[open-sustainability] mining data

[Zara Rahman]

Also, with respect to specifically the Congo (and for the French 
speakers among you) this site, Congo Mines from the Carter Center, has 
lots of information - not sure how open it is though... 
http://www.congomines.org/

-Zara

On 06/11/2013 15:20, CONGOINTHEPICTURE . wrote:
> Dear,
>
> I can give you some news about it as am living in the eastern region
> of the democratic republic of the congo in central africa where the
> blood in the mobile reports focused.
>
> 2013/11/4, Jack Townsend <jack at jacktownsend.net>:
>> Hey Robert!
>>
>> There was this session at the Open Government Partnership Summit last week.
>> Unfortunately I wasn't able to go. Did anyone record it?
>>
>> Openness in the Extractives Working Group
>> http://www.opengovpartnership.org/get-involved/london-summit-2013/agenda/session/openness-extractives-working-group
>>
>> Also this site on product open data, and source map on supply chains
>>
>> http://product-open-data.com/
>> http://sourcemap.com/
>>
>> EITI.org and Fairphone great too, cheers Emanuil, Pierre
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4 Nov 2013, at 13:59, Emanuil Tolev <emanuil at cottagelabs.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Talk to http://www.fairphone.com/ too - in order to prove (just to
>>> themselves to begin with) that their phone really is as "fair" as
>>> possible, they must have analysed such data. Furthermore their supply
>>> chain infographic contains leads to other potential sources, such as
>>> initiatives to certify gold as fair (which would then have a list of
>>> certified gold sources complete with geographic location of source).
>>>
>>> Analysis of such data seems like something they will be interested in
>>> regardless of how much data they have right now / what capacity to analyse
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Emanuil
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4 November 2013 13:23, Pierre Chrzanowski
>>> <pierre.chrzanowski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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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