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
H.C. Starck tantalum certified ‘conflict-free’ for the seventh time
H.C. Starck GmbH, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of technology metals and advanced ceramics has received certification for processing of ‘conflict-free’ tantalum raw materials for the seventh time in a row. The audited H.C. Starck companies are members of...
ITSCI governance assessment: Uganda
This report is an iTSCi Governance Assessment conducted in September 2016. The purpose of the Governance Assessment is to provide an overview of the implementation and development of the iTSCi Programme in Uganda since its inception in September 2015 and to highlight...
Global Advanced Metals certified “conflict-free” for the eighth time
Global Advanced Metals Pty Ltd (GAM), a leading producer of tantalum products and an ITSCI member, was recently recertified conflict-free through the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and Responsible Minerals...