Apple and at least most Big Tech manufacturers have long been accused of sourcing tin, tungsten, and tantalum — the 3T materials — from regions where that means funding violent groups.

“Conflict minerals is a term given by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold sourced from so-called conflict-affected and high-risk ...

They are rare materials, in this case including tin, tantalum, and tungsten, that are extracted by various forms of coerced labor, including slave and child labor, at mines controlled by armed ...

Warlords finance their predations in part through the sale of mineral ore containing tantalum, tungsten, tin, and gold. For example, tantalum from Congo is used to make electrical capacitors that ...

They allege that the tin, tantalum and tungsten is taken from conflict areas and then "laundered through international supply chains". "These activities have fuelled a cycle of violence and ...

We have now completed our second export of 25 metric tons of tin concentrate, with the second lot departing from Lubumbashi, DRC on Dec.31st. We are in the process of planning our third export and ...

The war-torn country has accused the US-based global tech giant of war crimes, forgery and deception by using illegally ...

It focuses on producing essential metals like lithium, tin, tungsten, tantalum, and copper, which are crucial for the green energy transition, facilitating technologies such as electric vehicles ...

Congo is a major source of tin, tantalum and tungsten, so-called 3T minerals used in computers and mobile phones. But some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in massacres ...

“Congo is a major source of tin, tantalum and tungsten, so-called 3T minerals used in computers and mobile phones,” the article says. “But some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in ...