In response, several countries and organizations, including the United States, European Union, and OECD have designated 3TG minerals connected to conflict in the DRC as conflict minerals and legally require companies to report trade or use of conflict minerals as a way to reduce incentives for armed groups to extract and fight over the minerals.

The SEC rules define conflict minerals as 3TG metals, wherever extracted. For example, tin extracted in Canada, Russia or Argentina is considered a conflict mineral by definition. In the SEC rule, “DRC conflict-free” is defined as minerals that were extracted and did not directly or indirectly benefit armed groups in the covered countries.

原于刚果民主共和国 (DCR)矿产冲突的开采和贸易，助长刚果东部的融资冲突特点至极端的暴力水平。 自90年代后期开始，这冲突已经夺取超过540万人的生命。 采矿活动是刚果经济的关键。 然而，一些矿场被激进 组织控制 着并在该地区导致严重的社会和 环境问题： 2009年4月，参议员布朗巴克（R-KS）推出2009年（S.819）刚果冲突矿产法案，要求电子公司核实并披露其锡石，黑钨和钽的来源。 在委员会的这项立法未被通过。 然而，布朗巴克添加类似的条款作为多德 - 弗 …

2021年1月1日 · These so-called 'conflict minerals' such as tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold, also referred to as 3TG, can be used in everyday products such as mobile phones and cars or in jewellery. It is difficult for consumers to know if a product they have bought is funding violence, human rights abuses or other crimes overseas.

在美國，企業的社會責任（CSR）是企業投資與交易指標的一部分，衝突礦業(衝突礦產,conflict minerals)-是指: 鉭Ta、錫Sn、鎢W、金Au4種礦產，簡稱3TG(Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten and Gold)。

我们正在落实“原产地的合理调查” (rcoi) 程序，以发现我方供应链中涉及的锡、钽、钨和金（简称 3tg）金属并在合理的程度确定这些金属的原产地。这些程序的目的旨在发现我方供应链的冶炼厂是否能够尽责，从而方便不涉及 drc 冲突金属的采购。

The DRC is one of the world’s most mineral-rich countries. There is now a unique opportunity for the United States to build minerals diplomacy with the DRC and counter China’s long-standing dominance. ... tin, tungsten, and gold (known together as 3TG)—sourced from the DRC or neighboring countries. It was implemented to address concerns ...

Background information about historical conditions and the voluntary due diligence of multinational stakeholders for minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas is presented in the tungsten fact sheet. The current fact sheet, the fourth and last in the series about 3TG minerals, focuses on the gold supply chain.

2024年11月14日 · Conflict minerals typically include four major metals: tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, collectively known as 3TG and each has significant applications across varied industries. Tin appears in solder and alloys, tantalum in capacitors for electronics, tungsten in cutting tools, and gold serves in electronics and jewellery.

2016年8月1日 · In this paper, we review abandoned mines, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM), environmental and human impact assessment, conflict-minerals, and perspectives for future researches on mining activities in DRC, by selecting 26 significant and relevant peer-reviewed papers.