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.

More than 200 people killed, including approximately 70 children, when torrential rains triggered a landslide at the Rubaya coltan mine in North Kivu province Victims were primarily artisanal miners ...

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 ...

More than 200 people were killed on Tuesday in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's mining ministry said late Wednesday ...

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 ...

Laborers work at the M23-controlled Rubaya coltan mine in Rubaya, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, May 7, 2025. More than 200 people died in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at the mine on ...