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Intel Leads With Conflict-Free Chips

Manufacture of modern electronic components, such as computers and smart phones, requires rare minerals found in some of the world’s worst conflict areas.  Earlier this year, a major U.S. computer chip maker, Intel Corporation, announced that it has stopped buying minerals from the conflict zones and that its products are now “conflict free.”   Gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten are often called ‘conflict minerals’ because they come from regions plagued by some of the world's...


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