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Wall Street Reform Bill Rider Could Impact Console Makers

By pete_gallagher

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While it sounds like something out of a bad anti-drug ad, an African mineral commonly used in the production of electronic devices—such as videogame consoles—may have consumers inadvertently contributing to the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The mineral is Coltan, short for columbite–tantalite, which is described as 'a dull black metallic ore from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.' H.R. 4173 (PDF), commonly known as the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, attempts to address this issue through forced transparency.
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 28, 2010 (boomark / email).

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