The massive demand for coltan is credited with fueling the.    From Wordnik.com.  [why you so obsessed with the congo, jen?] Reference

The massive demand for coltan is credited with fueling the Second Congo War of 1998-2002.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

There is gold, copper, diamonds, uranium and tantalum, known as coltan, which is used in electronic devices such as cellphones and computers.    From Wordnik.com.  [APA] Reference

Mobile phones contain a mineral called coltan which is used in the electrical capacitors.    From Wordnik.com.  [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference

The lure of profit from gold and diamonds, as well as from minerals such as coltan, which is used to make mobile phones, have turned eastern Congo into a battlefield.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

They contain a mineral called coltan, essential for producing electric capacitors.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The most valuable loot is coltan, which is used to make the metal in our mobile phones and games consoles and laptops.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: We Are Not Being Told The Truth About Libya] Reference

Tantalum, which is also known as coltan, is a rare element essential in the manufacture of cell phones, computers, and digital cameras.    From Wordnik.com.  [rabble.ca - News for the rest of us] Reference

Until a price slump in 2002, the last hot thing was a rare metallic compound called coltan, used in power-storing components for cell phones and computer game consoles.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

His conversation contained no mention of columbite-tantalite (a.k.a. "coltan").    From Wordnik.com.  [America: The Land of Denial] Reference

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is rich in minerals such as coltan, cobalt and gold, all of which are essential in many of today's electronics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rusesabagina Welcomes Congo Report, Warns of Another Genocide in Rwanda] Reference

Congo has the tantalum, also known as coltan, and it’s deeply unstable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resource Wars | ATTACKERMAN] Reference

Investors are also interested in Rwanda's rich mineral deposits such as coltan and gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Eastern DR Congo is rich in gold and other minerals, such as coltan, used in mobile phones.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Also, mineral called coltan is mined here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2007] Reference

Also, a mineral called coltan is mined here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2006] Reference

Gold, diamonds, and the rare metal coltan are mined.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northeastern Congolian lowland forests] Reference

There's really nothing illegal about buying or using coltan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2009] Reference

The mineral coltan is used to make many electronic products.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2009] Reference

In the ground there's gold, there's diamonds, tin and coltan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2006] Reference

For example, Congo has from 64%-80% of the world's reserve of coltan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgianne Nienaber: Candidates Silent On Resource War In Congo] Reference

From rubies to painite, coltan to diamonds, nature produces incredible minerals.    From Wordnik.com.  [9 Of The Most Valuable Minerals In The World (PHOTOS)] Reference

In the DRC, struggles over the control of diamonds, coltan and timber has prolonged civil war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armed conflict in Africa~ a threat to regional cooperation] Reference

Most of the coltan in the world, in fact, is in Congo and there's a huge demand for it -- Wolf.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2009] 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

Both sides have plundered the Congo's mineral resources, including gold, diamonds, tin and coltan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sienna Miller: My Last Day In The Congo] Reference

His critics say it was smuggling minerals, everything from gold to coltan that made him a rich man.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2006] Reference

You name it and the DRC probably has it: from gold to diamonds, to copper, cobalt, coltan and even uranium.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2004] Reference

The DRC boasts many natural resources including: Gold, diamonds, copper and coltan, a mineral used in cell phones.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2006] Reference

Is it that coltan, the mineral that keeps our cell phones and computers in play, is more important than Congolese girls?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eve Ensler: War on Women in Congo] Reference

The Internet would not exist were it not for the coltan from eastern Congo that runs electronic devices that provide access.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgianne Nienaber: Who Is Laurent Nkunda? Savior or Villain in Congo?] Reference

Under Bodman's leadership an unknown amount of the coltan Cabot Corporation was purchasing could have originated from the DRC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jason Leopold: The Environment Is Doomed] Reference

Is it the plight of African workers, many of them children, who earn virtually nothing, digging for coltan in the war-torn Congo?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aaron Greenspan: Why I Don't Have a Cell Phone] Reference

The attacks by hundreds of soldiers began July 30 in the village of Luvungi, located near mines rich in gold, cassiterite and coltan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Margaret Aguirre: One Remote Village, 4 Days, 250 Rapes] Reference

Is it that the vast resources of the Congo -- coltan for our cell phones, for example -- are all that the West is paying attention to?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eve Ensler: The Beginning of Hope or the End of It] Reference

It has huge natural resources -- gold and diamonds, coltan and cassiterite, things which are very valuable now in high tech industries.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2006] Reference

coltan, Gorillas and Cellphones Outlines the threat posed to mountain gorillas by the mining of coltan, a metallic ore used in cell phones.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 Green Issue: Online Resources] Reference