: a dull black ore that consists of a mixture of columbite and tantalite and is a minor source of tantalum
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Congo is rich in natural resources: rubber, timber, oil, gas, gold, diamonds, copper, lithium, coltan, and cobalt.
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Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
Through interviews with soldiers, politicians, and businesspeople, along with ordinary people, the book explores the role that resources such as gold and coltan played in fueling the conflict.
—Peter Eichstaedt, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011
Manono sits at the southern end of the other major arc of Congolese minerals: the Tin Belt, which stretches north toward Rwanda and yields huge quantities of lithium, tin, and coltan, essential for various forms of high-tech manufacturing.
—Roger Peet, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
The Orinoco River, which divides Venezuela and Colombia in the Amazon, has been polluted by mining for gold and coltan in the Orinoco Mining Arc.
—Diana Durán, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
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Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
Through interviews with soldiers, politicians, and businesspeople, along with ordinary people, the book explores the role that resources such as gold and coltan played in fueling the conflict.
—Peter Eichstaedt, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011
Manono sits at the southern end of the other major arc of Congolese minerals: the Tin Belt, which stretches north toward Rwanda and yields huge quantities of lithium, tin, and coltan, essential for various forms of high-tech manufacturing.
—Roger Peet, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
The Orinoco River, which divides Venezuela and Colombia in the Amazon, has been polluted by mining for gold and coltan in the Orinoco Mining Arc.
—Diana Durán, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
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