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Where is the Democratic Republic of Congo? And what does this have to do with our phones? The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in Africa. It has a population of over 70 million people with a life expectancy that is about 47 years old. It covers an area of 2.34 million square kilometers (nearly 8 times Italy). The capital is Kinshasa. The current man truck & bus deutschland gmbh president is Joseph Kabila. It is a country rich in minerals and ecological reserves, but currently its biggest "bad luck" is to own 80% of the world's reserves of coltan.
What is Coltan? The columbite-tantalite or columbo-tantalite (coltan Congolese language for contraction) is a complex mixture of columbite and tantalite, two minerals man truck & bus deutschland gmbh of the class of oxides that are found very rarely as pure terms (Brazil has 5% of world reserves, the Thailand also 5%, Africa 80% and Australia 10%). For this reason the Coltan is called white gold, and is a strategic resource, essential for the development of new technologies. Is used for the manufacture of mobile phones, GPS, satellites, guided man truck & bus deutschland gmbh weapons, plasma TVs, video game consoles, laptops, PDA, MP3, MP4, rockets, missiles, electronic toys, cameras and much more. In African mines working methods are similar to that of the old gold-diggers of the American West. A good worker can produce one kilo of Coltan per day. The gain of a worker's average Congolese is 10 dollars man truck & bus deutschland gmbh per month, while a worker earns Coltan from 10 to 50 dollars a week. The technological boom has catapulted the price of coltan to $ 500 per kilo. Companies such as Bayer, Nokia and Sony if they contend.
Who works in the mines? man truck & bus deutschland gmbh Young farmers and ranchers who leave their fields. Displaced by the war. Prisoners of war. Thousands of children, whose bodies can move more easily in the narrow underground tunnels of the mines. Always guarded by soldiers. The consequences of this situation are that the woods and fields are transformed into quagmires, boys and girls do not go to school anymore, they spread many diseases due to lack of clean water, food, exhausting shifts and working conditions. Also proliferate various armed groups that control the mines. man truck & bus deutschland gmbh It is estimated that each kilo of Coltan is mined that cost the lives of two children, many of whom die due to landslides. More serious consequences are thousands of displacement, thousands of civilians fled their homes, millions of refugees, violation of fundamental rights of the elderly, women and girls. man truck & bus deutschland gmbh The workers of Coltan stop cultivating their land, working man truck & bus deutschland gmbh from dawn to dusk, and sleep and eat in the wild in the mountains. man truck & bus deutschland gmbh There are only men to suffer the consequences of the extraction of coltan. To extract the Coltan of Congo have invaded the national parks. The elephant population has fallen by 80%. The gorilla population has declined by 90%.
Who is funding this? A United Nations report has brought to light the exploitation of the natural resources of the Congo. There are reports that show that Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi are involved in the trafficking of coltan in Congo, and use the profits generated by its high price and continue to finance their wars. It is estimated that the Rwandan army receives at least $ 170 million a year from the sale of coltan, even though Rwanda has no coltan. Obviously man truck & bus deutschland gmbh all the countries involved in the conflict deny having exploited the natural resources man truck & bus deutschland gmbh of the Congo. Multinational companies, major manufacturers of computers, phones, video games, such as Nokia, Alcatel, Apple, Nikon, Ericsson, Bayer are cited in the UN report as looting. Finance the war and support
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Where is the Democratic Republic of Congo? And what does this have to do with our phones? The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in Africa. It has a population of over 70 million people with a life expectancy that is about 47 years old. It covers an area of 2.34 million square kilometers (nearly 8 times Italy). The capital is Kinshasa. The current man truck & bus deutschland gmbh president is Joseph Kabila. It is a country rich in minerals and ecological reserves, but currently its biggest "bad luck" is to own 80% of the world's reserves of coltan.
What is Coltan? The columbite-tantalite or columbo-tantalite (coltan Congolese language for contraction) is a complex mixture of columbite and tantalite, two minerals man truck & bus deutschland gmbh of the class of oxides that are found very rarely as pure terms (Brazil has 5% of world reserves, the Thailand also 5%, Africa 80% and Australia 10%). For this reason the Coltan is called white gold, and is a strategic resource, essential for the development of new technologies. Is used for the manufacture of mobile phones, GPS, satellites, guided man truck & bus deutschland gmbh weapons, plasma TVs, video game consoles, laptops, PDA, MP3, MP4, rockets, missiles, electronic toys, cameras and much more. In African mines working methods are similar to that of the old gold-diggers of the American West. A good worker can produce one kilo of Coltan per day. The gain of a worker's average Congolese is 10 dollars man truck & bus deutschland gmbh per month, while a worker earns Coltan from 10 to 50 dollars a week. The technological boom has catapulted the price of coltan to $ 500 per kilo. Companies such as Bayer, Nokia and Sony if they contend.
Who works in the mines? man truck & bus deutschland gmbh Young farmers and ranchers who leave their fields. Displaced by the war. Prisoners of war. Thousands of children, whose bodies can move more easily in the narrow underground tunnels of the mines. Always guarded by soldiers. The consequences of this situation are that the woods and fields are transformed into quagmires, boys and girls do not go to school anymore, they spread many diseases due to lack of clean water, food, exhausting shifts and working conditions. Also proliferate various armed groups that control the mines. man truck & bus deutschland gmbh It is estimated that each kilo of Coltan is mined that cost the lives of two children, many of whom die due to landslides. More serious consequences are thousands of displacement, thousands of civilians fled their homes, millions of refugees, violation of fundamental rights of the elderly, women and girls. man truck & bus deutschland gmbh The workers of Coltan stop cultivating their land, working man truck & bus deutschland gmbh from dawn to dusk, and sleep and eat in the wild in the mountains. man truck & bus deutschland gmbh There are only men to suffer the consequences of the extraction of coltan. To extract the Coltan of Congo have invaded the national parks. The elephant population has fallen by 80%. The gorilla population has declined by 90%.
Who is funding this? A United Nations report has brought to light the exploitation of the natural resources of the Congo. There are reports that show that Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi are involved in the trafficking of coltan in Congo, and use the profits generated by its high price and continue to finance their wars. It is estimated that the Rwandan army receives at least $ 170 million a year from the sale of coltan, even though Rwanda has no coltan. Obviously man truck & bus deutschland gmbh all the countries involved in the conflict deny having exploited the natural resources man truck & bus deutschland gmbh of the Congo. Multinational companies, major manufacturers of computers, phones, video games, such as Nokia, Alcatel, Apple, Nikon, Ericsson, Bayer are cited in the UN report as looting. Finance the war and support
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