Coltan is refined into tantalum, which is then used to manufacture smartphones and other electronic devices Kenya has discovered its first deposits of the valuable mineral coltan, the mining ...

Analysis - With at least 40,000 coerced into mining coltan, and several global tech brands directly implicated in funding conflict, pressure needs to bear on stopping the war as an imperative for the ...

Congo is the world’s leading producer of coltan, from which tantalum is extracted. Tantalum is in hot demand because of its ...

News has it that a rare ore, columbite-tantalite (coltan), was discovered around the Kiritiri, the headquarters of the sub-county. Parts of this sub-county are incredibly rocky; no wonder colten ...

According to reports published this week, Colombian law enforcement authorities have seized some 30 tons of coltan in the last six months from Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC ...

Rwanda- backed M32 rebels now control some 70% of the territory in eastern Congo's North Kivu province. The Rwanda- backed ...

Lars Niehaus, 64, who claimed to be an influential businessman from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been released on R50 000 bail after he was arrested for allegedly luring a woman to ...

Kenya has discovered its first deposits of the valuable mineral coltan, the mining minister has said. The rare mineral is used to manufacture electric car batteries, mobile phones and other ...