In mineral-rich Rubaya, source of most of the world’s coltan, miners suffer poverty and dangerous working conditions.

The mine gave way after heavy rains on Wednesday, a local rebel spokesman says.

Australian mining giant BHP will face trial before a British court from April next year to determine how much it must pay in ...

The government blames rebels, but such accidents are sadly common ...

The Rubaya mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 200 people, including miners, children, and market women ...

The collapse happened Wednesday due to heavy rains at the rebel-controlled Rubaya mines. Congo is a major supplier of coltan, which contains a key component in the production of smartphones.

A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the ...

A deadly landslide at the rebel-controlled Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Congo killed miners, children and traders during the ...

Congo’s government has long accused Rwanda of using M23 to loot the resources of the country’s east. In a statement this ...

A landslide at the rebel held Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Congo has killed at least two hundred miners, plunging families ...