Minexx is a UK based tech startup solving the conflict mineral problem faced by electronics and electric car companies in an increasingly socially conscious and regulated world. Minexx are building the technology to enable responsible mineral sourcing with a mission to connect miners to the world. Using a combination of blockchain technology, IoT, digital payments and smartphones Minexx's MineSmart platform gives technology companies transparency on the mineral orgin to avoid funding conflict or child labour and puts the tech companies in control to make contracts including electricity and insurance directly with the miners.

Main sectors: Raw Materials & Natural Resources; Supply Chains & LogisticsRaw Materials & Natural Resources; Supply Chains & