# kaal:claim:3709041-040

**Claim.** Complete supply chain tracking is particularly difficult in the mineral industry because of the prevalence of smelting during processing, which is why supply chain mapping for conflict mineral due diligence is costly, time intensive, and not entirely effective.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies to conflict mineral due diligence under US disclosure requirements

**Source quote.**

> Complete tracking is particularly difficult in the mineral industry because of the prevalence of smelting during processing.

**From.** Kaal, *Blockchain Technology for Good* (2020), III.1.h Law, page 27

**Cite as.** Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `5216a7bca45a48e3bef11ec524936e66af737c0fd66271e9f6866dc20a4482cc` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202020%20-%20Blockchain%20Technology%20for%20Good.pdf

**Failure mode.** traceability breakdown at the smelting stage  (family: token-transferability-defect)

**Topics.** tokenomics

**Keywords.** conflict-minerals, supply-chain-mapping, due-diligence, smelting

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