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Home · Archives for electronics

Black-Market Mineral Powering Today’s Smart World

by The Investigative Newswire on March 5, 2012 · comment
Canaima, Venezuela. photo: Wikimedia Commons

Black-market coltan likely making its way to high-tech manufacturers’ supply; it’s used in everything from smart phones to smart bombs By Emilia Diaz-Struck and Joseph Poliszuk for iWatch News Crouched near a mound of rocks and dirt, Ramón [...]

Categories: Economy, Technology - Tags: coltan, devices, electronics, hugo chavez, smart bombs, smart phones, solar panels, venezuala

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