Dutch Funding for iTSCi to scale up mineral trade in central Africa

iTSCi and Pact announced funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (MFA) for a three-year project to achieve “Scaling up Mineral Trade” in the Great Lakes region of central Africa (press release can be found here). Funding will...

Fight continues over the draft European ‘conflict minerals’ law

The European Parliament trade committee (INTA) was due to vote today 16th June to progress the decision taken by all members in the plenary in mid-May (last news report can be found here) to open trialogue discussions with the Commission and the Council on the...

Euro Parliament votes for strong ‘conflict minerals’ law

The European Parliament plenary voted on wednesday to agree important amendments to the draft EU law on minerals and metals from high risk or conflict areas which had been originally put forward by the Commission as voluntary recommendations that would have had...