Coltan the word, tell you anything? Well, coltan is a kind of black sand formed by the slightly radioactive minerals tantalite from doves and contraction in the name "coltan".
tantalum is extracted from the coltan, a rare metal, very hard and resistant to corrosion, used for the construction of turbines for aviation and the manufacture of electrical capacitors of small size. It 'used to increase the power of the equipment by reducing energy consumption. From
indispensable component for the production of missiles and nuclear and the aerospace industry, today is the "commodity" the most sought after by mobile phone manufacturers . Phones, paging, personal computers, video games, but also equipment used in surgical operation is required by microcondensatori tantalum .
has a weight similar to that of gold and approximately the same value. 80% of the world's reserves of coltan are found in Africa and 80% of them are in Congo .
strange coincidence, the unleashed civil war in Congo (Former Zaire, now, ah ah, Democratic Republic of) s in recent years to actually depart control of this precious resource.
We are the slaves of technology, then? No! Who are now working in the mines of the Congo Coltan: mining in Congo mining works well, that's incredible.
1) Exploitation of slavery to the limit of the miners, a large proportion of which are children and young teenagers
2) Safety at Work paradoxical in many mines, the extraction takes place in situations of constant danger of life for miners forced to go into underground burrows and digging with his hands and (if all goes well) a tool
3) transport of raw materials in certain mines at the expense of digging (which you make free miles on foot with bags of 50kg of stones on his shoulders)
4) the average market value of 50kg of ore: $ 400. Daily wage of an excavator: $ 5 (at best)
5) The military operates a real racket alternative distribution of the pond due to theft, violence and harassment against the miners / Transporters
6) With the money from the sale of these metals in the West are fed locally corruption and the arms trade (and war supplemental).
7) The extraction often involves the destruction of entire reserves natural at the expense of the environment and animal species that live there (like gorillas)
8) by some NGOs have been documented incidents of violence, rapes, murders, torture and arbitrary arrests related to the world of the extraction of such minerals.
Obviously, we enjoy FOR OUR MOBILE PHONES, eh? If he succeeds ... Perhaps it would be better from now on do not go sollucchero for each new model comes out, but to use our physical end of his natural life ... or not?
thank Eco Blog for materials and sources
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