Open letter from the ICGLR Secretariat

Jan 20, 2016

The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has published an open letter (here) addressed to all ICGLR stakeholders, donors and international organisations emphasising their concerns over the impacts of the current market crisis on the 3T mineral...

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...