Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Democratic ...
Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in the forced mining of gold, tin ore (cassiterite), tantalum ore (coltan), and tungsten ore (wolframite), and are used in armed conflict, sometimes as a result of forcible recruitment or abduction by non-state armed groups.
Cassiterite - Mineral Properties - Used as an Ore of Tin
Placer deposits of cassiterite are being worked today in Burma, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Rwanda. ADVERTISEMENT The United States does not have any important domestic sources of cassiterite or other …
Afrimex (UK) Democratic Republic of Congo Complaint to …
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for investigation and determination by the United Kingdom National Contact Point under the Specific Instance Procedure of the OECD Guidelines. These breaches relate to Afrimex's trade in minerals – specifically coltan and cassiterite 1 – in the
Stanbud - Tin, Tungsten and Tantalum Ore
Stanbud specialises in high quality cassiterite from the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as other 3T materials. Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral with a chemical formula of SnO2. Cassiterite was the main tin ore throughout ancient history and it still remains the most important source of tin.
'Conflict minerals' funding deadly violence in the ...
'Conflict minerals' funding deadly violence in the Democratic Republic Donatien Watukarusu, centre, with his store of cassiterite – he was taxed in minerals by armed groups Phil Moore/Global Witness
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soldiers. However, children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to engage in child labor, including in domestic work, and in the worst forms of child labor, including in the forced mining of gold, cassiterite (tin ore), coltan (tantalum ore), and wolframite (tungsten ore). The Government failed to prosecute or convict any individual
Congo Mine – Exploration of a mine site in Eastern ...
Deep in the earth below the beautiful and highly contested landscape of Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, artisanal miners dig tin ore called cassiterite from the rock and bring it up to the surface in fifty kilo bags to be sold to local buyers, called comptoirs, who then sell it to processors in Goma and Bukavu, who clean it into concentrated form for shipment to refiners around the ...
British firm linked to Congo's illicit mineral trade ...
A miner searches for cassiterite, better known as tin ore, inside a mine in Nyabibwa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photograph: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Xan Rice in Nairobi and Julian Borger
Cassiterite - Occurrence, Physical Characteristics and FAQs
The most important deposits of primary cassiterite ore are found in Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, China, England, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and …
Cassiterite - the Tin Ore Mineral Overview
(Democratic Republic of) Congo Congo is among the top 5 producers of tungsten worldwide, but is better known for its involvement as a supplier of conflict minerals than collectible specimens. Conflict minerals is a legally-defined set of minerals - columbite, tantalite, cassiterite, gold, wolframite or any of their derivatives - whose sale is ...
Conflict Minerals from the Democratic Republic of the ...
Conflict Minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo— ... as the mineral called cassiterite (SnO 2). Cassiterite has been the primary source of tin throughout history, and it remains the primary source of tin today. Small amounts of tin are also recovered from sulfide minerals such as stannite. Cassiterite is
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the NO ADVANCEMENT In 2013, the Democratic Republic of the Congo made no advancement in efforts to reduce the worst forms of child labor. The Government is receiving a "No Advancement" ... Forced mining of gold, cassiterite, coltan, and wolframite (11-15, 18, 29)
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Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in the forced mining of gold, tin ore (cassiterite), tantalum ore (coltan), and tungsten ore (wolframite), and are used in armed conflict, sometimes as a result of forcible recruitment or abduction by non-state armed groups. (1-7)
Under-mining peace: Tin - the explosive trade in ...
Smuggling across the border into Rwanda means that large quantities of cassiterite and coltan are leaving the DRC unrecorded and untaxed, presenting a loss to the Congolese economy.
Cassiterite - the Tin Ore Mineral Overview
Stanbud specialises in high quality cassiterite from the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as other 3T materials. Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral with a chemical formula of SnO2. Cassiterite was the main tin ore throughout ancient history and it still remains the most important source of tin.
