Coltan and the Environment
More and more is heard about the coltan this mineral formed in turn by two minerals columbite [(Fe, Mn) Nb2O6] and tantalite [(Fe, Mn) Ta2O6], from Coltan is extracted tantalum a metal that shows great heat resistance as well as its great electrical properties so it is essential in the technology industry and in the development of new technologies, reserves exist in Brazil, Thailand and Australia, but it is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that the largest estimated world reserve between 65% and 80 per cent is the most profitable extraction by economic labor and that there are no legislative regulations given the political insecurity plus the terrible in endless humanitarian crisis favoring export and illegal trade.
This blood ore as it is called because it is extracted in the middle of armed conflict and under human rights abuses is exploited in open pit mines causing a dire natural impact, such as the loss of natural habitat, deforestation and destruction of primary forests given the removal of giant amounts of land to extract this resource and where the most damaged are animal and plant life that suffer every minute the loss of their habitats in a definitive way.
How can we help is my question? Humanity what can we do?
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Silvia
3 years ago
It's sad
MAGALY
3 years ago
Authorities are doing the viewhorde because they also receive their share
rorocando
3 years ago
How sad. That's how it narrates the film blood diamond and still they don't stop selling. And every day its value increases more
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