[open-sustainability] mining data

Mon Nov 4 13:23:58 UTC 2013

Hi Robert,

The documentary blood in the mobile looked into this for the cassiterite
mineral http://bloodinthemobile.org/
The answer given was there is no such traceability process over the supply
chain that would allow to identify from which mine minerals in my mobile
come from. But some hints were given.

You can also have a loot to EITI.org where you will find information on
countries revenue on natural ressources exploitation.

My understanding is that at least mapping the supply chain and identifying
gaps in the data availability would be of a great value.
GlobalWitness.org should have some clue in this.

Best
Pierre

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Robert Rattle <robert14robert at yahoo.ca>wrote:

>
> My students are looking for mineral/mining data trying to link the
> minerals in a certain ICT device from a manufacturer with specific mines
> and/or states (ie. where did the gold come from that's in my cell phone?).
>
> Does anyone know if such data sets exist?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
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