ITRI progresses DRC traceability project

ITRI, together with a representative of the Ministry of Mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), recently held three days of meetings in London in order to finalise implementation details for Phase 2 of the ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCi) on due...

New DR Congo supply chain study

The Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Extractives Workgroup has commissioned RESOLVE (www.resolv.org) an American non-profit organisation, to research the supply chain for the tin used as solder in their...

Rwanda joint ventures to boost mining sector

Rwanda’s government is currently in joint ventures with international mining corporations to boost the country’s nascent mining sector, State Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Vincent Karega, told local new media. Two examples of this are with...

Draft law to restrict US imports of ‘conflict minerals’

Draft legislation to control imports of products containing tin, tantalum and tungsten originating in DR Congo has been introduced into the United States House of Representatives this week. The Conflict Minerals Trade Act of 2009 is sponsored by Congressman Jim...

DRC Mines Ministry backs ITRI cassiterite traceability project

Following meetings in Kinshasa last week, the Minister of Mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Martin Kabwelulu, has backed ITRI’s supply chain monitoring scheme aimed at identifying the sources of tin ore mined in the country’s eastern provinces. In...