMC). Glencore ...