Press Release: Fairtrade International has launched a public consultation on its standard for gold and associated precious metals for artisanal and small-scale mining to explore how Fairtrade can best tackle new regulation and legislation ...
Inside nearly every piece of technology that we rely on—from our laptops and tablets to cars and airplanes—are the minerals tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold. However, for nearly two decades, the mining of some of these ...
Tags: HP, Electrical, Electronics
With the defeat of the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), this vast blighted country is poised for a brighter future. But a new US law designed to help the region escape its poverty looks set to do just the opposite. ...
Tags: Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 rebels, conflict minerals
Severstal North America announced Wednesday that it has joined two of the most renowned sustainability organizations in operations and sourcing, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI). ...
Tags: Conflict-Free Sourcing, Mineral