Surging global demand for critical minerals should be “a once-in-a-lifetime chance” for resource-rich countries in Africa and ...

The Security Council is meeting now in New York to debate critical minerals — the lithium, cobalt and copper powering the ...

Minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, tantalum, tin and tungsten, which are all abundant in central Africa, are essential to the comforts of everyday life. Our phones, laptops and electric ...

The move underscores growing scrutiny of the conflict mineral trade fuelling violence in eastern DR Congo.

A recent investigation by Global Witness has highlighted how conflict minerals sourced in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) reports that it has validated conflict-free smelters or refiners of all four conflict minerals for the first time in the initiative’s five-year history, ...

For 2025, GameStop continued its diligence from 2024. It identified 173 smelters and refiners in its supply chain providing minerals for these items, only 35 of which were sourcing from countries of ...

Conflict minerals can find their way into everything from jewelry to smartphones. Photo: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac As part of ongoing efforts to cut down on the use of conflict minerals, Apple ...

DR Congo accuses Apple subsidiaries of using conflict minerals, fueling violence through illicit 3T mineral trade. Despite Apple's audits, discrepancies like Rwanda's tantalum exports highlight ...

The modern world runs on rare minerals. Companies like Apple require massive amounts of rare materials to manufacture the devices that make the modern world possible. The Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness Leading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony ...

The GAO has just issued its 2022 Report on Conflict Minerals, which examines companies’ conflict minerals compliance in 2022. As you probably know, the SEC’s conflict minerals rules were originally ...