Beyond 'blood diamonds:' Fingerprinting other conflict minerals
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 13:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Blood diamonds may get the most attention. But they are not the only minerals sold on the world market to finance wars and other conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.