Statistics on Conflict Minerals in the DRC by Grant Edwards https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf Hum V - F Block en-us 2017-04-24 15:20:35 UTC 2017-04-29 14:23:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168143613 2017-04-25 15:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168143613 5.4 Million Killed in Congo Civil Conflict https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168362215

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]]> 2017-04-26 13:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168362215 Around 80% of the world's supply of Colton resides underneath Congolese soil. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168362464 2017-04-26 13:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168362464 Tantalum Mining john_parker1 https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168362526 In the first decade of the 21st century, nearly a quarter of the tantalum mined in the world came from the Congo]]> 2017-04-26 13:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168362526 Over 140 Mines "Conflict-Free" https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168362973 Conflict-free meaning without the presence of Armed Groups
http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/over-140-mines-congo-are-now-officially-conflict-free-latest-list]]> 2017-04-26 13:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168362973 An estimated 28$ billion worth of gold lies under the soil in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168363635 The country’s gold wealth is preyed upon by armed groups, bandits, and corrupt elites.]]> 2017-04-26 13:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168363635 Armed Group Profits https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168363887 In surveyed locations, “minerals that do not go through conflict-free programs sell for 30 to 60 percent less” than minerals verified as conflict-free,[14] thus reducing profits for armed group trying to sell conflict minerals.
http://enoughproject.org/special-topics/progress-and-challenges-conflict-minerals-facts-dodd-frank-1502]]> 2017-04-26 13:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168363887 4 Conflict Minerals john_parker1 https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364020 tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold]]> 2017-04-26 13:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364020 Global Witness estimates that 150 locally-made artisanal dredging machines produced between 550kg and 720kg per year during the gold boom. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364216 2017-04-26 13:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364216 An estimated $400 million of gold (8-12 tons) is smuggled out of the DRC each year according to the UN. This is roughly 98% of the gold from the DRC. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364427 http://www.enoughproject.org/reports/congo%E2%80%99s-conflict-gold-rush]]> 2017-04-26 13:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364427 Conflicts https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364527 At one point there were 10 armed interrelated conflicts in Congo related to struggle to control the minerals

]]> 2017-04-26 13:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364527 WWII https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364669 During world war II, the brass casings of allied shells fired at Passchendaele and the Somme were 75% Congolese copper.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24396390]]> 2017-04-26 13:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168364669 In 2008, armed groups made about $185 million off of conflict minerals. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168365005 http://www.enoughproject.org/special-topics/progress-and-challenges-conflict-minerals-facts-dodd-frank-1502]]> 2017-04-26 13:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168365005 Minerals https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168365468 Other conflict minerals present in the Congo are diamonds, copper ore, tin, cola, zinc, cobalt, uranium, silver and nobilium]]> 2017-04-26 13:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168365468 As of 2014, 2/3 of the mines that were help by war lords in 2012 were now conflict free. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168365602 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27782829]]> 2017-04-26 13:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168365602 Between August 1998 and April 2007 more than 5.4 million people were killed by armed conflicts in the Congo. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168366485 http://www.enoughproject.org/special-topics/progress-and-challenges-conflict-minerals-facts-dodd-frank-1502]]> 2017-04-26 13:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168366485 Average of 45000 people die each month https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168366892 2017-04-26 13:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168366892 Over 50% of the mines in the eastern DRC are controlled by armed groups,1 who demand taxes, bribes or other payments for the minerals extracted from the mines. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168367131 https://www.bsr.org/reports/BSR_Conflict_Minerals_and_the_DRC.pdf

]]> 2017-04-26 13:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168367131 Over 5.4 million dead, over 2 million displaced in the deadliest conflict since WW II https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168367291 2017-04-26 13:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168367291 2014: number of conflict free mines rises to 2014 https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168367303 2017-04-26 13:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168367303 Continent is said to hold over 24 trillion dollars in untapped raw mineral resources (https://conflictmineral.wordpress.com/a-brief-history-of-drc/) https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168367473 2017-04-26 13:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168367473 Over a period of five months, the 2014 report found that the Dodd-Frank reform was forcing some companies to scrutinize and clean up their supply chains. Meanwhile, armed groups and Congolese army troops ceded control of two-thirds of the mines surveyed as the country’s military launched initial restructuring. Congolese miners at these sites were able to earn 40 percent more. (http://www.ibtimes.com/congos-conflict-minerals-us-companies-struggle-trace-tantalum-tungsten-tin-gold-their-2102323) https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168368141 2017-04-26 13:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168368141 Attempts to end corruption of Conflict Minerals has been weak https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168368155 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/02/conflict-minerals-law-congo-poverty]]> 2017-04-26 13:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/168368155 https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/169010133 Jean-Claude Muyambo, José Makila, Vital Kamerhe, Martin Fayulu, and others, the government of President Joseph Kabila should not tie the organization of legislative and presidential elections scheduled for 2016 to a prior census of the Congolese population. 


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]]> 2017-04-29 13:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/169010203 Cases of Rape https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/169012745 Around 500 to 700 reported cases of sexual abuse a year]]> 2017-04-29 14:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/169012745 80% of the world's coltan is located in the Congo. https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/169012746 Vice Documentary ]]> 2017-04-29 14:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/169012746 International organizations https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/169013178 Goma, a city full of conflict and rebel groups, has 51 different international organizations based there]]> 2017-04-29 14:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gedwards30/StatsConflictMineralsDRCf/wish/169013178