conflict minerals
War-zone extracted materials
Conflict minerals are natural resources extracted in war zones and sold to fund armed conflict or human rights abuses.
The term typically refers to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold from central Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo: Companies must now disclose whether their products contain conflict minerals.
Regulations require manufacturers to trace supply chains and certify that materials don't finance violence.
- child laborMinors performing paid work
- commodity pricesCost of traded raw goods
- warlordsMilitary leaders controlling regions
- blood diamondsGems mined to fund warfare
- electronics industryDevice manufacturing commerce
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- African miningdiamond mining, gold mining, copper mining, De Beers, Anglo American
- black marketblack market, illegal trade, smugglers, contraband, traffickers
- business ethicscode of conduct, ethics code, codes of conduct, ethics training, ethics committee
- ethical shoppingfair trade coffee, ethical sourcing, sustainable sourcing, ethical shopping, buy local
- exploitationexploit, predatory, sex trafficking, take advantage, human trafficking
- smugglingcontraband, smugglers, human smuggling, smuggling rings, people smuggling
conflict mineralsrecycled materials
Previously used substances reprocessed
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