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Transition Minerals

Fuelling the future, poisoning the present: Myanmar’s rare earth boom

23 May 2024
Transition Minerals

A missed opportunity for the UN to demand a more responsible mining industry

11 April 2024
Transition Minerals

A rush for Lithium in Africa risks fuelling corruption and failing citizens

14 November 2023
Conflict Resources

ITSCI is unwilling to address failures of its due diligence scheme - companies must now pressure it to take strong action

04 November 2022
Transition Minerals

Myanmar: New sanctions welcome, but not enough

25 August 2022
Transition Minerals

Addressing risks in the supply chain for heavy rare earth minerals from illicit mining in Myanmar

09 August 2022
Transition Minerals

Myanmar's poisoned mountains

09 August 2022
Transition Minerals

Seismic change needed at Glencore following a decade of corruption

18 July 2022
Transition Minerals

DRC: Apple, Tesla & Intel may source “conflict minerals” through failing responsible mineral scheme

27 April 2022
Transition Minerals

As global interest in DR Congo’s lithium deposits soars, the industry could be “seriously undermined” by governance, environmental and social risks – investigation

13 December 2021
Transition Minerals

Renewable energy at what cost? A closer look at DRC’s nascent lithium sector

13 December 2021
Conflict Resources

Jade and conflict: Myanmar’s vicious circle

29 June 2021
Transition Minerals

How gold trade data could be better used for due diligence

20 April 2021
Conflict Resources

Open letter to LBMA on concerns that Responsible Sourcing Programme fails to curtail human rights abuse and illicit gold in the supply chain

09 March 2021
Conflict Resources

Stones, seed and suffrage

21 February 2020
Conflict Resources

Secret documents reveal financial network supporting Sudan’s most powerful militia - responsible for the Khartoum massacre

09 December 2019
Conflict Resources

Open letter to the Responsible Jewellery Council

11 July 2019
Conflict Diamonds

Leave no stone unturned

06 December 2018
Conflict Diamonds

Diamond industry fails to clean up its act

12 November 2018
Transition Minerals

How can we use artificial intelligence to help us fight corruption in the mining sector?

08 November 2018
Conflict Diamonds

An inside job

11 September 2017
Conflict Resources

Jade and the Generals

17 May 2017
Conflict Resources

Managing the risk of illegal mining and conflict minerals in global supply chains

01 December 2016
Conflict Resources

Conflict Minerals: Shaping EU Policy

17 November 2016
Conflict Resources

Key individuals named in Global Witness report on illegal gold trade in eastern Congo detained following national mining fraud commission investigation

19 October 2016
Oil, Gas and Mining

Afghanistan’s famous lapis mines funding the Taliban and armed groups, new investigation shows

06 June 2016
Conflict Resources

War in the treasury of the people

30 May 2016
Conflict Resources

Lords of jade

03 December 2015
Oil, Gas and Mining

Jade: Myanmar's "Big State Secret"

23 October 2015
Conflict Resources

Mining for our minerals

01 May 2015
Conflict Resources

Conflict minerals in Eastern Congo

02 March 2015
Conflict Resources

Tackling conflict minerals

24 October 2014

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