"Press release: a new video reveals what a clean mine could look like under a more comprehensive responsible sourcing requirement"

A new video, filmed at the Fungamwaka mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reveals…an example of a "clean mine", where no rebel groups are present…and child labor is banned…[T]his example demonstrates how the sector could be cleaned up under effective regulation…[T]he Trialogue negotiations between the EP, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission…is an…opportunity…to secure the key achievement voted by the European Parliament in May 2015…Revenues from the clean mine are shared between entrepreneurs and workers…And yet mine workers still have to struggle to make a decent living, as the costs of cleaning up the trade have been passed on to them rather than being covered by the companies sourcing these minerals…EU governments in the Council agreed their initial negotiating position, supporting a voluntary sourcing scheme covering only part of the mineral supply chain: this is a clear backtrack…CIDSE recommends that Member States revisit their positions…