Conflict Minerals: Problem with “Conflict Minerals” Extraction

Nov 19, 2021 | Christoph Vogel and Josaphat Musamba, Taarifa
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In the early 2000s, activists began to campaign against the extraction of “conflict minerals”—a catchall term for gold and the “three Ts” (tin, tantalum, and tungsten) originating from war zones in eastern Congo. NGO and UN investigations suggested that these “digital minerals,” used in high-end tech products, were driving violent conflict.