The Hawks just clipped the wings of an alleged fraudster in the murky world of the so-called “coltan” scam. After months of digging, their 419 Task Team swooped in and arrested 42-year-old Georgie ...

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 ...

Mine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their ...

It comes less than a year after the rebels seized Rubaya, a mining hub also in the country’s east, which harbors one of the world’s largest deposits of coltan, a valuable mineral used in the ...

The Hawks arrested Georgie Maureen Da Lanca in connection with a major coltan scam, marking a breakthrough in South Africa’s fight against organised fraud.

News has it that a rare ore, columbite-tantalite (coltan), was discovered around the Kiritiri, the headquarters of the sub-county. Parts of this sub-county are incredibly rocky; no wonder colten ...

The region boasts a "dizzying array" of riches, such as gold and diamonds, but the "most coveted are the lesser known": coltan, cobalt and other minerals "crucial in the production of laptops and ...

Authorities of the Liberia National Police (LNP) are investigating a suspected mineral smuggling in Pogbaken Town, Karluway District, Maryland County, after 34 kilograms of coltan were allegedly ...

Middlemen and local militias steal billions from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) cobalt and coltan trade, fuelling conflict and leaving the nation poor, according to a political analyst.

On Feb. 13, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to suspend a cooperation agreement with Rwanda on a trio of minerals ...