US EditionAt least 200 dead in a Congo coltan mine collapse, authorities say, as rebels dispute toll
At least 200 people, including 70 children, died in a landslide at a coltan mine controlled by M23 rebels amid ongoing conflict and disputed casualty reports.
- The Mines Ministry reported on Wednesday that more than 200 people died on Tuesday in a landslide at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Heavy rains in recent days triggered the landslide, and a similar collapse last month killed over 200, officials said, highlighting recurring hazards.
- Around 70 children were counted among the victims, many evacuated to health facilities in Goma, while owners of the pits resist revealing exact death figures.
- A senior AFC/M23 official disputed the ministry's toll, saying only five or six died, while an M23 spokesperson was not immediately available for comment amid their control of the Rubaya mines.
- Rubaya supplies over 15% of the world's tantalum, and since M23 seizure in May 2024, rebels have taxed coltan trade, generating at least $800,000 a month; the site was recently shortlisted under a United States minerals cooperation framework.
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In the collapse of a Coltan mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at least 200 people were killed according to government statements.
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Times of IndiaAt least 200 dead in Congo coltan mine collapse, authorities say, as rebels dispute toll
GOMA, Congo — A mine collapse on Tuesday at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a number disputed by the rebel group that controls the mine. The collapse took place Tuesday at the Rubaya mines , which are controlled by the M23 rebels, Congo's Ministry of Mines said in a statement on Wednesday, the latest such accident in the country's mineral-rich and rebel-controlled territorie…
A landslide due to heavy rains has caused the death on Tuesday of more than 200 people in the Rubaya mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to a statement by the Ministry of Mines of the Congolese Government, which revealed that among the dead there are about 70 children. Last January another collapse also caused the death of some 200 people in the same mine, a strategic enclave from which half of the production of coltan …
More than 200 people are reported dead after a landslide at a coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Even before the collapse, the mine was considered extremely unsafe. By Karin Bensch.
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