COLTAN imperialism continues part 1 ª 
coltan fever: Imperialism continues coltan, a raw material for new technologies © afrol News afrol News - In the provinces Eastern DRC is 80% of world reserves of coltan. They have looked the majors, a phenomenon that the same Madeleine Albright has called "the first African world war." We here a synthetic trip to Central Africa. And you will say, in search of Imperialism? No, no, no. We'll go looking for coltan, or if you prefer, columbium-tantalum Coltan is a combination of two minerals considered strategic raw materials for the development of new technologies. According to what appears to be physico-chemical "magic", this mineral is essential for industries electronics, atomic power and space, ballistic missiles, video games, medical diagnostic equipment noninvasive train without wheels (magnetic), optical fiber, etc. .. However 60% of its production goes to the development of capacitors and other parts of the cell phones. Coltan allows one Western dreams come true, with it's batteries pocket minicelulares longer hold its charge, since the next-generation microchips that he made optimize power consumption. After being used at first for the filaments of the "bulbs", then was replaced in this role by the cheaper and more accessible tungsten, and seemed doomed to oblivion. But in recent decades the value returned to impregnate the coltan, returned to give vibrancy, to make it good. Much more when there was the commercial boom of mobile phones in number than 500,000 flooded the market in 2000. Since a few years earlier, however, the columbium-tantalum was mined in Brazil, Australia and Thailand had begun to dwindle. Japan's Sony, for example, had to postpone the launch of the second version of the Play Station, because of this nuisance. The large increase in demand has set up a parallel black market in central Africa. Note the outcome of this new "market forces": 3 million dead in four years. Let's see. For many African countries in the late twentieth century, the devaluation of agricultural products, and desertification, caused a marked appreciation of its mineral resources, new phase of wandering way to relate to the international market. In the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, Zaire), considered by UNESCO major ecological reserves, is 80% of world reserves of coltan. There have looked, especially in the last ten years, the majors: Nokia, Ericsonn, Siemens, Sony, Bayer, Intel, Hitachi, IBM and many others. They were trained in the area a number of companies (many of them "ghosts") are attached between the large transnational capital, local governments and military forces (state or "guerrilla") for the extraction of coltan and other minerals as copper, gold and industrial diamonds. The major brands started the dispute over control of the region through their native allies, a phenomenon that the same Madeleine Albright called it "the first African world war." In 1997 he was ousted Congolese President Mobutu Sese Seko, is closely related to capital imperialist French. Kagame, Rwanda's current president, who studied at U.S. military facilities and England, and Museveni, President of Uganda, a country regarded by Washington, an example for African nations, led the conquest of the DRC capital, Kinshasa, and put in charge of this country to a friend, Laurent Kabila. In a new cast mining concessions were arranged for several companies which include Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada, American Mineral Fields (in which Bush had interests) and the South African Anglo-American Corporation, all in detriment of antique "dealers" in France. In the years up today have fought the war both sides are not too strict. Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, supported by the U.S., financed by loans from the IMF and the World Bank and militias linked to several "rebels" with exotic names (Movement for the Liberation of Congo, Congolese Rally for Democracy), by one hand and the DRC (led by one of Kabila's sons, after his father was killed by Rwandan), Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Chad, and militia (Hutu and mahi-mahi) for the other. In 1999 he established the dividing lines between the opposing forces in the Lusaka Agreement, a kind (always provisional) for sharing the territory, in the style of the Conference 1885 Berlin, where European powers were distributed over the continent to facilitate the plunder and exploitation. One possible future is, then, the partition of the DRC. If all these nations are vying for control of territory, from another perspective are those corporations that are carving up the area. They have created several joint ventures with this, the most important of which is the SOMIGL (Mining Society of the Great Lakes) that consists of three companies: the Africom (Belgium), the Promeco (Rwanda) and Cogecom (South African .) All licenses for the sale of coltan were removed at the end of 2000. Rwandan military forces linked to SOMIGL have achieved in this way avoid the "expense" of intermediaries, marketing monopoly control of coltan. Their trucks and helicopters make internal transfer. They have, of course, their own transport companies owned by close relatives of presidents of Rwanda and Uganda. Use airports Kigali and Entebbe, among others. In these real military zones private airlines (one of which - Sabena - Belgian origin, is associated with American Airlines) admitted carrying weapons and minerals. Most of the coltan mined (after being accumulated to raise prices) is destined for the U.S., Germany, Belgium and Kazakhstan. The Bayer subsidiary, Starck, is the producer of 50% of tantalum powder worldwide. With traffic and development are linked dozens of companies, involved in monopolistic corporations from different countries. Naturally "a financial institution, established in 1996 with headquarters in the capital of Rwanda - Kigali - The Bank of Commerce, Development and Industry (sic, BCDI) which operates on CITIBANK correspondent in the area, moving large sums of money from operations related to coltan, gold and diamonds. "
