Where do strategic minerals come from?
Strategic mineral supply chains are often long and complex. Yet end users must know where their inputs come from and under what conditions they were extracted. Resource Matters documents several supply chains, first and foremost that of cobalt.
What information is available on Resource Matters’ Supply Chains?
300+ companies in the cobalt supply chain
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Suppliers and clients for each company in the chain
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Environmental and social risks along the chain
Each company is linked up with its corresponding page on the Business & Human Rights Center’s website.
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Our publications related to mineral supply chains
Report
Annual Report 2025
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Podcast
Podcast – Qui perd, qui gagne? Ep. 15: Cobalt: The DRC faces the challenge of quotas
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Podcast
Podcast – Qui perd, qui gagne ? Ep. 8 : “Suspension of cobalt exports”
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Plateform
Cobalt Supply Chain : Where does cobalt come from and where does it go?
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Note
From crisis to control: DRC’s cobalt ban demands deeper reform
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Press release
The EU Big deregulation : a joint CSO statement reacting to Omnibus publication
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