From Mine to Mobile Phone

Author: Sasha Lezhnev and John Prender | Posted by: SarahJM

Link: http://www.enoughproject.org/publications/mine-mobile-phone

Enough experts lead you down the path of the 3Ts—tin, tantalum, tungsten—and gold from the mines of Eastern Congo all the way to your cell phone.

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