# VW, Amazon and others list blacklisted groups among potential suppliers

https://mins.news/en/item/43195

- Financial Times, 2026-09-03 04:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/70fdf5c3-6b3a-494d-a141-85aba60d14d5?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> More than 160 US companies were unable to rule out the use of sanctioned smelters by their suppliers in a test of Western efforts to clamp down on conflict minerals. Volkswagen and Amazon were among the companies naming blacklisted groups as potential suppliers.