There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the earth of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a war is currently ...

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 electronic ...

The route between Rubaya in eastern DR Congo's North Kivu Province and Rwanda which is alleged to be used to supply coltan minerals to tech giant Apple does not exist and cannot supply the global ...

You may not have heard of coltan, but it’s a key raw mineral whose components are found in everyday technologies from smartphones to laptops as well as advanced medical equipment. However, the supply ...

A ban on mining in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo that was imposed six months ago has been lifted. The government stopped mining operations in three provinces because of the involvement ...

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 minister ...

The rare mineral is used to manufacture electric car batteries, mobile phones and other electronic devices. The Democratic Republic of Congo holds more than 70% of the world's coltan reserves, which ...