Enough Conflict-Free Tantalum to Meet Increasing Global Electronics Demand?
Recent reports on the global electronics industry show steady growth continuing in 2010 and onwards as emerging economies drive demand for electronic products.
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Tracing the Tantalum Trade—Part Two
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Companies like Apple and Hewlett Packard say they are taking measures to insure conflict minerals don’t end up in their products. But is the work of identifying conflict minerals in the supply chain as difficult has they say?
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Tracing the Tantalum Trade–Part One
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Major electronics firms claim the supply chains for their products are complex and difficult to unravel. But, NGOs say research conducted by themselves and the United Nations proves otherwise.
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Tantalum: Congo Conflict Mineral
Friday, February 12, 2010
Natural resources like tin, tungsten and tantalum have been branded with the moniker “conflict minerals” because the militias enslave locals to mine the metals and then use the funds garnered from their sale to help finance their bloody operations.
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Intro to Tantalum Investing
Friday, February 12, 2010
A general overview of tantalum properties, uses, industry and investing.
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Investors Against Fueling Of Congo War By Conflict Minerals
Monday, January 11, 2010
A group of big investors spoke against the war and released a statement calling on companies to be more proactive in ensuring the minerals in their electronics components are not fueling the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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