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• The lure of profit from gold and diamonds, as well as from minerals such as coltan, which is used to make mobile phones, have turned eastern Congo into a battlefield. The Guardian World News
• Coltan is a contraction of colombo tantalite, an excellent conductor that is exceptionally resistant to heat and cold and valuable as a coat for electronic components in mobile phones.
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• Niobium and tantalum— coltan is short for columbite-tantalite. Times, Sunday Times
• With the cell phone industry booming, the park's resources and wildlife are under massive strain from miners seeking colombo-tantalite, also known as coltan or tantalum.
• Overall, Congo has over half the world's cobalt, one-third of its diamonds, and three-fourths of its vital columbite-tantalite or "coltan," essential for computer chips, circuit boards, mobile phones, laptops, and other electronic devices. Printing: Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Full Spectrum Dominance:" Part II
• There is gold, copper, diamonds, uranium and tantalum, known as coltan, which is used in electronic devices such as cellphones and computers. APA
• Sixty to 70% of the coltan exported from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations reported in 2002, has been mined "under the direct surveillance" of the Rwandan army. Blair, Conflict Diamonds & The Rape of The Congo
• The pending bills in the Senate and House would force companies to determine and disclose whether coltan, tin, gold, and wolframite used in their products originated in war-torn areas of the Congo, information that the U.S. government would then make public. Human Rights First: Controlling enablers in the conflict mineral trade
• Last year, the rocketing demand for high-tech goods sent coltan prices zooming upwards to 146 per pound.