Apple has announced that its suppliers are no longer using the mineral tantalum sourced from conflict regions. Tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold are among the minerals used to make electronics ...

Wolf Minerals, owners of Hermerdon ... Good luck to them - any new sources for such a critical metal as tungsten based on stable conflict-free mature markets such as Europe will receive an ...

“Conflict minerals is a term given by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold sourced from so-called conflict-affected and high-risk ...

Tungsten is another common element used across ... Congo was apparently not satisfied with Apple's answer. Apple does not buy conflict minerals directly. Rather, it uses its supply chain to ...

U.S. lawmakers have sought to prevent minerals commonly mined in eastern Congo—tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold—from financing conflict in the region. Legislation embedded in the 2010 Dodd ...

They allege that armed groups are mining conflict minerals, including tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (collectively known as 3TG), and smuggling them through neighboring countries like Rwanda ...

The mineral-rich east of DR Congo has seen years of conflict often fuelled by what lies underneath the ground The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium ...

The main three conflict minerals are tin, tungsten, and tantalum (the 3 Ts), but gold can also be included. A common source of these minerals is the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an area with ...

Away from the headlines around the minerals deal with Ukraine, the United States has pursued a potentially even more ...