1. Coltan War And Bloody Mobile Phones
A presentation by Claudia C. and Willi D.

2. Structure What is coltan ? The usage of coltan Coltan war Consequeces
Conclusion

4. What is Coltan ? Colombo-Tantalit treasured ore 80 % in Congo
(Kivu-region)

5. Where is Coltan ?

6. Where is coltan ?

7. How ?
coltan quarrying

8. Usage of coltan One of the rarest raw materials
Most important metal of the future
Unique properties
Huge demand

9. Main usage of coltan Production of modern electronics
as capacitors with high capacities

10. Usage of coltan

11. Usage of coltan

12. Usage of coltan

13. Usage of coltan

14. Usage of coltan

15. Additional uses of coltan
Production of laboratory equipment
serves as material in the surgical medical technology
Also used for shuttles,rockets and plane engines

16. Conclusion
Many, for the hightech-era important products are not manufacturable without this rare raw material.

17. Coltan-War Civil-War in Congo
mainly directed against immigrants from Rwanda and Burundi

18. Coltan-War refugees from Rwanda + fleeing Hutu-Militia
Rwandan Genocide

19. Rwandas president Paul Kagame
Coltan- War
wants to fight against Hutu-Militia
borgus argument
Rwandas president Paul Kagame

20. Coltan-War
"...The conflict in the Congo is mainly about the access, the control and the trade of five important resources: coltan, diamonds, copper, gold and cobalt." UNO ( )
war because of coltan / paying with coltan at the same time

21. Consequences Protests by human rights organisation
Role model USA: suspension of coltan-purchases from Congo,Uganda and Ruanda
Photo edited by Pascal Disse

22. Sources www.wikipedia.de www.seilnacht.com www.siemens.de