Starting Now, All Intel Microprocessors Are Conflict-Free

The CEO of Intel, Brian Krzanich used his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to announce that every microprocessor that Intel ships in 2014 will be made using conflict-free minerals. Krzanich, who previously led Intel’s supply...

Map Shows Gold is Top Conflict Mineral

The Belgium NGO ‘International Peace Information Service’ (IPIS) has been working with the mining cadastre of the DRC (CAMI) to set up a new mapping system to show whether there is any involvement of armed groups at sites in eastern DRC and the first...

EU conflict mineral law proposal delayed

According to EURACTIVE and other reports the proposal for EU legislation on conflict minerals has been delayed until around the end of Q1 2014. This had previously been expected before the end of 2013, but it now appears that the impact assessment performed by the...

Participation in iTSCi reaches 130 companies worldwide

The iTSCi Programme today released information on the extent of the success of this unique conflict mineral supply chain membership programme which now has more than 130 participating companies from the mineral production and trade sector, stretching across 23...