Responsible sourcing
Buyers increasingly require supply-chain evidence as a condition of purchase, not as a courtesy. Requirements vary by buyer, material and route.
What may be required
The following are the considerations that commonly arise in mineral supply-chain due diligence. Which of them apply to a given transaction depends on the buyer, the jurisdiction, the material and the destination market.
Know your customer
Identity and standing of the counterparty, and of the people behind it.
Beneficial ownership
Who ultimately owns or controls the entity.
Sanctions screening
Against the regimes applicable to the parties and the route.
Legal source
That the material was lawfully won and lawfully held.
Authority to sell
That the seller may lawfully sell, market or export it.
Mineral title and source
Verification of the origin of the material.
Chain of custody
The documented path from source to the point of sale.
Royalty and regulatory evidence
That applicable obligations have been met.
Labour and human rights
Conditions at and around the point of extraction.
Environmental and regulatory
Where relevant to the material and jurisdiction.
Conflict-affected and high-risk areas
Where applicable to the origin in question.
Buyer-specific requirements
Many industrial buyers impose their own additional standards.
Standards and alignment
TGRALIN's approach to supply-chain due diligence is informed by the OECD framework for responsible mineral supply chains, and by the requirements buyers themselves impose.
TGRALIN is not certified by the OECD, the Responsible Minerals Initiative, or any regulator, and does not act as a certification authority. Nothing on this site should be read as certification, accreditation or regulatory endorsement.
Where a buyer requires certification from an accredited scheme, that certification must come from the scheme itself. Mineral Radar's role is to establish what evidence exists and what is missing against that requirement.
Why this helps smaller participants
Responsible-sourcing requirements are often assumed to shut small operators out. In practice what shuts them out is not being told, early and specifically, what is expected.
A small trader who knows at the outset which five documents a buyer's compliance team will demand has a reasonable chance of assembling them. The same trader who discovers the requirement after agreeing a price usually does not.