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Cassiterite processed into tin used for solder in consumer electronics e g cell phones computers and in the tin plating industry up to 50 of global production comes from ASM sources Coltan short for columbite tantalite processed into tantalum and niobium used in micro capacitors in consumer electronics e g cell phones and for alloys superalloys 26 of global production comes from ASM sources Wolframite processed into tungsten wide application range including electronics alloys and combined with carbon to form tungsten carbide hard material e g for machine tools and drilling machinery more than 6 of global production comes from ASM sources The Target Minerals Artisanal mining constitutes an important livelihood base in developing countries worldwide with arti sanal miners producing high value minerals from antimony to diamonds and gold The CTC projects in the Great Lakes Region focus on the so called conflict minerals cassiterite coltan wolframite and gold These minerals are widely used in the consumer marketplace and ASM producers contribute a signi ficant fraction of the world production of some of these minerals Gold ASM gold is an important part of the mineral trade in Central Africa and is also widely implicated in the financing of armed groups Gold is a more difficult mineral to certify due to its high value to weight ratio which makes it easy to smuggle It can be melted easily in the country of pro duction and has a large and diverse pool of buyers spread around the world Also gold can be freely interchanged for cash The CTC program includes gold in the DRC and other nations of the Great Lakes Region The CTC approach in the DRC involves the development of a special set of procedures specific to ASM gold producers and traders Minerals and the Mineral Trading Chain 2012 BGR Hannover