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Africa, United States
Traceability: American majors getting in on the act

Although President Donald Trump's administration has dispensed US-registered or listed companies from having to guarantee their mineral supply chains the [...]

Published on 12.06.2018 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Africa, United States
Traceability: American majors getting in on the act

DRC
Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

DRC
IRA takes on tech giants and slams PACT's competence

DRC
Washington backs PACT to combat child labour in mines

DRC
Was Donald Trump right about the Dodd-Frank Act?

Gabon
Tesla to set up shop in Libreville

Africa, United States
Washington indulgent on 3Ts and gold but stricter on diamonds

Spotlight | DRC, United States
Washington back in the mining game in Kinshasa

Africa, Europe, United States
Transatlantic battle for "conflict minerals"

Africa
Trump could well emerge as bane of mining consultants