Book Overview
A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out of Congo: of mines deep in the jungle where coltan was extracted in brutal conditions watched over by warlords. The United Nations sent a team to investigate, and its expos? of the relationship between violence and the exploitation of coltan and other...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B007YWEQ0W
ISBN13:9780745649320
Release Date:April 2011
Publisher:Polity Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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