Apple is facing criminal complaints by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which accuses the ... to manufacture components later sold to the iPhone maker. However, the company does commission ...

In December, the iPhone maker said that it strongly disputed the claims and had instructed its suppliers earlier in 2024 not to use the minerals in question sourced from Congo or Rwanda.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Belgium has started a criminal probe into allegations that Apple has knowingly sourced “blood minerals ...