the ITSCI Programme for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
an award-winning multi-stakeholder programme contributing to better governance, human rights & stability
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BEYOND CONFLICT
Stakeholder Benefits
Benefiting Business
Local miners, traders and exporters
- Improved security and reduced corruption
- Economic and social development
- Reduced risk and potential investment
Traders and smelters
- Reliable information from the field
- Increased access to consistent supplies
- Reduced reputational and financial risk
Downstream traders and manufacturers
- Information for Dodd Frank & other compliance
- Reduced reputational risk
- Opportunity to make a difference ‘beyond conflict’
Benefiting Communities
National and local government
- Increased formalisation of artisanal and small mining
- Improved authority and control of mining sector
- Training and advice for due diligence monitoring
- Improved data and potential tax collection
Local and mining communities
- Opportunity to report and resolve risks
- Increased security, support and income
- Share of taxes for infrastructure and projects
Intergovernmental and donor organisations
- Successful support for formalisation and trade
- Meeting policy objectives for stabilisation and development
- Opportunities to create results ‘beyond conflict’
News
News
Former South Kivu anti-fraud chief jailed for life
Abbas Kayonga, former anti-fraud commission chief for the South Kivu Province of DRC was jailed for life by a military court in Bukavu on 20th March 2018 on charges of rebellion, murder and the illegal possession of weapons. Mr Kayonga and the South Kivu Anti-Fraud...
DRC mineral royalty increases with mining code revision
Revision of the DRC’s 2002 mining code was concluded by parliament in late January, and signed into law by President Kabila on 9th March 2018 despite intense lobbying by mining companies such as Glencore. The new code introduces various major fiscal and regulatory...
ITSCI extends pilot activities in Uganda
The ITSCI programme has extended its pilot 3T traceability monitoring in Uganda at the invitation of the company ‘3T Mining’ who see this as an important step in accessing key markets in the US and Europe. 3T Mining operates in Wakiso district, an area thought to be...