Tantalum mining and brutal conflict in eastern Congo go hand in hand
Tantalum mining and brutal conflict in eastern Congo go hand in hand For over three decades, a conflict has raged in Central Africa that has rarely made the front pages since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been very tense for several months. UN observers fear that the region is on the brink of a regional war. […]
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ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products signs agreement for rare earths
Essen: ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products has signed an acceptance agreement with the mining company Rainbow Rare Earths Limited. As part of the ten-year agreement, the company assures the Materials Services business area that it will market 5.000 tons of rare earth concentrate and downstream products such as neodymium oxide, praseodymium oxide and lanthanum oxide per year. Rare earths are found, for example, in batteries, magnets or LED screens [...]
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