{"id":134408,"date":"2026-02-03T18:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/congo-kinshasa\/politique\/rubaya-le-coltan-est-une-richesse-destructrice"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:59:04","slug":"rubaya-le-coltan-est-une-richesse-destructrice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/congo-kinshasa\/economie\/rubaya-le-coltan-est-une-richesse-destructrice","title":{"rendered":"Rubaya: le Coltan Est une Richesse Destructrice?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Congo Kinshasa. <\/strong> <\/span>Le coltan, contraction de colombo-tantalite, est un minerai strate\u0301gique. Il permet de produire le tantale, indispensable a\u0300 la fabrication des te\u0301le\u0301phones portables, ordinateurs, voitures e\u0301lectriques et e\u0301quipements militaires. Chaque smartphone en contient une infime quantite\u0301.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mais a\u0300 Rubaya, cette richesse mondiale est synonyme de pauvrete\u0301 locale et de mort silencieuse. On parle souvent de la premie\u0300re vie du coltan: celle de l’extraction.<\/p>\n

Mais une fois sur le marche\u0301 mondial, son origine, elle, disparai\u0302t. Les visages des mineurs, leurs conditions de travail, les morts sous terre, ne figurent sur aucune facture, de\u0301plore Emmanuel Umpula, directeur exe\u0301cutif de Afriwatch International, une ONG qui milite pour une exploitation juste et e\u0301quitable des ressources naturelles en Afrique.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Pour le cas par exemple de Rubaya, ce sont effectivement ceux qui ont le pouvoir politique et surtout se\u0301curitaire dans ces zones la\u0300 et qui contro\u0302lent ces milieux d’exploitation minie\u0300re. Et du coup, ils n’ont aucun inte\u0301re\u0302t d’ame\u0301liorer les conditions parce qu’ils sont dans une logique de pillage, de se servir vite. Et donc la vie humaine ne compte pas du tout\u00a0\u00bb, de\u0301plore-t-il.<\/p>\n

Les rebelles de l’AFC-M23 contro\u0302lent cette mine, depuis avril 2024 et ils ont augmente\u0301 la cadence de production, afin d’acce\u0301le\u0301rer le pillage du coltan qui est ensuite exporte\u0301 vers le Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Le site minier de Rubaya, qui produit environ 20 % a\u0300 30 % du coltan utilise\u0301 dans le monde.<\/p>\n

Contro\u0302le quasi inexistant de l’E\u0301tat<\/b><\/p>\n

Certains mineurs creusent, d’autres lavent le minerai dans les rivie\u0300res, d’autres encore assurent le transport. Des interme\u0301diaires ache\u0300tent le coltan a\u0300 bas prix, souvent en liquide.<\/p>\n

Dans la plupart des sites d’exploitation artisanale des minerais en RDC, le contro\u0302le de l’E\u0301tat est quasi inexistant. Les autorite\u0301s locales ferment les yeux, faute de moyens, ou par inte\u0301re\u0302t.<\/p>\n

Mais le drame de Rubaya n’est pas isole\u0301. Guillaume de Brier de International Peace Information Service, IPIS, une ONG travaillant sur le conflit et les ressources naturelles, pense que des mesures urgentes sont ne\u0301cessaires pour ame\u0301liorer les conditions de travail des creuseurs artisanaux.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Il faut prendre des mesures d’accompagnement. Et donc, parmi ces mesures d’accompagnement, c’est justement la formalisation de la mine artisanale. Il ne faut pas favoriser la mine artisanale, mais il faut travailler avec elle. Ces mineurs artisanaux existent. Ils sont presque 400.000. Il faut les aider a\u0300 entrer dans la chai\u0302ne d’approvisionnement le\u0301gale pour que leurs minerais puissent aller sur le marche\u0301 international le\u0301gal et que les mesures de protection des travailleurs soient bien prises en compte\u00a0\u00bb, plaide De Brier.<\/p>\n

Exportations frauduleuses<\/b><\/p>\n

A\u0300 Rubaya, le coltan fait tourner le monde. Mais pour ceux qui le creusent, il reste une richesse mortelle. Un minerai strate\u0301gique, extrait au prix du silence et des vies humaines.<\/p>\n

Au moins 150 tonnes de coltan sont extraites chaque mois de la mine et exporte\u0301es frauduleusement vers le Rwanda, selon le rapport des experts des Nations unies.<\/p>\n

Une administration paralle\u0300le a e\u0301te\u0301 mise en place par le M23 pour contro\u0302ler l’exploitation ille\u0301gale et la contrebande de coltan.<\/p>\n

Retrouvez plus d\u2019actualit\u00e9s et d\u2019analyses sur Congo Kinshasa<\/span> sur le site Africa Press<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Congo Kinshasa. Le coltan, contraction de colombo-tantalite, est un minerai strate\u0301gique. Il permet de produire le tantale, indispensable a\u0300 la fabrication des te\u0301le\u0301phones portables, ordinateurs, voitures e\u0301lectriques et e\u0301quipements militaires. Chaque smartphone en contient une infime quantite\u0301. Mais a\u0300 Rubaya, cette richesse mondiale est synonyme de pauvrete\u0301 locale et de mort silencieuse. 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