Category: Coltan

The Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 877.4 tonnes of coltan in the first 9 months of 2020 compared to 998.2 tonnes in the same period in 2019, a drop in production of 12.1%, statistics show. provided by the Central Bank of Congo. Over the whole of 2019, the DRC produced 1,164 tonnes of coltan against 2,267 tonnes in 2018 and 1,996 tonnes in 2017, according to figures from the BCC. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, coltan is mainly produced in the Kivu region. Coltan (portmanteau for colombite-tantalite)… Read More Here

The National Mining Fraud Service in South Kivu intercepted 80 bags of semi-precious coltan ores fraudulently entered the town of Bukavu since Tuesday, June 23, 2020.   These minerals, according to the National Anti-Mining Fraud Service, were hidden in a fictitious depot in Bukavu. Its source of origin is previously unsolved according to the anti-fraud service. “The minerals were hidden in a fictitious repository,” said Antoine Imili Mutaona, coordinator of the National Commission against Mining Fraud. Of the intercepted minerals, 4 tons of coltan belonged to the Indian businessman of the… Read More Here