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Responsible supply chain experts open the debate wide to secure their future

As companies seek to protect their reputation - and income - through responsible supply chain management, there has been an [...]

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Avanzar leads the field in human rights due diligence in mining

Apart from their already wide-ranging responsibility and sustainability concerns, mining groups are now facing increasing pressure to ensure they comply with human rights standards in their operations. Consulting firm Avanzar is already a key partner of the major groups present on the African continent in this area.

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USAID to inspect UAE impact on responsible gold trade

As part of their efforts to establish a legal and traceable small-scale gold mining sector in the DRC, the US international development agency and its partners want to understand where the United Arab Emirates fits into the illegal trade of the metal as one of the biggest buyers.

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EU conflict minerals regulation: lawyers and consultants getting ready for last stretch

Deloitte, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Squire Patton Boggs - with three months to go before the EU introduces its new conflict minerals regulation, consultants and lawyers are jostling for position to help industry actors comply with the new due diligence requirements.

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Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation

Already listed as ethical refiners, Rwanda's LuNa Smelter and South Africa's AU Traders and Refiners and Rand Refiners are well placed to benefit from the new European Union regulation.

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Levin Sources books European road trip to educate on traceability

The British consultancy firm specialised in supply chain matters, Levin [...]

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Afai backs OECD team to analyse copper and cobalt sourcing

To complete their report on copper and cobalt supply chains [...]

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GRI provides mineral buyers toolkit for more responsible supply chains

American NGO Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has produced a guide [...]

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SMEs soon ready for their mining due diligence

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Locals ban together against traceability mechanisms

The growing revolt against the West's use of supply chain certification systems among Congo-K's mining community is beginning to snowball. [...]

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Cemmats maps out artisanal mines with its foreign allies

The Freetown-based engineering consultancy Cemmats Group has embarked on a [...]

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EU presents mining due diligence system

On January 11, the European Commission adopted a text outlining [...]

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MEPs hold conference on upcoming conflict mineral law

On November 28, three members of the European parliament held [...]

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Consultants find goldmine in cobalt

A host of consultants joined the usual crowd of miners at talks on cobalt given at the OECD's 12th Forum on responsible mineral supply chains held in Paris this April. With cobalt reaching almost $89,000/tonne by early May, buyers, operators [.

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Tshisekedi keeps close eye on Kabila ahead of presidential elections

Guinea
Inside the business of illegal fishing testing the Beijing-Conakry axis

Africa
Responsible supply chain experts open the debate wide to secure their future

Africa
Avanzar leads the field in human rights due diligence in mining

DRC, United Arab Emirates
USAID to inspect UAE impact on responsible gold trade

Africa, European Union
EU conflict minerals regulation: lawyers and consultants getting ready for last stretch

European Union, Rwanda, South Africa
Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation

Africa, European Union
Levin Sources books European road trip to educate on traceability

DRC
Afai backs OECD team to analyse copper and cobalt sourcing

Africa
GRI provides mineral buyers toolkit for more responsible supply chains

Africa, European Union
SMEs soon ready for their mining due diligence

DRC
Locals ban together against traceability mechanisms

Sierra Leone
Cemmats maps out artisanal mines with its foreign allies

Africa
EU presents mining due diligence system

Africa, Europe
MEPs hold conference on upcoming conflict mineral law

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Consultants find goldmine in cobalt