Coltan mining and ethics - Wikipedia
Coltan, is the colloquial name for the mineral columbite-tantalum ("col-tan") and is sometimes incorrectly used as shorthand tantalite, is a metallic ore from which the very similar elements niobium, also known as columbium, and tantalum are extracted. In the early 21st century coltan mining was associated with human rights violations such as child labour, systematic exploitation of the ...