Stetter Certified Trading Chains Iin Mineral Production Standards
1. Certified Trading Chains in Mineral Production – the Standard Anna Stetter BGR – Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Brasilia, October 7, 2008 8th Annual CASM Conference
2. Background for CTC Standard Focus on Central Africa, address the problem of illegal trade of mineral resources. Standards should be achievable, not over-ambitious. Prioritize on the essential rather than being comprehensive. Standards aim at improving key problems quickly.
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14. Thank you! For more information: Anna Stetter / Markus Wagner Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe E-mail: [email_address] / m.wagner@bgr.de www.bgr.bund.de Cassiterite, Nemba, Rwanda 18 of 18
Editor's Notes
I would like to present our approach to the implementation of traceability as well as minimum standards in mineral production. We are focusing on the support of artisanal and small scale mining of metals for industrial use. We do not deal with gold, gemstones or jewellery products which are directly linked to end-consumers It is a B2B approach. At present, our regional focus is the Great Lakes region of Central Africa and the metals we are looking at are Tungsten, Tin and Tantalum.