EU Conflict Minerals Regulation term for the system moving and processing minerals from extraction to final-product incorporation.
Mineral supply chain is the structural map for conflict-minerals due diligence. It should connect extraction sites, upstream custody, smelter/refiner processing, downstream metal/product stages, and final-product incorporation without becoming a generic supply-chain label.
Regulation (EU) 2017/821 laying down supply chain due diligence obligations for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas
the system of activities, organisations, actors, technology, information, resources and services involved in moving and processing the minerals from the extraction site to their incorporation in the final product
Article 2 definitions for EU conflict-minerals due diligence. Source-specific to tin, tantalum, tungsten, their ores, and gold.
Reference: Article 2, point (c)
Implementation records should capture mineral or metal scope, actor role, source location, conflict-affected/high-risk area assessment, chain-of-custody or traceability record, due-diligence scheme or policy, risk-management decision, audit/disclosure evidence, and relevant OECD Guidance link where applicable.
For Minespider, conflict-minerals terms should route sourcing claims into auditable objects: mineral/material scope, importer declaration, smelter/refiner identity, custody sequence, area-risk classification, due-diligence policy, grievance/risk records, and recycled-metal or by-product evidence where relevant.