Since the beginning of 2026, at least four landslides are reported to have killed hundreds of people at the Rubaya mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a major global source of coltan. Coltan is widely used in smartphones, laptops and e-vehicles. With the mines currently under the control of the Rwandan-backed group M23, […] The post DRC’s Coltan Belt: Verifying Deadly Landslides at Mines Under M23 Control appeared first on bellingcat .