ENV100Y5 Lecture : Lectures 32 & 33 - Mineral Resources & Mining.docx
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Lecture #32 & 33: mineral resources & mining. How mineral resources contribute to our economy and society. Some ways to encourage sustainable use of mineral and other nonrenewable resources central case: Central case: mining for cell phones: cell phones and many other high-tech products contain coltan, used to make tantalum capacitors. Coltan = columbite + tantalum: democratic republic of the congo: resource curse . Since 2000, >5 million died and millions more fled: congo at war. Profits from coltan sales financed the war = conflict minerals . In such countries, they don"t have a legal structure in place for the mining industry proceeds from mining do not stay in the country. They are used to finance war: most tantalum from the congo is smuggled into china, artisanal mining - refers to an activity that is done informally, low-tech, less equipment, small operations, traditional types of activities. Ex: fishing 1 or 2 fisherman on a vessel fishing.
