The purchase of BT's 17.8 percent interest in Spanish wireless carrier Airtel Movil SA was made for 1.1 billion pounds, Vodafone said. But I wouldn't want to use my cell phone to convey the happy news to my family and friends, because the murderous mineral might be coating some of the electronic parts inside its guts.
Coltan is also the fuel that keeps the Congo's endless civil war burning.
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