Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alain Libondo (17) left, and Nsinku Zihindula (25), hammering at solid rock to find cassiterite and coltan at Szibira, South Kivu.

, REUTERS -Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals smuggled from rebel-held areas of neighboring Congo, helping fund an insurgency in that vast African country, according to a ...

A mine collapse at the Rubaya coltan mining site in eastern Congo has resulted in the deaths of at least 200 individuals, according to local authorities. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, has ...

RUBAYA, Congo — 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 ...

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Offshore diamond prospecting threatens a fishing community in South Africa, while un-checked mining for the precious stones on land is silting up rivers in Zimbabwe. In Nigeria, serial polluter Shell ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead, rebel authorities said Saturday. The collapse ...

RUBAYA, Congo (AP) — 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 ...

Read full article: Downed powerline in Roanoke County to cause traffic delays Sunday, road blocked at McVitty and Castle Rock FILE - Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Congo ...

Read full article: Substitute teacher accused of kicking student with disabilities at Matanzas High School Larry Baldwin Jr. FILE - Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Congo, ...