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Articles tagged with: Coltan
From Mine to Mobile Phone: The Conflict Minerals Supply Chain
The scramble for minerals did not spark the conflict in eastern Congo, but war profiteering has become the fuel that keeps the region aflame and lies beneath the surface of major regional tensions, notes a strategy paper released by the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress. more
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Rights group: Companies fuel Congo conflict
Some companies that source minerals in electronics such as mobile phones and computers purchase the materials from traders who work with rebels and soldiers who exploit civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, more
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Cellphone Sales Slowdown Closes Tantalum Mines
An Australian firm recently announced that it is shutting down production at the worldÃ's largest Tantalum mine - which supplies around a third of the world's demand for the metal ore. The major use for tantalum is in the production of electronic components, mainly capacitors and some high-power resistors - and its properties make it very important in the production of electronics for mobile phones. more
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Psst - Wanna Buy Some Conflict Coltan ?
..ple out there would seek to use cellular-news as a conduit for so called "conflict coltan".Our new supplier - using a disposable email address - is a Mr Kwame Twum-Barima. Now, it is not for us to make aspersions about people from their name, but the more
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UN calls for ban on Congo supplied Coltan
A report to the United Nations security council has called for a moratorium on purchase and import of resources from the Democratic Republic of Congo, due to the ongoing civil war that has dragged in the surrounding countries. The Dem. Rep. of Congo is the world's leading supplier of coltan, which is vital in the production of cellphones. The report said that the bulk of coltan is exported from Kiagli to Belgium for shipment to cellphone component manufacturers. more
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