Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals smuggled from rebel-held areas of neighboring Congo, helping fund an ...

Simply sign up to the Mining myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Kazakh miner ERG will temporarily shut one of its key copper and cobalt mines in the Congo, laying off workers in the ...

Apple , which stopped sourcing from artisanal mines last year, is also reported to be in talks to buy cobalt directly from regulated mines in the DRC. It declined to comment on those reports.

The fall of Rubaya is causing a stir among local residents who fear M23 will use profits from the coltan mines to fund their war against the DRC government. Accessibility links.

A new report highlights the social and environmental harms from cobalt mining in the DRC, driven by surging global demand for clean energy minerals. Researchers investigated five mines supplying ...

Boss Mining does not mine any of its own coltan ... That area does not have major coltan mining sites, according to maps of mineral deposits in ... The DRC severed diplomatic relations with Rwanda ...