IPad Africa.com reports that ITRI and the TIC have launched an urgent request for implementation of the Tin Supply Chain Initiative for conflict minerals in the DRC.

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The conflict mineral issue has been widely reported and many studies have been carried out analysing the situation and recommending actions that involved stakeholders should take; the increased due diligence required incorporates both certification of conflict free mines and traceability of the product throughout the supply chain from mine to smelter. The ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCi) is the one project that has been tested on the ground in Africa and been shown to directly and practically address these needs, linking that activity throughout the upstream and downstream supply chain, and working with the support of the DRC and Rwandan Governments and the inter-Governmental regional body the ICGLR

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