Coltan.
A dull black mineral. Used in consumer electronics products such as cell phones, DVD players, computers and games consoles. The main supply is found in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country where the war has made more than 3 and half millions of dead these last years. Coltan is very often illegally mined by children and smuggled by militias from neighbouring as Rwanda.
To many, and after a recent UN report, this raises ethical question akin to those of conflict diamonds. Owing to the difficulty of distinguishing legitimate from illegitimate mining operations, several manufacturers have decided to forgo central African coltan altogether, relying on other sources. But do they really do? There is little way to prove the tantalum used in our cell phones and laptops is not from Congo.
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December 1st, 2009 at 01:19
Very informative documentary.. Truths I did’t know. Better option to download somewhere, bad quality, especially the text.
December 1st, 2009 at 01:19
ah torrent above
March 26th, 2010 at 18:06
The UN welcomed the perpetrators of Rwandan genocide in to the Congo and now with 18 000 of their soldiers in the region and militias using their logo to protect their helicopters we’re supposed to believe ‘the UN are powerless to act’ on the contrary I would suggest they are impowered to act and allow, encourage and actively facilitate the actions of groups who act with the vested interests of companies and governments that form the UN while publicly issuing ‘recomendations’ to the contrary and acting as if they were modern day missionaries with thir ‘peace keeping forces’.
June 17th, 2010 at 04:31
I have never even heard of Colton till this movie, its very informative. Thank you for posting this one.