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  • April 5, 2020

    How the RSF got their 4x4 Technicals: The open source intelligence techniques behind our Sudan exposé

    Another secret document reveals the financial networks behind Sudan’s most powerful militia – the Rapid Support Forces

    Sudan RSF Technicals 4x4s
  • Martha Marcuson / Feb. 6, 2020

    A tale of two indabas: Cape Town’s parallel mining conferences and ‘the new scramble for Africa’

    In Cape Town this week, two very different conferences on the mining sector have been taking place. The division between the two events underscores two sides of the mining sector

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  • Nov. 26, 2019

    Why cutting off artisanal miners is not responsible sourcing

    There are serious problems in artisanal mining - but it is a huge and diverse sector, which varies widely across mines, local areas and countries.

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  • Sophia Pickles / Aug. 22, 2019

    Fair exchange is no robbery – unless you are a commodity exchange

    Today’s metal markets value price and quality, but they overlook the impacts of mineral production and trade on people and the planet. This needs to change.

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  • Sophia Pickles / Aug. 19, 2019

    Supply chains may sound technical, but they come down to how we value human life and our environment

    Along supply chains, we see loss of life and human suffering linked to the metals and minerals that underpin our daily lives. This needs to change.

    Minzayar Myanmar mining - man with red flag in front of dump truck
  • Sophia Pickles / April 23, 2019

    We need a global standard on corporate abuse in supply chains - this week's OECD forum in Paris could be the start

    It’s high time companies took responsibility for their human rights and environmental impacts. The OECD forum on responsible mineral supply chains could be an important moment to change things, if we seize it.

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  • Sophia Pickles / March 25, 2019

    System update: how to fix the ethics problem in Germany's supply chains

    Sophia Pickles breaks down the ethical challenges for German industry as it moves towards low-carbon, mineral-intensive tech.

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  • March 11, 2019

    Are the winds of change blowing through the diamond sector?

    We welcome the World Diamond Council’s latest statements acknowledging serious human rights concerns in the diamond sector – but the real test is whether this will translate into industry action.

    Kimberley Process
  • Sam Leon / Nov. 8, 2018

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

    Minerals underpin our daily lives, from the cars and smartphones that we use to the infrastructure and architecture that surrounds us. They have driven the economic development of many countries and could drive that of many more. Yet, often mined and traded in insecure, poverty-stricken and unregulated areas, they may instead enrich an unscrupulous few.

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  • Carly Oboth / Sept. 21, 2018

    What does blockchain mean for the future of responsible mineral sourcing?

    New initiatives using blockchain in the world of responsible mineral sourcing have made headlines, promising to transform business as we know it. This sounds great in theory, but establishing equitable and fair mineral supply chains is not that simple

    OECD Blockchain Policy Forum
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