http://simonwillison.net/2010-06-30T12:57:00+00:00Simon Willison2010-06-30T12:57:00+00:002010-06-30T12:57:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Jun/30/conflict/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.joeydevilla.com/2010/06/27/conflict-minerals-and-blood-tech/">Conflict Minerals and Blood Tech</a></strong></p> Capacitors are made from tantalum. Tantalum is extracted from coltan ore. 20% of the world’s supply of coltan is conflict metal from the Congo, and funds the world’s most vicious conflict. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/capacitors">capacitors</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/coltan">coltan</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/conflictmetal">conflictmetal</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/congo">congo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tantalum">tantalum</a></p>