Confirming this quote: "Congo has three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, as well as monopolies on coltan and tungsten—which are vital for batteries and circuits, and enable devices to vibrate." It didn't pass a sniff test and I checked the numbers - it took about 10 minutes to confirm the errors via multiple sources
Confirming this quote: "Congo has three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, as well as monopolies on coltan and tungsten—which are vital for batteries and circuits, and enable devices to vibrate." It didn't pass a sniff test and I checked the numbers - it took about 10 minutes to confirm the errors via multiple sources
- Tungsten is mined in many countries with China, Russia and Vietnam being the largest producers. Not that those countries are fabulous, but DRC doesn't have a monopoly.
- As of 2022 Brazil plus Rwanda mine as much Coltan/Tantalum as DRC. Again, not a monopoly.
- The USGS estimates on Cobalt Reserves place DRC at slightly less than 50%. By production, the numbers are closer to 80% of current estimates. The 75% value seems to mix up stocks and flows.
And why do you think there is such a drive to "level the playing-field" for minorities? (But not Asian minorities; oh no, we can't have THAT; after all, they're nearly white!)
It's so that people can lie to themselves and pretend that their own failure to thrive is someone else's fault, but certainly never their own.
Confirming this quote: "Congo has three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, as well as monopolies on coltan and tungsten—which are vital for batteries and circuits, and enable devices to vibrate." It didn't pass a sniff test and I checked the numbers - it took about 10 minutes to confirm the errors via multiple sources
- Tungsten is mined in many countries with China, Russia and Vietnam being the largest producers. Not that those countries are fabulous, but DRC doesn't have a monopoly.
- As of 2022 Brazil plus Rwanda mine as much Coltan/Tantalum as DRC. Again, not a monopoly.
- The USGS estimates on Cobalt Reserves place DRC at slightly less than 50%. By production, the numbers are closer to 80% of current estimates. The 75% value seems to mix up stocks and flows.
Yes because American blacks have such awful lives.
And why do you think there is such a drive to "level the playing-field" for minorities? (But not Asian minorities; oh no, we can't have THAT; after all, they're nearly white!)
It's so that people can lie to themselves and pretend that their own failure to thrive is someone else's fault, but certainly never their own.