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 ...

M23 rebels control DRC's Rubaya mines amid conflict; nearly 200 miners killed in collapse as families mourn the tragedy.

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

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A landslide last week collapsed several tunnels at a major coltan mine in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead in the rebel-controlled site.