But such aggressive moves by the major global powers are exacerbating regional tensions, with many resource-rich countries “caught between competing economic powers,” while insatiable demand for rare ...

Global supply chain sustainability site Ecodesk has launched a monitoring tool for businesses to track conflict mineral use in supply chains. A number of leading ICT businesses have already been ...

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Attorneys at Clark Hill PLC discuss how critical minerals are now strategic assets treated by governments as both economic ...

DAKAR/LONDON (Reuters) -A U.S.-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo as Washington tries to spearhead peace efforts there while ...

It takes a lot of metals and minerals to make our favorite gadgets, whether they’re smartphones, TVs, or everything in between. Just where these materials come from is under new scrutiny from Amnesty ...

Minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, tantalum, tin and tungsten, which are all abundant in central Africa, are essential to the comforts of everyday life. Our phones, laptops and electric ...

One morning last May, a small band of activists descended on Germany's largest Apple store in the heart of downtown Berlin. Placards in hand, they conducted a noisy but peaceful demonstration to ...