The criteria will enable audit firms and their individual auditors to conduct rigorous and consistent checks on whether any smelter has implemented OECD supply chain due diligence.
The Northern Miner spent several weeks in the country after the election, interviewing lawyers, economists, accountants, diplomats, and mining executives.
Western powers will attend talks in Brussels next week on curbing China's dominance of rare earths and other critical resources and EU officials will present their vision to create entire green supply chains.