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1.	DRC: EU takes step towards conflict-free supply chains
	Author: Global Witness & CCFD-Terre Solidaire	Date Written: 27 January 2012
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Global Witness & CCFD-Terre Solidaire
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.globalwitness.org/library
	Key Words: DRC, EU, conflict minerals, supply chain, transparency
	Summary & Comment: The EU has committed to require European mining companies operating in DRC to be more transparent about the sources and transmission of minerals which may do harm by financing violence. This follows similar legislated commitments in the USA, thus making a more level playing field for most mining enterprises as they do `due diligence’ on their suppl . . . [expand]
2.	Nigeria: ANEEJ hails Governor Imoke for signing fiscal responsibility, public procurement and two other bills into law in Cross River State
	Author: Rev. David Ugolor, Executive Director of ANEEJ	Date Written: 25 January 2012
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: African Network for Environment and Economic Justice
	Secondary Category: Western Region	Source URL: http://nnn.com.ng
	Key Words: Nigeria, legislation, governance, transparency,
	Summary & Comment: This press release hails the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke for institutionalizing good governance in the state by signing four very important Bills into law. ...ANEEJ had in August last year organised a Stakeholder’s Forum in Calabar to review and make inputs into the bills. This campaign is part of their "Strengthening Oil R . . . [expand]
3.	New report: Apple strong on supply chain tracing, weak on certification
	Author: Sasha Lezhnev	Date Written: 19 January 2012
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: enough! blog
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.enoughproject.org/
	Key Words: conflict minerals, mining, tungsten, tin, gold, tantalum
	Summary & Comment: Certification seems to be the weak link in Apple Inc's supply chain process. The company is to be applauded for tracing its supply chain for four conflict minerals, something others have said is impossible to do. Now a certification system has to be be put in place to strengthen all of Apple's hard work. CJW
4.	African Unrest should worry Canadian miners
	Author: Tim Kiladze	Date Written: 8 January 2012
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Seeking Alpha
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://seekingalpha.com
	Key Words: DRC, Zambia, control, mining resources, Canada
	Summary & Comment: This article is written for the mining industry and investors. It describes some efforts by national governments to increase control over and revenue from its mines. Especially encouraging are stands in favour of unions taken by new President Michael Sata in Zambia for better conditions and wages for miners. He has been active in union activities b . . . [expand]
5.	UN report calls for action to clean up Congo’s minerals trade and end impunity
	Author: Global Witness	Date Written: 30 December 2011
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Global Witness
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.globalwitness.org/
	Key Words: due diligence, conflict minerals, DRC, OECD
	Summary & Comment: Despite there being due dilegence standards for the mineral trade on the books, few companies dealing in minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo are implementing them. The gold trade has been particularly benefited from this regulatory malaise. While Global Witness calls for governments and companies to step up their efforts to implement int . . . [expand]
6.	Conflict minerals law hold-up threatens lives in DR Congo
	Author: Amanda Wilson	Date Written: 21 December 2011
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Inter Press Service Africa
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://ipsnews.net/
	Key Words: DRC, minerals, Dodd-Frank, conflict, militias
	Summary & Comment: The excellent legislation in USA called the Dodd-Frank bill, calls for transparency about sources of minerals from eastern DRC to avoid using `blood minerals’ in , for example,production of electronics. But after 8 months it has not yet been passed into law. Lobbyists, especially from mining corporations, have worked hard on achieving the delay, be . . . [expand]
7.	The Resource Curse: Does energy and mineral wealth hinder development?
	Author: Jennifer Weeks	Date Written: 20 December 2011
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: CQ Global Researcher (5): 597-622
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://library.cqpress.com/globalresearcher/
	Key Words: Natural resources, underdevelopment, corruption,
	Summary & Comment: This article outlines the theory of the `resource curse’, namely that extensive natural resource exploitation can cause over-dependence and underdevelopment in other sectors. and also lead to extensive corruption. It gives examples of countries that have avoided this curse such as Botswana and Norway, and those that are seriously victims, like Nige . . . [expand]