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 ...

DAKAR/LONDON (Reuters) -A U.S.-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Myanmar relations. Now critical mineral policy changes in DC seem destined to usher in a flood of investment into Myanmar.

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Global supply chain sustainability site Ecodesk has launched a monitoring tool for businesses to track conflict mineral use in supply chains. A number of leading ICT businesses have already been ...

It takes a lot of metals and minerals to make our favorite gadgets, whether they’re smartphones, TVs, or everything in between. Just where these materials come from is under new scrutiny from Amnesty ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo as Washington tries to spearhead peace efforts there while ...

The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a law requiring firms to ensure they do not use so-called conflict minerals from Africa and other areas that end up funding warlords. It was ...

One morning last May, a small band of activists descended on Germany's largest Apple store in the heart of downtown Berlin. Placards in hand, they conducted a noisy but peaceful demonstration to ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the May-June 2021 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. Indulge me for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apple has repeatedly denied sourcing minerals from conflict zones or using forced labour [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters] A United ...