: a dull black ore that consists of a mixture of columbite and tantalite and is a minor source of tantalum
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The tax on a kilogram of coltan and manganese was $7, while the tax on tin (cassiterite) was $4 per kilogram.
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Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The country hosts numerous major mineral deposits—from cobalt and coltan to diamonds and gold—that power international economies and the technology companies that fuel them.
—Akilah Sailers, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
The scarred hands of the miners who extracted the coltan and cobalt that now resided in his silenced phone.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Congo is rich in natural resources: rubber, timber, oil, gas, gold, diamonds, copper, lithium, coltan, and cobalt.
—Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
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Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The country hosts numerous major mineral deposits—from cobalt and coltan to diamonds and gold—that power international economies and the technology companies that fuel them.
—Akilah Sailers, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
The scarred hands of the miners who extracted the coltan and cobalt that now resided in his silenced phone.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Congo is rich in natural resources: rubber, timber, oil, gas, gold, diamonds, copper, lithium, coltan, and cobalt.
—Amel Mukhtar, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Coltan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coltan. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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