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Additionally, all sorts of phones use tantalum capacitors, which are mostly made from coltan, mined in the Congo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan#Use_and_d
by lsb 16y ago
Additionally, all sorts of phones use tantalum capacitors, which are mostly made from coltan, mined in the Congo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan#Use_and_demand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan#Use_and_demand
- tedunangst 16y agoThat link says 13% of the world's tantalum comes from the Congo, meaning a lot of it doesn't come from there ("Congolese coltan is globally speaking only a minor source of tantalum"). 100% of the world's .ly domain supply comes from Libya. WP also mentions that Sony, for instance, stopped sourcing tantalum from the Congo. On the other hand, WP says Sony's claim is "inconceivable", citing a web page that no longer exists.
- parfe 16y ago2008 - U.S. aims to boost Libya trade, trim deficit http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/10/06/us-libya-usa-idUSTRE4956TX20081006 http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/10/06/us-libya-usa-idUST... Libya are the bad guys this week. We were dealing with Libya in the Billions based on that article. Suddenly $75.00 for a domain name has become a moral hazard.
- Qz 16y agoThe billions in trade were a moral hazard too, just not one you so on the news quite so often.