http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/25/199234&from=rss --- "According to an article put forth by the Toward Freedom website, the metallic ore known as columbite-tantalite or coltan for short is fueling conflict in central Africa. The relevance to us who read news for geeks: Coltan is in quite a few consumer electronics; the article references the Sony Playstation series."
More detailed article here :
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/Articles/TheStandardColtan.asp
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