Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | May 8, 2017 Responsible Minerals Myanmar Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s promise of peace in Myanmar under scrutiny as she receives Freedom of London award As Myanmar’s de-facto leader and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi receives the Freedom of the City of London, Global Witness is calling for her and her international partners to directly tackle the way in which predatory natural resource extraction is fuelling Myanmar’s worsening armed conflicts. Press release | May 5, 2017 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Rights groups refuse participation in unwarranted State Department conflict minerals consultation Rights groups refuse participation in unwarranted State Department consultation Press release | April 11, 2017 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Reprehensible SEC decision on conflict minerals rule undermines global efforts to source minerals responsibly Reprehensible SEC decision undermines global efforts to source minerals responsibly Press release | April 5, 2017 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Action to de-rail US conflict minerals rule “gift to predatory armed groups”, warns Global Witness We are very concerned about possible action by the Trump Administration and Congress to weaken or repeal the conflict minerals provision (Section 1502) of the Dodd-Frank Act. Press release | Nov. 22, 2016 Responsible Minerals EU: Conflict Minerals agreement reached as exemptions added The European Union (EU) has today taken a positive, but half-hearted, step towards cleaning up Europe’s trade in minerals. Read Global Witness' - with over 30 other civil society organisations - response. Press release | Oct. 19, 2016 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Key individuals named in Global Witness report on illegal gold trade in eastern Congo detained following national mining fraud commission investigation Four of the key individuals named in our report on the illegal artisanal gold trade in Shabunda territory have been detained. Press release | Aug. 30, 2016 Responsible Minerals China D.R. Congo Congo’s Mines Minister calls for “genuine clean up” of gold sector following Global Witness investigation into chaotic boom in country’s east Minister's letter follows recent work by Global Witness and Congolese civil society organisations to expose links between armed groups, the artisanal gold trade and some public officials in the South Kivu territory of Shabunda. Press release | June 16, 2016 Responsible Minerals EU political agreement on conflict minerals risks allowing a deadly trade to continue EU political agreement on conflict minerals risks allowing deadly trade to continue Press release | June 13, 2016 Responsible Minerals European Union Open letter to the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Member States of the European Union Minerals are key components in many everyday products, from mobile phones, laptops, and jewellery, to cars and light bulbs. In too many cases, however, the extraction and trade of these resources is linked to conflicts and human rights abuses. Press release | June 6, 2016 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining Afghanistan Afghanistan’s famous lapis mines funding the Taliban and armed groups, new investigation shows Lapis mines driving corruption, conflict and extremism Show Previous 10 Show Next 10