Landslide kills over 200 people at Congo’s Rubaya mine, ministry says
A senior M23 official told Reuters earlier that only five or six died in the accident.
A senior M23 official told Reuters earlier that only five or six died in the accident.
The case involved the smuggling of more than 166 metric tons of antimony, of which Chinese customs seized more than 96 tons.
Across mainland Southeast Asia, more than 2,400 mines could be releasing deadly chemicals such as cyanide and mercury into river water, a report says.
The incident occurred on Saturday at the Kalando mining site in Lualaba province.
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M23-appointed South Kivu governor blamed the incident on "uncontrolled construction and poor maintenance of gold wells" in the area.
Indigenous communities are in talks with Codelco and SQM to gain more influence over plans to increase lithium extraction.
The accident took place near the town of Kenieba in Mali's gold-rich Kayes region.
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