Until now, cobalt has not yet drawn as much attention from regulators compared to other conflict minerals, examples of which include the EU’s Conflict Minerals Regulation, and the United States ...

There’s a good chance there are conflict minerals in your phone, the extraction of which often comes at a human and environmental cost. If you were as aware of this as you were of the sticker ...

telecoms and aeronautics is funding a brutal war in the Democratic Republic of Congo—despite U.S. efforts to stop the use of so-called conflict minerals. Congo is the world’s leading producer ...

The conflict ... cobalt mines are notorious for human rights abuses, including the use of child labor. JX Metals Circular Solutions has established a method for separating cobalt from other minerals.

In 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a Final Rule that originated with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, requiring companies to publicly ...

U.S. lawmakers have sought to prevent minerals commonly mined in eastern Congo—tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold—from ...

Coltan from militia-controlled mines in Congo is increasingly flowing into global supply chains for smartphones and computers, despite US efforts to stop the use of so-called conflict minerals.

In this area the huge multicoloured cobalt minerals deposits tower high, with the shores of dams and streams coloured deep rose with silvery blue veins running through. Cobalt it is not found pure in ...

DR Congo, a central African country, is the world's main source of cobalt ... have long plagued DR Congo's mineral-rich east and this year heightened conflict has pushed the number of people ...

“Conflict Minerals—Peace and Security in Democratic Republic of the Congo Have Not Improved with SEC Disclosure Rule.” That is the title of the final required report of the U.S. Government ...

More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple ...

announced a complete customs duty exemption on 25 critical minerals, including cobalt, lithium, copper, germanium, and silicon. It is pertinent to note that these minerals are crucial in the ...