Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines omits key facts

Nov 20, 2015

Al Jazeera’s recent broadcast in their Fault Lines series ‘Conflicted: The Fight Over Congo’s Minerals’ debates the impacts of campaign groups action leading to the Dodd Frank act, the questionable benefits for the DRC, and the difficult...

US Court denies further rehearing on conflict minerals

Nov 11, 2015

On the 10th November 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. denied the requests of the SEC and Amnesty International to rehear the court’s 18th August decision on conflict minerals, which in itself had already reaffirmed the April 2014 majority decision which...

ITRI comments on the UN Group of Experts midterm report


Nov 6, 2015

ITRI, as the global tin industry association, leads the implementation of the joint industry iTSCi due diligence programme in the DRC and adjoining countries. Our organisation and our member companies are committed to playing their part in breaking the link between...

ITRI comments on the UN Group of Experts midterm report

Nov 6, 2015

The United Nations Group of Experts on the DRC released a midterm report last week which is available here. The Group discuss various issues relating to armed groups such as ADC and FDLR, as well as the relations between the congolese army FARDC and MONUSCO and a...

iTSCi benefits shown in short film “Unconflicted”

Oct 7, 2015

The iTSCi Programmes’ field partners (PACT) have launched a short film showing how iTSCi has been working to implement traceability, due diligence and audit systems to ensure conflict free tin and other minerals can be produced in the high risk areas of central...