Is Your Mobile Phone Helping Fund War in Congo?
The Telegraph reported British consumers are signing a petition demanding companies stop using tantalum from the Congo.
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Tag Archive | "DRC"
AVX Commits to ‘Solutions for Hope Project’ Through Use of Conflict-Free DRC Tantalum Ore
Thursday, September 8, 2011
AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) reported it has taken delivery of the first shipment of verified conflict-free DRC tantalum ore.
McDermott: Out of Africa
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Seattle Post Intelligencer reports Congressman Jim McDermott is hoping reform legislation can lessen mining that finances the DRC's civil war.
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How Congress Devastated Congo
Monday, August 8, 2011
The New York Times reports the Dodd-Frank law has had unintended and devastating consequences in the DRC.
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A Rule Aimed at Warlords Upends African Mines
Friday, August 5, 2011
Bloomberg Businessweek reports U.S. companies scramble to vouch for minerals mined in the Congo to comply with a Dodd-Frank provision.
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Dodd-Frank Demands Companies Report Tantalum Sources
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The New York Times reports that industrial metals, like tantalum, which are used in most electronic products are contributing to war.
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Tantalum Scrap: Profit Below the Radar
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Recycling can do more than save the environment... at least when tantalum is involved. In this industry scrap can mean profit.
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Motorola Solutions Announces Project to Source Conflict-Free Tantalum from Democratic Republic of Congo
Monday, July 11, 2011
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) reports it has launched a project to source conflict-free tantalum from the DRC.
AVX Corporation Participates in “Solutions for Hope Project”
Friday, July 8, 2011
ECN reports AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) has developed “Solutions for Hope Project,” a pilot program to deliver conflict-free tantalum.
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Putting an End to Conflict Minerals in the Congo
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Resource Investing News reporter Damon van der Linde interviews industry leaders from ITRI and TIC as well as human rights groups the Enough Project and Global Witness about the ongoing mission to end the trade of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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