16 September, 15:00-16:00 CEST / 14:00-15:00 BST | Register here for the webinar

Cooperative and artisanal miners in Bolivia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) work and live in precarious conditions. Their livelihood depends on the sale of the tin and cobalt they extract, both key minerals in low emission vehicle batteries and other electronics. But unfair payment practices exacerbate their precarity, with miners often facing long delays before they are paid for their minerals and lack of transparency in how prices are calculated.

Join us for a 1-hour webinar exploring critical issues related to cooperative and artisanal miner payments, with case studies from the DRC and Bolivia. The session will feature short presentations on each country's payment systems, followed by a panel discussion on:

• Discrepancies in mineral weight and purity assessments

• Calculation methods and cost transparency

• Payment practices of smelters, mineral trading companies (comercializadoras) and buying offices (comptoirs d'achat), and their impact on miners' incomes

Participants will have the opportunity to engage directly with speakers from our monitoring partners SARW and CISEP during a Q&A session. Live interpretation into English, French and Spanish will be provided.

Who should attend?

Electronics Watch affiliates, Low Emission Vehicle Programme participants, and other stakeholders in the supply chains of electronics products and batteries.

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Don't miss this important conversation on the need for fairer and more transparent mineral transactions for artisanal and cooperative miners.