Congo Agrees to Back Project for Tracking Tin Origin, ITRI Says
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The Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s largest producer of tin, agreed to support the implementation of a project to track supplies of metal from mines, industry group ITRI Ltd. said.
The country’s Ministry of Mines signed a cooperation accord and gave its “full support and authority” to trials to certify the origin of supplies, St. Albans, England-based ITRI said today in an e-mailed statement.