Conflict Minerals
The DRC is rich in tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, of which illegal mining activities fund armed groups and fuel rights abuses, and decades of brutal conflict.
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Curated Directory & Deep-Dive Resources on Conflict Minerals
- Panzi - Conflict minerals and sexual violence in the DRC 501158
- Conflict Minerals Regulation: The regulation explained - European Commission 501178
- Freeport - Africa Project 72468
- Freeport-McMoRan (Phoenix, Arizona) - Wikipedia (Copper & Cobalt in DRC) 72466
- Conflict Minerals Law - Wikipedia - EU, USA, 3TG 500822
- London Metal Exchange - Wikipedia 72465
- Cobalt - Wikipedia 72477
- Tantalum (= Coltan) - Wikipedia 72476
- Freeport - Copper 72469
- Coltan (= Tantalum) - Wikipedia 72475
- Copper - Wikipedia 72478
- Coltan mining and ethics - Wikipedia 500823
- Tenke Fungurume: Copper-Cobalt Mine (DRC) - Wikipedia 72467
- ‘We are exploited’: Congolese fear losing out as US makes minerals deals - Al Jazeera 04.02.26 508511
- DRC officials defend ‘minerals-for-security’ US deals - East African 10.12.25 501177
- US group sues Apple over DR Congo conflict minerals - Al Jazeera 26.11.25 500818
- Video: Inside deadly Congo mines fuelling war over your phone - Channel 4 News 30.10.25 501161
- The Nexus of Conflict, Mining, and Violence in Eastern DRC - New Lines Institute 30.09.25 501175
- US sanctions DR Congo armed group over illicit mining, ceasefire tested - Al Jazeera 12.08.25 483873
- Trump eyes mineral wealth as Rwanda and DRC sign controversial peace deal in US - Guardian 27.06.25 477572
- Special report: Conflict minerals in the DRC - Genocide Watch 09.06.25 501159
- DRC Minerals and a Potential U.S.–EU Confrontation - Al Habtoor Research Centre 06.05.25 501172
- Illicit mineral supply chains fuel the DRC’s M23 insurgency - Altantic Council 23.04.25 501166
- How DRC’s borders and mineral-rich regions keep the country in conflict - Hill Times 25.03.25 501176
- Is Trump mulling a minerals deal with conflict-hit DR Congo? - BBC 12.03.25 501179
- Actors Must Suspend Sourcing Minerals Financing Armed Groups in Democratic Republic of Congo - Impact 18.02.25 501167
- Why conflict mineral narratives don’t explain the M23 rebellion in DR Congo - New Humanitarian 11.02.25 501165
- Congo’s ‘Conflict Minerals’ | War, Profit & White Saviourism - Contrapuntal 04.02.25 501169
- Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU - Guardian 15.01.25 501168
- DRC takes on Apple: can conflict mineral mining be stopped? - RFI 08.01.25 501180
- Why has DRC filed criminal charges against Apple over ‘conflict minerals’? - Al Jazeera 20.12.24 500817
- Video: The horror of cobalt mining in DR Congo | The Listening Post - Al Jazeera 9/24 (must watch) 500820
- Africa in Transition Going Beyond “Conflict-free”: Transition Minerals Governance in DRC and Rwanda - Climate Diplomacy 27.08.24 501164
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - Mining and Minerals - ITA 14.03.24 501170
- Video: The Disturbing Connection Between Your Phone And Violence In The Congo - CNBC 2/23 (must watch) 500819
- DRC: Apple, Tesla & Intel may source “conflict minerals” through failing responsible mineral scheme - Global Witness 27.04.22 501173
- Conflict minerals the DRC crisis and the role of Corporate Responsibility - People & Profits 31.01.22 501171
- Conflict minerals regulation and mechanism changes in the DR Congo - Science Direct 12/21 501160
- River of Gold – Global Witness 7/16 72480
- The role of conflict minerals in the peace process in the DRC - T&F 27.05.14 501174
- OM Group completes sale of its cobalt business for $325 million - PMR 15.04.13 72471
- DRC: Mined Metals Conflict-Free - VOA 14.03.13 501181
- Conflict minerals: Dodd-Frank turns a light on the DRC - Clifford Chance 09/12 501162
- Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Aligning Trade and Security Interventions - SIPRI 06/11 501163
- DR Congo lifts ban on mining gold tin and coltan - BBC 3/11 72438
- Anvil Mining press release - 11/10 72445
- Canada mining firm sued over role in DR Congo conflict - BBC 11/10 72444
- Congo general 'profits from blood gold'- BBC 11/10 72446
- Following the Mineral Trail: Congo Resource Wars and Rwanda - Axis of Logic 2/10 72448
- Congo gold 'still funding' rebels - BBC 17.11.09 72449
- Roots of War in Eastern Congo - Guardian 5/09 72443
- Analysis: lure of mineral riches makes eastern Congo a theatre of war - Times 11/08 72454
- Renewed war in Congo as conflict over minerals spirals - WSWS 11/08 72453
- Mining for minerals fuels Congo conflict - AP 11/08 72455
- Johann Hari: How we fuel Africa's bloodiest war 10/08 72456