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Sat. July 31, 2010

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Conflict minerals include "columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives" and other minerals determined by the Secretary ...
... and other several minerals that are found in large quantities such as columbo-tantalite (coltan) and cassiterite (tin ore) yet years of corruption, ...
... told reporters that there are Chinese companies involved in prospecting for coal in Tete province, and for precious stones and tantalite in Zambezia. ...
He pointed out that the state was blessed with mineral resources like tantalite, limestone, copper, zinc, and iron ore among others. ...

Coltan or "Colombo-tantalite ore" is a mineral used to make electric capacitors in Computers, gaming consoles and mobile phones. One of the world's largest ...
The law essentially bans the import of gold, columbite-tantalite, cassiterite and wolframite, and their derivatives, from the DRC by US-based publicly held ...
... which include "columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolfamite, or their derivatives" and certain other minerals (the "Conflict minerals"). ...
The USGS takes estimates the price of tantalite, from which tantalum is extracted, moved to $42 per pound in 2009, from $35 in 2005. ...
The legislation requires companies that do business in Congo and neighboring countries to tell US regulators where they obtained columbite-tantalite ...
But European spot prices of tantalite TANT-LON, which is used to make tantalum metal, recovered by mid 2010 and jumped more than 25 percent in June alone to ...
On 10th June the company announced its plans to expand the existing operation to produce >500klbs of tantalite per annum, which would make it the one of the ...
Endowed with vast resources of gold, copper, iron ore, tantalite, welfromite, byrite, manganese, tin, kaolin, lead and gemstone, Shinkafi said Zamfara was ...
The subsoil of the Congo is rich in Columbia and tantalite minerals that constitute the coltan, a raw material used for the construction of switches, ...
Nigeria is also blessed with a wide array of mineral resources, including natural gas, coal, bauxite, tantalite, gold, tin, iron ore, limestone, niobium, ...
Reuters reported that prices of tantalite soared to 9 year highs due to rising demand and falling supplies of the metal used in electronics and to make ...
For crystal versions, for instance, they are adopting new piezoelectric materials such as lithium tantalite and niobate crystals to improve product ...
Kamativi, rich in tin and tantalite deposits, was closed in 1994 following a decline in tin prices. This was, however, after numerous operational problems ...
Endowed with vast resources of gold, copper, iron ore, tantalite, welfromite, byrite, manganese, tin, kaolin, lead and gemstone, Shinkafi said Zamfara was ...
The subsoil of the Congo is rich in Columbia and tantalite minerals that constitute the coltan, a raw material used for the construction of switches, ...
Nigeria is also blessed with a wide array of mineral resources, including natural gas, coal, bauxite, tantalite, gold, tin, iron ore, limestone, niobium, ...
Reuters reported that prices of tantalite soared to 9 year highs due to rising demand and falling supplies of the metal used in electronics and to make ...
For crystal versions, for instance, they are adopting new piezoelectric materials such as lithium tantalite and niobate crystals to improve product ...
Kamativi, rich in tin and tantalite deposits, was closed in 1994 following a decline in tin prices. This was, however, after numerous operational problems ...
... of large deposits of solid minerals in the state which include gold, copper, iron ore, tantalite, manganese, kaolin and gemstones among others. ...
For example, when Rwanda occupied much of eastern Congo, it set up an official military department to supervise the looting of columbite-tantalite, ...
UK based Metal-Pages group has reported the new tantalum spot price (as tantalite - Ta2O3), has increased by 8.77% from US$50 - 54 to US$54 - 60 per pound, ...
Commodities produced in the region include: alumina, coal for power generation, gold, heavy mineral sands, tin, tantalite and spodumene. ...
... gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), wolframite (a source of tungsten) and other minerals. The unregulated nature of the mining sector in eastern DRC, ...
He said that European spot prices of tantalite TANT LON, which is used to make tantalum metal, currently trade near 9 year highs at about USD 49 per lb. ...
A US House committee has passed the conflict minerals bill (HR 4128), which would establish penalties for the import of columbite-tantalite, cassiterite and ...
The bill requires annual disclosures to the SEC by listed companies if the extraction of cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite and gold from the ...
Among individual metals, tantalite prices are being watched closely with traders pointing to a lack of material from non conflict countries. ...
The bill requires annual disclosures to the SEC by listed companies if the extraction of cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite and gold from the ...
The mobile phone industry consumes huge amounts of coltan (columbite-tantalite), a non-renewable, non-recyclable metallic ore. ...
(Reporting by Jackie Cowhig, editing by Jane Baird) The copying, republication or redistribution of ...
Among individual metals, tantalite TANT-LON prices are being watched closely, with traders pointing to a lack of material from non-conflict countries. ...
He explained that with discovery of large deposits of solid minerals comprising of gold, copper, iron ore, tantalite, manganese among others all untapped in ...
Between 1981-1983 GEMSA (a Spain-Equatorial Guinea joint venture) prospected for gold, iron ore, ornamental stone, molybdenite, columbo-tantalite, ...
... and tungsten - are involved in the traffic, although most attention has centred on the black, tar-like mineral columbite-tantalite, known as 'coltan'. ...
Taking the top 11 samples (44% of all the samples) with grades above 250g/t of tantalite, testing of the samples produced an average of 508g/t or (1.1lb/t) ...


 


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