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3TG en · NOUN

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1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold, four common conflict minerals.
   alt of four common conflict minerals
   alt of gold
   alt of tantalum
   alt of tin
   alt of tungsten
   • Tantalum was, for a long time, sourced largely from the DRC, where rebels and the army alike forced children and slaves to work in mines and used the mining profits to sustain their campaigns of violence. Mass rapes, child soldiers, and genocides have been bankrolled by the 3TG. 2017, Brian Merchant, The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, Kindle edition, Transworld, page 57:

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