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Africa, France
Eric Buisson, France's new conflict minerals due diligence compliance officer

France's Ministry for Ecological Transition has set up a unit to monitor compliance with the new EU conflict minerals regulation that will come into effect on 1 January 2021. [...]

Published on 07/12/2020 at 06:00 GMT

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Producers and foreign buyers clash over mineral traceability costs

Concerns over the unequal distribution of the cost of checking the origins of "3T" minerals between upstream operators in the African Great Lakes region and downstream operators outside the region have become increasingly acute as a result of Covid-19 and the increase in world tin prices.

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Accused of links to conflict minerals, African Gold Refinery fires broadside at EU

Uganda's African Gold Refinery has slammed the European Union's new mining traceability rules, which it says are designed to prevent Africa from processing ore locally. This attack appears to be a way of responding to accusations of being involved in the smuggling of gold from the Great Lakes region.

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Rare Earth Advisory surfs the corporate responsibility wave

In existence for barely a year, the ESG consultancy to the mining industry Rare Earth Advisory already boasts several heavyweights of the European finance sector among its clients and has been taking advantage of the increasing pressure from Brussels on European companies to ensure their mining supply chains comply with ethical standards.

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The arrival of Chinese companies at copper-cobalt deposits in the DRC and Zambia has upset traffic on mineral evacuation routes. They are forcing road transporters to contend with extremely low prices, leaving them no choice but to fight the terms of each new contract and redistribute market shares among the African ports.

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Gécamines cobalt exports to benefit from mining code moratorium

Despite promises to the contrary, the cobalt trading subsidiary currently being set up by state-owned Gécamines will benefit from the moratorium, enabling it to get round the provisions of the mining code and export unprocessed cobalt directly from the DRC.

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Reprieve for International Tin Association in libel case

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

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

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa, France
Eric Buisson, France's new conflict minerals due diligence compliance officer

Great lakes
Producers and foreign buyers clash over mineral traceability costs

Uganda
Accused of links to conflict minerals, African Gold Refinery fires broadside at EU

Africa, Europe
Rare Earth Advisory surfs the corporate responsibility wave

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Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

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Gécamines cobalt exports to benefit from mining code moratorium

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