Families mourn those killed in a Congo mine landslide as some survivors prepare to return

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

U.S. Can't Dislodge Guerrillas From Venezuela's Gold and Coltan Flow, Experts Say: 'They Understand Mining Is the Future'

Armed guerrilla groups entrenched in southern Venezuela continue to control vast gold and coltan deposits despite Washington's efforts to reshape the country's political and economic landscape after N ...

Violent militias stand between the US and Venezuela’s vast mineral riches

Illegal mining has reached an industrial scale in the country’s southern jungles, where the government has no control.
AllAfrica on MSN

Fighting for the Strategic Coltan Mine in Rubaya

A fierce battle is raging in the Masisi region of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for control of the strategically important coltan mine in Rubaya. This mining area was ...
WGRZ

Mine collapses in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 dead, rebel authorities say

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 ...
Daily Journal

At least 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern Congo, rebel authorities say

GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, rebel authorities said Saturday. The ...