coltan fever: Imperialism continues coltan, a raw material for new technologies © afrol News afrol News - In the provinces Eastern DRC is 80% of world reserves of coltan. They have looked the majors, a phenomenon that the same Madeleine Albright has called "the first African world war." We here a synthetic trip to Central Africa. And you will say, in search of Imperialism? No, no, no. We'll go looking for coltan, or if you prefer, columbium-tantalum Coltan is a combination of two minerals considered strategic raw materials for the development of new technologies. According to what appears to be physico-chemical "magic", this mineral is essential for industries electronics, atomic power and space, ballistic missiles, video games, medical diagnostic equipment noninvasive train without wheels (magnetic), optical fiber, etc. .. However 60% of its production goes to the development of capacitors and other parts of the cell phones. Coltan allows one Western dreams come true, with it's batteries pocket minicelulares longer hold its charge, since the next-generation microchips that he made optimize power consumption. After being used at first for the filaments of the "bulbs", then was replaced in this role by the cheaper and more accessible tungsten, and seemed doomed to oblivion. But in recent decades the value returned to impregnate the coltan, returned to give vibrancy, to make it good. Much more when there was the commercial boom of mobile phones in number than 500,000 flooded the market in 2000. Since a few years earlier, however, the columbium-tantalum was mined in Brazil, Australia and Thailand had begun to dwindle. Japan's Sony, for example, had to postpone the launch of the second version of the Play Station, because of this nuisance. The large increase in demand has set up a parallel black market in central Africa. Note the outcome of this new "market forces": 3 million dead in four years. Let's see. For many African countries in the late twentieth century, the devaluation of agricultural products, and desertification, caused a marked appreciation of its mineral resources, new phase of wandering way to relate to the international market. In the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, Zaire), considered by UNESCO major ecological reserves, is 80% of world reserves of coltan. There have looked, especially in the last ten years, the majors: Nokia, Ericsonn, Siemens, Sony, Bayer, Intel, Hitachi, IBM and many others. They were trained in the area a number of companies (many of them "ghosts") are attached between the large transnational capital, local governments and military forces (state or "guerrilla") for the extraction of coltan and other minerals as copper, gold and industrial diamonds. The major brands started the dispute over control of the region through their native allies, a phenomenon that the same Madeleine Albright called it "the first African world war." In 1997 he was ousted Congolese President Mobutu Sese Seko, is closely related to capital imperialist French. Kagame, Rwanda's current president, who studied at U.S. military facilities and England, and Museveni, President of Uganda, a country regarded by Washington, an example for African nations, led the conquest of the DRC capital, Kinshasa, and put in charge of this country to a friend, Laurent Kabila. In a new cast mining concessions were arranged for several companies which include Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada, American Mineral Fields (in which Bush had interests) and the South African Anglo-American Corporation, all in detriment of antique "dealers" in France. In the years up today have fought the war both sides are not too strict. Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, supported by the U.S., financed by loans from the IMF and the World Bank and militias linked to several "rebels" with exotic names (Movement for the Liberation of Congo, Congolese Rally for Democracy), by one hand and the DRC (led by one of Kabila's sons, after his father was killed by Rwandan), Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Chad, and militia (Hutu and mahi-mahi) for the other. In 1999 he established the dividing lines between the opposing forces in the Lusaka Agreement, a kind (always provisional) for sharing the territory, in the style of the Conference 1885 Berlin, where European powers were distributed over the continent to facilitate the plunder and exploitation. One possible future is, then, the partition of the DRC. If all these nations are vying for control of territory, from another perspective are those corporations that are carving up the area. They have created several joint ventures with this, the most important of which is the SOMIGL (Mining Society of the Great Lakes) that consists of three companies: the Africom (Belgium), the Promeco (Rwanda) and Cogecom (South African .) All licenses for the sale of coltan were removed at the end of 2000. Rwandan military forces linked to SOMIGL have achieved in this way avoid the "expense" of intermediaries, marketing monopoly control of coltan. Their trucks and helicopters make internal transfer. They have, of course, their own transport companies owned by close relatives of presidents of Rwanda and Uganda. Use airports Kigali and Entebbe, among others. In these real military zones private airlines (one of which - Sabena - Belgian origin, is associated with American Airlines) admitted carrying weapons and minerals. Most of the coltan mined (after being accumulated to raise prices) is destined for the U.S., Germany, Belgium and Kazakhstan. The Bayer subsidiary, Starck, is the producer of 50% of tantalum powder worldwide. With traffic and development are linked dozens of companies, involved in monopolistic corporations from different countries. Naturally "a financial institution, established in 1996 with headquarters in the capital of Rwanda - Kigali - The Bank of Commerce, Development and Industry (sic, BCDI) which operates on CITIBANK correspondent in the area, moving large sums of money from operations related to coltan, gold and diamonds. " 
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