Belgium has started a criminal probe into allegations that Apple has knowingly sourced “blood minerals” from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in what lawyers for the central African country have ...

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...

More prevalent in 20 different sites in Toro where tin ore, gold, columbite ... corruption and government malfeasance in Africa. Using photos, text, and video dynamically, the site informs ...

They posted photos on social media to highlight the problem ... while bronze medals are a blend of copper, zinc, and tin. Copper naturally oxidizes when exposed to air and moisture, and the ...

Dartmoor is not a barren wilderness, the landscape has been touched all over by man, as Simon Dell described to appreciative ...

The DRC produces 70% of the world’s cobalt, yet nearly $1 billion vanishes from the legal supply chain each year.

[SMM Morning Meeting Summary: Disruptions in Tin Ore Supply Persist, Spot Market Transactions Gradually Recover] Last week, the tin market overall exhibited strong futures performance and relatively ...

This phenomenon was primarily supported by positive macroeconomic signals and tight tin ore supply. In the spot market, tin ingot price movements were highly synchronized with the futures market.

More than a dozen cats have been killed or sickened by bird flu that is spreading in raw food products, the Food and Drug Administration says, prompting a federal probe into how the virus got into the ...

Other smaller tin mines have since been allowed to restart operations, which makes the continued inactivity at Man Maw something of a mystery. The flow of ore across the border to China's smelters ...