More than 200 people have been killed in a coltan mine collapse in eastern DR Congo, feeding global supply chains for phones and electronics.

This is not an accident but the human cost of a broken system where conflict, exploitation and corporate demand are prioritised over lives, and it must change.

Screenshot - Guardian article - Reuters - Fri 30 Jan 2026 23.11 CET - Democratic Republic of the Congo More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC, officials say. Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones. Picutre: An aerial view of a coltan mine in Rubaya, North Kivu. More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said. Photograph: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO/wiki commons
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