The task is: explain in your own words why the "rare earths" are also called blood minerals.
And that's the text;
Tin is processed in digital cameras, laptops and cell phones. But blood sticks to the metal from the Eastern Congo. Rebel groups repeatedly occupied the ore mines. With the money that they blackmail from traders and miners there, the rebels buy their weapons. Whoever bought a cell phone in Germany in the past may have financed this war. In 2011, the US Congress enacted a law against blood minerals. Companies that are listed on the US stock exchange may only use raw materials such as tin ore or coltan from the Congo and its neighboring countries subject to conditions: the companies must prove that the raw materials come from mines that are not controlled by an armed group so that it should be guaranteed no warlords benefit from ore sales. The system will be tested in a pilot test in Nyabibwe.
I really don't understand anything. Can someone help me?
I really don't understand anything…
I don't believe that, you just don't feel like doing your homework yourself!
I don't understand why I should lie
If I understood it I would not have bothered to type the whole text here.
The Americans have created a law that prohibits American companies and brokers from trading rare earths if the warlords in the Congo benefit from the trade. These minerals are called conflict minerals, under the keyword you will also find further information.
https://www.shz.de/incoming/das-krisenland-kongo-und-der-fluch-des-reichtums-id16636566.html
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/demokratische-republik-kongo-us-gesetz-zu.697.de.html?dram:article_id=332554
Read it often and google every word you don't know.
