The mineral that started a war


	The mineral that started a war

amgumen

7-27-2008 9:23 PM

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7-27-2008 10:11 PM

Rustee

Heh, yeah I just read a Yahoo story yesterday putting heavy blame on Sony because the PS2 was the best selling game console ever, adding to the demand.

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<SPAN>As the 
world's demand for technology increases, so to does the demand of the materials to 
build the equipment. One such material is </SPAN>
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columbite-tantalite. This mineral is commonly used to make cell phones and 
computer chips. So what is this magic mineral and where does it come from?</SPAN></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/tantalite/tantalite.htm"><P class="MsoNormal"><B>
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Also called Coltan, columbite-tantalite is a metallic ore made up of niobium and 
tantalum. When refined, columbite-tantalite becomes heat resistant tantalum and 
has distinctive electrical storage properties. In 1998 alone the USA used 525 
tons of tantalum, 60% which was used in tantalum capacitors that are essential 
to control current flow in cell phone circuit boards.     </SPAN></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/tantalite/tantalite.htm"><P class="MsoNormal"><B>
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Columbite-tantalite found chiefly in eastern regions of the </SPAN>
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Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire. It is estimated that the 
DRC holds 80% of the world’s supply of columbite</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN">-tantalite.</SPAN></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/tantalite/tantalite.htm"><SPAN>            Because 
of the high demand of tantalum its value rose from $65 a kilogram to about $600 
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