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Working Toward a Conflict-Free Mineral Trade

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Companies who rely on gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum to manufacture their products are coming under increasing public pressure to ensure the minerals they use are conflict free.

Tracing the Tantalum Trade—Part Two

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Companies like Apple and Hewlett Packard say they are taking measures to insure conflict minerals don’t end up in their products. But is the work of identifying conflict minerals in the supply chain as difficult has they say?

Tracing the Tantalum Trade–Part One

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Major electronics firms claim the supply chains for their products are complex and difficult to unravel. But, NGOs say research conducted by themselves and the United Nations proves otherwise.

Tantalum: Congo Conflict Mineral

Friday, February 12, 2010

Natural resources like tin, tungsten and tantalum have been branded with the moniker “conflict minerals” because the militias enslave locals to mine the metals and then use the funds garnered from their sale to help finance their bloody operations.

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