# Conflict Prices Into Critical Minerals

Armed groups that finance themselves by taxing mining and transport in central Africa keep a growing share of tantalum, tin and cobalt supply outside state control, so manufacturers face recurring due-diligence failures and sourcing costs that rise with each escalation.

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