Mining tantalum, which is used for cell phones, is a surface activity that can spread out and cause a big impact. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Some suppliers say prices could increase if there is an increase in raw materials such as tantalum ore. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Forget Naomi Campbell and blood diamonds - the next big crackdown will be on "blood minerals" such as tantalum, cobalt and tungsten. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Minerals such as tantalum, some of which comes from war-torn Congo, are used in mobile phones, computers and other electronic gadgets. From Wordnik.com. [GMSV] Reference
The United States has no high-grade tantalum ores. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
Columbium can be used in place of tantalum to make carbides. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
My music plays, using stored electricity, thanks to tantalum. From Wordnik.com. [Ashley Judd: Costs of Convenience] Reference
It is short for "tantalum alloy", used in its first products. From Wordnik.com. [Elite audio firm Arcam targets iPods – and goes for volume] Reference
A drilling programme is underway to confirm tantalum reserves. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They're known as the "Three Ts" (tin, tungsten, tantalum) and gold. From Wordnik.com. [Free The Slaves: Several Types of Slavery Linked to Congo's Mining Industry] Reference
About 20% of the tantalum used in the United States comes from recycling. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
The specific metals under discussion are gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten. From Wordnik.com. [Zoe McMahon: Accountability for Minerals in the Eastern DRC] Reference
In fact, no significant tantalum ores have been mined in the U.S. since 1959. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
Commercial use of tantalum began in 1903 with the production of tantalum wire. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
Processing the residues from mines with tantalum is another source of scandium. From Wordnik.com. [Scandium] Reference
Aluminum and ceramics can be used in place of tantalum in electronic capacitors. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
However, I feel it is important to make a few corrections on the subject of tantalum. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Recycled phones and “blood Tantalum”] Reference
Niobium, stainless steel, and tantalum can be used in some limited nuclear applications. From Wordnik.com. [Zirconium] Reference
The army is powerful, funded by the sale of minerals like tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold. From Wordnik.com. [Craig and Marc Kielburger: Cell Phones Contribute to Rape, War in DRC] Reference
Niobium, discovered before tantalum (1801), was named after the daughter of Tantalus, Niobe. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
Conflict minerals like tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold help power our electronics industry. From Wordnik.com. [John Prendergast: Secretary Clinton's Opportunity: Ending the World's Two Deadliest Wars] Reference
These capacitors are made of tantalum, a metal extracted from a mineral composite called coltan. From Wordnik.com. [An Ecosystem of One's Own] Reference
You change the I of iodine to TA, tantalum, to get Malta; Algeria to Nigeria - changing AL to NI. From Wordnik.com. [Fill In The Blanks] Reference
Cobalt, tungsten, platinum and tantalum can be used in some of the other applications for rhenium. From Wordnik.com. [Rhenium] Reference
To avert this leakage, chip makers use a layer of tantalum nitrade to stick the copper to the silicon. From Wordnik.com. [Nanoglue Could Be Used To Make Spiderman Web-Shooters | Impact Lab] Reference
Scandium has been recovered from mine tailings, particularly from tantalum deposits and uranium ore tailings. From Wordnik.com. [Scandium] Reference
The electronics industry uses most of the tantalum consumed to make electronic components (tantalum capacitors). From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
These minerals are the principal sources of columbium (commonly called niobium), tantalum and molybdenum metals. From Wordnik.com. [Rhenium] Reference
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has vast resources of precious metals such as gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten. From Wordnik.com. [Fight Against Conflict Minerals Uncertain in Congo] Reference
The other US corporations identified in the UN report, Kemet and Vishay, both purchase processed tantalum from Cabot. From Wordnik.com. [Jason Leopold: The Environment Is Doomed] Reference
These minerals are processed into metals such as tin and tantalum, which are used in the manufacture of mobile phones. From Wordnik.com. [Congo: Global Witness Pressures Cell Phone Makers to Act] Reference
The problem is, however, that most of these substitutes are not as effective as tantalum in some of these applications. From Wordnik.com. [Tantalum] Reference
The prices of the minerals vary, but in the case of tantalum, for example, the ore can fetch up to 50 times what miners earn. From Wordnik.com. [Tracing DRC’s Conflict Minerals a Daunting Task] Reference
This tracing and auditing is possible - Intel and Motorola are already starting credible audits on one of the minerals, tantalum. From Wordnik.com. [John Prendergast: Reforming Wall Street and Ending the World's Deadliest War: Congo] Reference
These same minerals -- tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold -- are essential to our cell phones, computers and other high-tech gadgets. From Wordnik.com. [David Sullivan: Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map] Reference
Congo is the source for an estimated one-fifth of the world's tantalum, as well as smaller percentages of the other three minerals. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. financial reform bill also targets 'conflict minerals' from Congo] Reference
The DRC accounts for about 15% to 20% of the world ' s tantalum and about 4% of its tin, according to high-tech industry estimates. From Wordnik.com. [Retailers Fight to Escape] Reference
And some, like Intel, Motorola and HP, have taken stronger action, with Intel beginning a process to audit its tantalum supplies. From Wordnik.com. [Tracing DRC’s Conflict Minerals a Daunting Task] Reference
DRC that is refined into metallic tantalum, a costly material used in cell phones, laptop computers and other small electronic devices. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The spoils are tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold, minerals that go into laptops, cell phones, MP3 players, and jewelry stores in the West. From Wordnik.com. [A Light at the End of the Tunnel in Congo] Reference
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