Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #conflictminerals, aggregated by home.social.
📣Minerals did not start the war in eastern DRC. However, referring to the 2025 Washington Accords, Julian Neef argues that resource interests and critical minerals are increasingly shaping the peace negotiations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
➡️Learn more on #PRIFblog:
#ResourceCurse #ConflictMinerals #CriticalMinerals #PeaceNegotiations #DRC #Rwanda #WashingtonAccords
📢 Out now!
Check the latest edition of P for Plunder, documenting the volumes, values and customers of #Morocco’s illegal trade in #phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara in 2025.
👉 https://wsrw.org/en/news/record-low-number-of-importers-of-western-sahara-phosphates
#conflictminerals #BizHumanRights #ESG
@a53bdb Fairphone pays their workers a higher wage. But I didnt mention that I was talking about modern slavery in mineral extraction.
@GrapheneOS I would switch to grapheneOS if I could use it on fairphone because I believe in an absolute right to privacy its not just for abusers. I'm not going to get a phone other than the fairphone because it's more important to me that there is no slavery and conflict minerals used in the phone and the modularity is a nice plus too. So unless grapheneOS supports a phone that has these features I can't ethically justify buying a phone without them just to use it.
#GrapheneOS #Android #Fairphone #ConflictMinerals #ModernSlavery
I started watching the new Technology Connections video for the learning about new battery technologies and moving away from #ConflictMinerals... and did not expect the whole bonus chapter on fascism in the USA today but it needed to be said and I'm glad it was. Kudos to the guy who convinced me to use powdered detergent in my dishwasher, and a pity that this is where we are now. 🫡
https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/115985224639778868
@immibis If you need a smartphone Fairphone is not perfect but better because they put great effort into avoiding most conflict minerals but due to supply chain imperfections there is no such thing as perfect here. If you dont need a smartphone then dumb phones that will last much longer are better for environment and workers rights. I'm against overcomsumption more broadly yes
I think that the climate crisis will lead to a devastating shock to modern conveniences and comforts and we should prepare now to limit the height of the fall and as a stretch goal to mitigate the damages of the collapse
#ClimateCrisis #ConflictMinerals #Fairphone #Minimalism #ClimateCollapse #Collapse
Why Universal Prosperity Is Impossible Under Capitalism’s Exploitative Design
This analysis uncovers the uncomfortable truth: capitalism cannot produce universal prosperity without exploiting workers worldwide.
#capitalism #collectiveEconomics #conflictMinerals #Congo #EconomicInjustice #exploitation #Foxconn #globalSupplyChains #IndependentMedia #laborRights #ProgressivePolitics #wealthInequality
Maybe it'll work this time!
Apple sued over conflict mineral issues in Congo and Rwanda - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/26/apple-sued-over-conflict-mineral-issues-in-congo-and-rwanda/
Buying a new phone can use as much energy as keeping an old one for 10 years. Many phone metals come from exploitative or conflict-driven supply chains; Fairphone is working to improve materials and supply chains.
#SustainableTech #Fairphone #EWaste #ConflictMinerals #CircularEconomy #ResponsibleSupplyChains #RightToRepair #EthicalElectronics #TechForGood #Sustainability
https://www.europesays.com/uk/482975/ U.S. Sanctions Removal Would Stunt Peace, Investment in DRC #Africa #ArmedConflicts #ConflictMinerals #corruption #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo(DRC) #Diplomacy #ForeignInvestment #MarcoRubio #Military #Negotiations #PeaceAgreements #Peacebuilding #Rwanda #Sanctions #TrumpAdministrationSecondTerm #UnitedStates #us #USA
🇨🇩 DRC | MINERAL WAR
🔴 3,000+ killed in 2 weeks as rebels seize Goma & coltan-rich Nyabibwe.
🪧 M23 profits from coltan, vital for smartphones & EVs—reportedly earning $300K/month.
🪧 UN: Rwanda backs M23, smuggling 150+ tons of DRC minerals. Apple sued over conflict sourcing.
🪧 Experts: Without governance reform, mineral wealth will keep fueling war.
#DRC #Congo #Coltan #M23 #Rwanda #ConflictMinerals #TechIndustry
'This part of the DRC has been ravaged by violence for more than 30 years. At least 200 armed groups there have been vying for control of the mines from which these minerals are sourced.'
#DRC #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Apple #conflictminerals #USA https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/20/why-has-drc-filed-criminal-charges-against-apple-over-conflict-minerals
Congo files criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of using conflict minerals in its supply chain. ⚖️💥 #Congo #Apple #ConflictMinerals #HumanRights #TechNews #SupplyChain #CorporateResponsibility #LegalAction #MineralEthics #TechAccountability
In a bold move, the Democratic Republic of #Congo #DRC has filed criminal complaints against #Apple in #Belgium and #France, accusing the tech firm of using #conflictminerals in its supply chain.
Congo is a major source of #tin, #tantalum and #tungsten and some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in massacres of civilians, mass rapes, looting and other crimes, according to U.N. experts and #humanrights groups.
Congo sues Apple in France, Belgium over conflict minerals https://www.byteseu.com/567989/ #Apple #Belgium #ConflictMinerals #congo #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #SupplyChains
"Though this long regional conflict is often portrayed as Rwandans vs Congolese, Hutu vs Tutsi, or even Muslim vs Christian, the primary generator of endless suffering is a more universal clash – power and profit vs people and planet. Colonialism never really ended, it simply now works remotely via economic imperialism..."
I had no idea what even conflict minerals were. Wow.
#Africa #DRC #ConflictMinerals #EconomicImperialism
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/drc-bleeds-conflict-minerals-for-green-growth/
#USA #China : #usmilitary / #rawmaterials / #conflictminerals
„Rebuild US brain trust to curb reliance on foreign critical minerals“
https://www.defensenews.com/opinions/2024/01/23/rebuild-us-brain-trust-to-curb-reliance-on-foreign-critical-minerals/
When repair advocates pointed out that this was creating mountains of immortal #ewaste that included tons of #ConflictMinerals, Apple's religious adherents stepped into insist that Apple customers *preferred* to get their iPhone fixed by Apple and its approved depots.
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How conflict minerals make it into our phones https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/15/how-conflict-minerals-make-it-into-our-phones.html
#technology #tin #tantalum #tungsten #gold #conflictminerals #africa #apple #microsoft #intel #tesla #congo
Happy fifth birthday to my second-ever smartphone! It has seen better days and is missing some modern conveniences, but with some help from @e_mydata and a couple of spare parts from a friend's old phone, I'm still pretty proud that this @Fairphone 2 made it to five years.
Hopefully this will be the norm in the not-too-distant future 🤞
A Reminder:
If the only way we can get ourselves to not commit crimes against humanity and violate human rights is by finding more profitable things to do that don't include that,
Then we haven't actually found a solution or fixed anything.
@publicvoit
So-called #smartphones have been getting bigger for 10 years or so – we strongly dislike it.
What happened to #humanity? When did we decide they wanted to carry around a large pane of glass and #conflictMinerals everywhere they went?
We partly blame #Android5.
Before Android 5 the GUI worked great on a small phone.
@Sans_DeC from 1938 Tungsten Cartel to 2020 Lithium Salts Cartels and dinosaur 🦕 bone cartels... #mineraleduconflict #conflictminerals