RUBAYA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks ...

, 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 ...

This Coltan (Columbite-tantalite) mines in a forgotten corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo fuel our 21st century lifestyle. The black tar-like mineral they are trying to harvest is the magical ...

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 ...

Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes. A miner ...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - This is an excerpt of the Sustainable Switch newsletter, where we make sense of companies and governments grappling with climate change, diversity, and human rights on Tuesdays, ...

ANSWER: When PlayStation 2 came out in March 2000, there were news items about coltan being in high demand. Coltan is a metallic ore, a mix of the words columbite and tantalite. Two elements are ...

This touching pictures of miners scraping through for precious mineral with their bare hands would put you to tears. Horrific pictures of miners who risk their lives to extract rare minerals that ...