# @reuters on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNzdLU82Dhp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33708608-reuters-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-26T04:08:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Reuters (@Reuters) — https://gondola.cc/Reuters

## Caption

The Congolese town of Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan — a mineral that powers the modern world — all dug manually by impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. Control of the mine is the biggest prize in a long-running conflict in the central African nation.
 
Sharon Kimathi breaks down an in-depth Reuters investigation and why parties like the U.S. and China have been getting involved.
 
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#congo #coltan #tech #phone #mine

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mine, phone, congo, tech, coltan

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