Coltan mining and ethics
Coltan is the colloquial name for the mineral columbitetantalum ("coltan"); it is sometimes incorrectly used as shorthand for tantalite, a metallic ore from which the very similar elements niobium, also known as columbium, and tantalum are extracted. In the early 21st century coltan mining was associated with human rights violations such as child labour, systematic .
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