This article offers 4 keys to navigating your supply chain so you can ensure it is conflict free: Understand the issue: There are a variety of good resources available to get informed about the impact of conflict minerals, including an upcomingWebinar by Source 44 and a slightly older, but excellent video by the Enough Project (full disclosure, Green Impact is helping to produce the … Continue reading
Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said it will block exports of tin ore, gold, coltan and wolframite unless traders can prove the minerals come from mines that are certified by the state as conflict-free. The move, the latest in a series of initiatives to try and cut the link between minerals and conflict, will be … Continue reading
KEMET implements conflict-free tantalum sourcing plan 18 January 2012 KEMET Corporation is implementing a plan for sourcing conflict-free tantalum from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), committing itself sourcing its tantalum only from conflict-free smelter (CFS) certified suppliers. By Kari Williamson Tantalum ore is now sourced directly from the conflict free Katanga Province of the … Continue reading
A laboratory to analyse mineral traces and dealers will soon open in Tanzania. The hi-tech laboratory uses geochemical fingerprinting to isolate traders of these minerals and their sources. The International Conference on the Great Lakes (ICGLR) region based in Bujumbura, is leading this initiative, and is set to receive $7 million from Germany to set … Continue reading
Member states of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) will start applying a ‘Certificate of Origin’ system as they step up efforts to control extraction and flow of ‘conflict’ minerals. All mineral exports from the region will have to be certified that they are not from conflict zones, especially from the Democratic … Continue reading
AVX Corp, a manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect products, announced that as of December 2011, all of its Congolese tantalum raw material, powder and wire suppliers are fully compliant with the independently audited Conflict-Free Smelter Program. AVX cites itself as among the industry’s first manufacturers to guarantee that all of its tantalum powder and … Continue reading
Irma Villarreal, chief securities counsel and assistant corporate secretary for Kraft Foods, thought she could ignore a new disclosure rule that, at first glance, seemed to apply only to companies that deal with electronics products and jewelers. “We had no idea that this legislation was going to be covering companies like us,” she said during … Continue reading
