The mine gave way after heavy rains on Wednesday, a local rebel spokesman says.

The collapse happened Wednesday due to heavy rains at the rebel-controlled Rubaya mines. Congo is a major supplier of coltan, which contains a key component in the production of smartphones.

Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones ...

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

Mine collapse in eastern Congo leaves at least 200 dead - At least 200 people were killed in a landslide at coltan mines in ...

A catastrophic mining disaster occurred at the Rubaya coltan mine in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, resulting in more than 200 fatalities and marking one ...

Congo’s government has long accused Rwanda of using M23 to loot the resources of the country’s east. In a statement this ...

A landslide at the rebel held Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Congo has killed at least two hundred miners, plunging families ...

More than 200 people have been killed in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

More than 200 people have been killed in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...

The Rubaya mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 200 people, including miners, children, and market women ...