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Jamaica Observer
November 14, 2008
Life is cheap, especially for people like the freelance prospectors who scratch from the ground
minerals like coltan - a local term for
niobium-
tantalite, ...
Democracy Now
November 13, 2008
You have coltan, or
columbite-
tantalite.
Congo has anywhere from 64 to 80 percent of the world's reserve of this mineral, which is found in almost every ...
Daily Monitor
November 9, 2008
Coltan (Columbian
tantalite) for example, is used in the making of
cell phones and computer parts which are on high demand all over the world. ...
The Dominion
November 9, 2008
tantalum comes from two
minerals,
columbite or
tantalite, which collectively are known as coltan. Eighty per cent of the world's coltan comes from the ...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 9, 2008
... he tugs on a cord tied to his waist and is pulled back to the surface, carrying with him a 30 kilogram sack of raw columbium-tantalite ore. ...
SteelGuru
November 9, 2008
He said that Zamfara is endowed with mineral deposits such as
tantalite,
zinc, copper, gold, iron ore,
manganese among others, regretting however that ...
Irish Independent
November 9, 2008
... drenched in sweat, he tugs on a cord tied to his waist and is pulled back to the surface, carrying with him a 30kg sack of raw columbium-tantalite ore. ...
Earthtimes (press release)
November 6, 2008
DR Congo is rich in deposits of gold, tin, diamonds and
columbite-
tantalite or coltan - used widely in mobile phones. The resources are believed to be ...
Monsters and Critics.com
November 4, 2008
But the real prize is the deposits of gold, tin, diamonds and coltan or
columbite-
tantalite - used widely in mobile phones - in the sprawling Central ...
Triumph
November 4, 2008
The governor said Zamfara is endowed with mineral deposits such as
tantalite,
zinc, copper, gold, iron ore,
manganese among others, regretting however that ...
Business Daily Africa
November 4, 2008
Little focus is put on the real motivation to conflict - control and access to subsurface wealth; the Coltan (Columbian tantalite) is used in the making of ...
UN Dispatch
November 3, 2008
Eastern
Congo, where fighting has recently taken a dramatic upswing, is one of the best places in the world to mine
columbite-
tantalite, otherwise known as ...
AllAfrica.com
November 3, 2008
"We plan to start exporting
tantalite, tin ore and other
minerals from
Uganda. We got the license and we are ready to start the job," executive director ...
Special Broadcasting Service
November 2, 2008
Indian Catholic
November 1, 2008
Congo Planet
October 31, 2008
Kagame wants a foothold in eastern
Congo so his country can continue to benefit from the pillaging and exporting of
minerals such as
columbite-
tantalite ...
Catholic Weekly
October 31, 2008
Newsweek
October 31, 2008
Those
armies, and others that have splintered off, are also looking to control vast deposits of valuable tin and
Colombo-
tantalite, or coltan, ...
Sydney Morning Herald
October 27, 2008
... years in Mt Isa. commodities explored for include nickel, copper/lead/
zinc, gold, phosphate, taconitic iron ore, tin/
tantalite and lignite/oil
shale. ...
OneWorld US
October 22, 2008
New Vision
October 13, 2008
This kick-started the economy, making
Uganda a leading producer and exporter of tin,
beryllium,
bismuth,
columbite-
tantalite, phosphate and copper in East ...
Vanguard
October 11, 2008
Whether oil in Bayelsa or tantalite in Zamfara, ordinarily, no one should claim ownership of any mineral deposits in their domain, except to the degree ...
Casafree.com
October 11, 2008
... c'est-à-dire de l'éther, à Mayo Darlé (dans la province de l'Extrême-Nord), associée au coltan ou le
Colombo-
tantalite", précise-t-il. ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
October 9, 2008
Mr. Martineau did his research work on the governance of DRC mining activities and the challenges of the columbo-tantalite sector. ...
Collie Mail
October 8, 2008
Brian soon landed a job at Greenbushes where he worked on constructing a tin and tantalite plant. "At that stage I saw Wendy had passed and graduated from ...
XINHUA
October 7, 2008
... c'est-à-dire de l'éther, à Mayo Darlé (dans la province de l'Extrême-Nord), associée au coltan ou le
Colombo-
tantalite", précise-t-il. ...
MONUC.org (press release)
October 3, 2008
The export ban is also expected to cover
tungsten ore wolframite, and
columbite-
tantalite which is used to manufacture mobile phones and personal ...
Reuters South Africa
October 2, 2008
The export ban is also expected to cover
tungsten ore wolframite, and
columbite-
tantalite which is used to manufacture mobile phones and personal ...
Sydney Morning Herald
September 29, 2008
... was involved as an exploration geologist throughout
Australia for a range of commodities including gold, copper, lead,
zinc, tin,
tantalite and
uranium. ...
Financial Standard
September 24, 2008
What had been in existence before now were informal artisan mining for gold, tin,
tantalite, gemstones and small-scale quarrying of industrial
minerals. ...
International Herald Tribune
September 23, 2008
Dissident Voice
September 19, 2008
We'd do that because one of the primary components of
cell phone circuitry is a metallic ore called
columbite-
tantalite-or "coltan. ...
Infoshop News
September 17, 2008
We'd do that because one of the primary components of
cell phone circuitry is a metallic ore called
columbite-
tantalite-or "coltan. ...
Africa Intelligence
September 12, 2008
Cette compagnie, qui extrait de la
tantalite de manière artisanale au
Mozambique depuis 2004, appartenait à Filipe Henriques Ferreira, Angelo Mesa et ...
Africa Intelligence
September 12, 2008
This firm is specialised in tantalite and holds mining concessions in the Zambezi and Tete provinces on a total area of 720 hectares (ION 1202). ...
RTT News
September 10, 2008
tantalum is a chemical element that is highly corrosion-resistant and occurs naturally in the mineral
tantalite. The major use for tantalum, ...
Africa Today
September 5, 2008
We have iron-ore, copper,
tantalite, barite and many other solid
minerals. It was also discovered two months ago that Zamfara has the largest iron-ore ...
RedOrbit
September 4, 2008
... gem rubellite from the Forrestania pegmatite in the Southern Cross Terrane;
tantalite and related
minerals of the Wodgina district, Pilbara Craton; ...
AllAfrica.com
September 2, 2008
... First Phase of the Airborne Geophysical Survey aimed at identifying structures hosting strategic
minerals like gold,
tantalite, lead and
zinc," he said. ...
Vanguard
September 1, 2008
... First Phase of the Airborne Geophysical Survey aimed at identifying structures hosting strategic
minerals like gold,
tantalite, lead and
zinc," he said. ...
