Yesterday was a big day. I finally retired my old flip phone and got a smartphone. As the smartphone market grows, so too does the demand for the device's components. While several articles have exposed the problems involved in device manufacturing in China, there has been relatively little discussion of where the basic materials are coming from to build the components for for so many of these devices. Today's longread casts a light on the tin production industry and the challenges that it has brought to Bangka Island in Indonesia.
"The Deadly Tin Inside Your Smartphone" by Cam Simpson
Published in Business Week, August 23, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/67884-the-deadly-tin-inside-your-smartphone
Eric
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