Africa-Blood Minerals
Who is to blame for blood minerals
Blood minerals are minerals that are mined in Africa. They are used by large companies to cool down their electronics. They have been used for many years by companies, Militia and Rebel groups sell them illegally for money. They are indigenous to the Congo in Africa. They are sold for money because there is a high demand for them. This blood trade is tearing the country apart because people are forced to work in horrible conditions to extract these minerals from the country.
Big companies are to blame for conflict minerals because the make a demand for the minerals to make their products. The warlords have the supply of minerals and sell it to them for money. According to War child " Coltan (a mineral found in the Congo) is a vital component in many electronic devices.
In researching "Conflict Mineral Phones" Company's use Conflict Minerals In their products.
Big company's , warlords and Consumers are to blame for blood minerals. The consumers are to blame because they demand the products that company's make. The company's can't make money unless they sell their products which need blood minerals to function. The warlords supply company's with these minerals but force people to work in horrible conditions to extract the minerals from the country. This endless triangle trade is what is destroying the country.
M Company's and warlords are to blame for blood minerals
E/A In researching conflict minerals in cellphones, "Some big company's, including Microsoft, General Electric, and Motorola Solutions, have publically opposed the business groups Stance on the conflict minerals rule" They appose this because they need blood minerals to make money.
E/A Warlords are to blame for blood minerals. They are to blame because they are power hungry and need as much money as they can get. Since all they care about is money and do what ever they have to do for money they resort to more violent methods of extracting minerals from their land. The warlords rely on civilians to mine the minerals. These miners work in horrible conditions and don't get paid for their work. They are forced to work and often get killed.
L= The tech company's and the militias/ warlords are the root cause of distribution of blood minerals around the world because the company's rely on the blood minerals to make electronics and without them they cant make money. They then call apon the warlords and create a demand in which the warlords use to their advantage because the have a almost unlimited resource of minerals which they can sell to fund their civil war.
In researching "Conflict Mineral Phones" Company's use Conflict Minerals In their products.
Big company's , warlords and Consumers are to blame for blood minerals. The consumers are to blame because they demand the products that company's make. The company's can't make money unless they sell their products which need blood minerals to function. The warlords supply company's with these minerals but force people to work in horrible conditions to extract the minerals from the country. This endless triangle trade is what is destroying the country.
M Company's and warlords are to blame for blood minerals
E/A In researching conflict minerals in cellphones, "Some big company's, including Microsoft, General Electric, and Motorola Solutions, have publically opposed the business groups Stance on the conflict minerals rule" They appose this because they need blood minerals to make money.
E/A Warlords are to blame for blood minerals. They are to blame because they are power hungry and need as much money as they can get. Since all they care about is money and do what ever they have to do for money they resort to more violent methods of extracting minerals from their land. The warlords rely on civilians to mine the minerals. These miners work in horrible conditions and don't get paid for their work. They are forced to work and often get killed.
L= The tech company's and the militias/ warlords are the root cause of distribution of blood minerals around the world because the company's rely on the blood minerals to make electronics and without them they cant make money. They then call apon the warlords and create a demand in which the warlords use to their advantage because the have a almost unlimited resource of minerals which they can sell to fund their civil war.
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