One person was captured with the total of 1,216 kilograms of ore, that according to the Colombian prosecutor’s office may be worth as much as 453,000 USD. Coltan is an ore containing rare-earth metals like tantalum and niobium, useful in the manufacture of electronics and metal...
Tantalum is widely used in every kind of electronic device, such as phones, computers, automotive electronics and cameras. Tantalum alloys can be extremely strong and have been used for turbine blades, rocket nozzles and nose caps for supersonic aircrafts.
Beginning 4am on January 15, 2021 visitors who have been in or transited through Colombia in the previous 10 days cannot enter the UK. British and Irish nationals, and third country nationals with residence rights in the UK arriving in the UK from Colombia will need to...
Auxico Resources Canada has signed a deal with Colombian firm Minampro Asociados to mine industrial sands from concessions in Vichada, Colombia containing Tantalum, Niobium, Ytterbium, Hafnium, neodymium, Scandium, Dysprosium, Praseodymium & Gadolinium
20 Orinoco Crocodiles (Crocodylus Intermedius) were reintroduced into their natural habitat this month, in the Tuparro National Park, the same environment that received 21 crocodiles in May of last year. Orinoco Crocodiles (Caimán Llanero in Spanish) are a critically endangered...