Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo
There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...
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Blood minerals in DR Congo
"The source of misery for the people of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo lies in the vast natural ... cobalt and other minerals "crucial in the production of laptops and smartphones".
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Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
It is also a swift expansion of the alliance’s foothold across swathes of eastern DR Congo – where rare minerals crucial to the production of phones and computers are mined – and is likely ...
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The role of minerals and tech firms in the DR Congo conflict
Workers at a coltan mine near Rubaya in eastern DRC, a region now under M23 control - Copyright AFP ANGELA WEISS Workers at a coltan mine near Rubaya in eastern DRC ...