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IEA, Data Centres & the Middle East: This Week's Top Stories

This week's top energy stories include the release of the IEA's emergency fuel reserves and Iran's strikes on QatarEnergy's ...

‘It helps us survive’: Poverty forces children into mine work in DR Congo

Congolese authorities say 70 children died in a landslide at the Rubaya mine, source of much of the world’s coltan.
Drama Quarterly

Kollective ambition

A team of citizen journalists explore a global conspiracy in The Kollective. Executive producer Femke Wolting tells DQ how it ...
Africanews on MSN

Israeli billionaire's firm settles DR Congo graft probe for $30 million

FILE - Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) ...
Truthout

Venezuela Advances Reform That Revokes State Control Over Mining Activities

Delcy Rodríguez announced the new legislation during a visit from the US interior secretary and mining executives.

Venezuelan lawmakers open debate on a mining bill to lure foreign capital

Venezuelan lawmakers on Monday began debating a bill proposed by acting President Delcy Rodríguez to regulate the country’s mining industry and create conditions to attract crucial foreign investment.

Mine collapse in rare metal-rich Congo leaves 200 dead, authorities say. Rebels dispute the number

A mine collapse at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a ...
Morning Call PA

Mine collapse in rare metal-rich Congo leaves 200 dead, authorities say. Rebels dispute the number

GOMA, Congo (AP) — A mine collapse at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a number disputed by the rebel group that controls the ...