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    Is Your Mobile Phone Helping Fund War in Congo?

    Investing News Network
    Sep. 27, 2011 02:29PM PST
    Tantalum Investing

    The Telegraph reported British consumers are signing a petition demanding companies stop using tantalum from the Congo.

    The Telegraph reported British consumers are signing a petition demanding companies stop using tantalum from the Congo.

    The market news is quoted as saying,

    The worldwide demand for gold, tantalum, tungsten and tin for use in mobiles, laptops, MP3 players and games consoles is driving up the price for the metals and making them a highly-prized commodity for rebels in mineral-rich Congo.

    Rape is used by the rebels to drive out mine owners because, in the words of Amnesty International, “rape is cheaper than bullets”.

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