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Congo-Kinshasa: Deadly DRC Mine Disaster Highlights Human Cost of Coltan
The M23 rebel group controls Rubaya mines producing 15% of global coltan, where unsafe conditions and heavy rains caused a deadly collapse killing over 200 miners.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Deadly DRC Mine Disaster Highlights Human Cost of Coltan
Press Release - Global Witness is calling for businesses and governments to better consider the human cost of rare earth minerals, following the horrific mine disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently.
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Last week, a massive landslide buried hundreds of artisanal diggers in the immense Rubaya complex in North Kivu, RD-Congo, revealing the collapse of security standards in these artisanal mining areas. A provisional record shows 226 deaths.
The local authorities are calling for international assistance in the face of a lack of resources to continue the rescue efforts. The site of the disaster is controlled by the most dangerous irregular group in the Congo.
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