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Inside the mine that feeds the tech world - and funds Congo’s rebels

Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan, all dug manually by impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. The ...
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PHOTO ESSAY: Congo coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle ...

RUBAYA, Congo (AP) — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, at the artisanal Rubaya mining site, hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for ...

Sustainable Switch DR Congo and the cost of tech

Here, we’ll be breaking down an in-depth Reuters investigation into the African nation’s mines and looking into why parties ...

Inside the Congolese mine vital to mobile phones, as rebels give BBC rare access

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its ...
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Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle ... - WTOP

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 ...
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Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless ...

Rubaya lies in the heart of eastern Congo, a mineral-rich part of the Central African nation which for decades has been ripped apart by violence from government forces and different armed groups ...