Cassiterite is a derivative of tin ore necessarily used in circuitry and its use has, ironically, enabled devices to become more eco friendly. The Cassiterite Crisis - How Tech Boom Fuels Human ...

Frederic Gautier has been thinking a lot about death recently. The miner, from South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), thought about it as he cowered under his bed to escape a ...

Alphamin Resources Corp., a Canadian company running the largest cassiterite mine in the world in the eastern DR Congo, has temporarily suspended operations at its Bisie mine in Walikale territory ...

Rwanda's mineral revenues remain dominated by cassiterite, a tin oxide mineral (SnO2) which fetched revenues to the tune of US$37.6m (Rwf20.5b) as of October, 2008.

Rwanda's mineral export volume in the 3rd quarter of 2009 registered an upward trend compared to the same period last year, but export receipts declined on account of low prices on the ...