Thirst for Coltan fueling African conflict

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Thirst for Coltan fueling African conflict 0

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MetaPhyzx

on Friday July 25 2008, @12:33PM

MetaPhyzx writes "According to an article put forth by the Toward Freedom website, the metallic ore known as columbite-tantalite or coltan for short is fueling conflict in central Africa. The relevance to us who read news for geeks: Coltan is in quite a few consumer electronics, the article references the Sony Playstation series."

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