(especially in Africa) a mineral mined in an area of armed conflict and traded illicitly to finance the fighting.
coltan has been termed a conflict mineral, along with cassiterite, wolframite, and gold
Example sentencesExamples
Profits from the so-called "conflict minerals," hundreds of millions of dollars a year, help fund the Congolese conflict.
We mapped the use of potential conflict minerals in our supply chain.
A consultant with the Enough Project estimates there are more than 20 ways to get a conflict mineral around the bagging and tagging scheme.
"Her commitment to addressing root causes such as the conflict minerals that power our electronics industry was a refreshing contrast to the usual disaster sympathy tourism of visiting dignitaries."
American companies are facing increasing pressure from the government to scrutinize supply chains for conflict minerals.
They have been active in a student group involved in the issue of conflict minerals.
The legislation requires US-listed companies to carry out supply chain due diligence to determine whether their products contain conflict minerals from the DRC or surrounding region.
Advocacy groups have gradually drawn attention to these "conflict minerals", but the world has been slow to react.
The businesses were accused of helping to fund the world's deadliest ongoing war by trading in conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The issue of how conflict minerals finance the violence has been bubbling up among organizations that promote socially responsible investing.
Definition of conflict mineral in US English:
conflict mineral
noun
(especially in Africa) a mineral mined in an area of armed conflict and traded illicitly to finance the fighting.
cell phones and laptops containing conflict minerals from Congo
Example sentencesExamples
Profits from the so-called "conflict minerals," hundreds of millions of dollars a year, help fund the Congolese conflict.
"Her commitment to addressing root causes such as the conflict minerals that power our electronics industry was a refreshing contrast to the usual disaster sympathy tourism of visiting dignitaries."
A consultant with the Enough Project estimates there are more than 20 ways to get a conflict mineral around the bagging and tagging scheme.
American companies are facing increasing pressure from the government to scrutinize supply chains for conflict minerals.
The businesses were accused of helping to fund the world's deadliest ongoing war by trading in conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They have been active in a student group involved in the issue of conflict minerals.
We mapped the use of potential conflict minerals in our supply chain.
The legislation requires US-listed companies to carry out supply chain due diligence to determine whether their products contain conflict minerals from the DRC or surrounding region.
The issue of how conflict minerals finance the violence has been bubbling up among organizations that promote socially responsible investing.
Advocacy groups have gradually drawn attention to these "conflict minerals", but the world has been slow to react.