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Beyond the Bike - conflict minerals and smartphones
1st October 2015
This week Stuart and Claire dipped into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with their bikes. In particular, they were interested in exploring the start of the supply chain for raw materials that eventually end up inside our smartphones and other electronic gizmos, and the devastating impact that the hunt for these minerals has had on the DRC. You can find a quick primer on "conflict minerals" in this video from the Enough Project:
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Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.
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