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Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo
The government fears at least 200 are dead after a landslide struck a militia-held coltan mine in the country’s east.

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

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📌 Deadly #landslide exposes the risks of artisanal mining and the role of conflict minerals in global #supply chains

⚠️ 📢🕯️ Landslide at a major #coltan #mining site in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo #DRC has left more than 200 people dead

🔹🕯️ Among the victims of this landslide are miners, #children and market women

🔔 w/updates on #emergencyresponse

#africa #news #smartphones #technology #ai #resources #rareminerals

📰 Report Al Mayadeen JAN-31/FEB-01

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🗨️ Note: Mark is talking about columbite-tantalite or short: #coltan

Tantalum from coltan is used to manufacture tantalum #capacitors which are used for #mobilephones, #computers, #automotive #electronics, and #cameras

He also mentioned in this video:
#rareminerals #gold #indigogold

#venezuela #news #geology #economy

#research #photography #mineralogy #chemistry #tech

#voxpopuli #peoplesvoices

📲 Video: chunkymark #UK

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¡QUE NADIE TE CUENTE MITADES! #Trump anuncia que #EEUU "gobernará" #Venezuela e invertirá en #petróleo tras ataques aéreos y detención de #Maduro, también van por el #Coltán

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#VenezuelaLibre #EEUUTerroristState #madurocaptured #Geopolitica #USA #venezuela #maduro #eeuu #trump #injerencia #geopolitica #latinoamerica #americalatina #oea #ddhh


There it’s processed into #tantalum, a heat-resistant #metal that fetches >$300 a kilogram & is in high demand by makers of mobile phones, computers, aerospace components & gas turbines.
#Rubaya produces ~15% of the world’s #coltan, all dug manually by #impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. Control of this mine is the biggest prize in a long-running conflict in this central #Africa nation.

#Congo #DRC #Rwanda #Kinshasa #Tutsi #HumanRights #exploitation #business #tech #geopolitics


#Congo - Under the watchful eye of #M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of #Rubaya, a line of men [& boys] in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes.

The laborers are hauling #coltan ore, a mineral that powers the modern world. The ore will be loaded onto motorbikes & eventually shipped thousands of kilometers away to Asia.

#Africa #DRC #Rwanda #Kinshasa #Tutsi #HumanRights #exploitation #business #tech #geopolitics


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