The De Facto Embargo is Over: Record-High Conflict-Free Minerals Exports from Eastern Congo

Feb 16, 2017 | Annie Callaway and Sasha Lezhnev
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The conflict-free minerals trade has been slowly but steadily increasing in recent years, and 2016 resulted in record-high exports from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo once again. The North Kivu province, the most 3T minerals-rich province in Congo, reported record-high conflict-free export numbers for both tin and tantalum in 2016. This counters the claims that Dodd-Frank 1502, often referred to as the conflict minerals law, is leading to a de facto embargo on eastern Congo’s minerals.