Coltan

by Michael Nest

Book Overview

A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out of Congo: of mines deep in the jungle where coltan was extracted in brutal conditions watched over by warlords. The United Nations sent a team to investigate, and its expos? of the relationship between violence and the exploitation of coltan and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YWEQ0W
• ISBN13: 9780745649320
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"