Sentences with phrase «minerals in the democratic republic»

Among other efforts, he helped develop a program addressing conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

However, their conflict mineral policies were deemed to be inadequate given the scale of human rights abuses and the environmental destruction associated with mining conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.

Not exact matches

Goma airport, the gateway to one of the largest and most strategic cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's unstable and mineral - rich east, is the city's only connection to distant Kinshasa, the DRC's capital and a place unreachable from Goma by road.

The law is clearly aimed at minerals coming out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is rich in minerals used in electronics, such as tantalum and coltan.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, scene of the deadliest conflict since World War II, remains mired in violence in significant part because of the international demand for electronic products that requires minerals found in the eastern Congo.

If so, your device could very well contain cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo, an impoverished yet mineral - rich nation in central Africa, that provides 60 percent of the world's cobalt.

As the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona on 16 February, Global Witness is calling on mobile phone manufacturers to audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

For example, Canadian Solar and ReneSola state that although their products contain tin (Canadian Solar), and tin and tungsten (ReneSola), they have no reason to believe that the minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.

However, due to global spotlights on the contributing role of artisanally - mined minerals with the financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's on - going armed conflict, these minerals have become symbolic of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the nine adjoining states.

Initial company reports submitted under a landmark U.S. law that aims to stop the minerals trade fuelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are disappointing, warns Global Witness.

The recently - elected parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the new government, should make wide - ranging changes to how mineral, oil and forest resources are managed, said Global Witness in a new briefing published today.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, scene of the deadliest conflict since World War II, remains mired in violence in significant part because of the international demand for electronic products that requires minerals found in the