Do you own a smartphone? Or a computer? If so, you are using mineral resources every day that have probably been extracted from African soil, for example in Rwanda. Because Rwanda is next door to Cong ...
From the smallest chips in our smartphones to complete household appliances, we are dependent on a complex supply chain. It begins with the extraction of the basic materials such as copper, silicon, c ...
Metals such as tungsten, tantalum, tin and gold are found in numerous everyday objects – such as microchips, for instance. Today, those metals are known as “conflict resources” because they are extrac ...
