The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using 'illegally exploited' minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said on Thursday.
Coltan is the colloquial name for the mineral columbite-tantalum. Most tantalum is used for small capacitors with high capacity, like those in cellphones.The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using"illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the Africa n country said on Thursday.
The DRC's Paris-based lawyers accused Apple of purchasing minerals smuggled from the DRC into neighbouring Rwanda, where they are laundered and"integrated into the global supply chain".on conflict minerals - materials such as tin, tantalum and cobalt that are crucial for a range of high-tech products but are mined by armed groups in unstable areas, often using forced labour."Based on our due diligence efforts...
The DRC, the UN and Western countries accuse Rwanda of supporting rebel groups, including M23, in a bid to control the region's vast mineral resources, an allegation Kigali denies.
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