The International Tin Research Industry announced that it is moving forward to Phase II of its Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCi). However, there are some major weaknesses in the plan and some say it doesn’t go far enough in addressing the larger issues associated with the DRC conflict 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.
Continue reading "Working Toward a Conflict-Free Mineral Trade"
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?
Continue reading "Tracing the Tantalum Trade—Part Two"
TantalumInvestingNews.com maintains a focus on Tantalum exploration and investment opportunities. For broader Natural Resource Investing, see ResourceInvestingNews.com.
The Tantalum Investing Glossary: This glossary covers investing in junior resource companies. For the experienced investor or the newbie, you should find everything you need here. If not, let us know and we’ll research and add what you’re looking for.
For upcoming tantalum investing trade shows, see the following links:
Rare Earths, Specialty & Minor Metals Investment Summit
March 18, 2010
Rare Metals Summit
April 7-9, 2010
Technology and Rare Earth Metals for National Security and Clean Energy
March 17-18, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010