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.
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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
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📰 Report Al Mayadeen JAN-31/FEB-01
🗨️ 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
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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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Tras ataque a Venezuela, Trump va por el petróleo y el coltán - Avispa Midia
La afirmación de Trump sobre la captura de Maduro marca un punto de inflexión en la doctrina intervencionista estadounidense en América LatinaSantiago Navarro F (Avispa Midia)
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.
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#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.
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Inside the #mine that feeds the #tech world - & funds #Congo’s rebels
#M23 insurgents control one of the planet's largest sources of #coltan, a #mineral prized by high-tech industries. Dislodging them is a focus of peace talks.
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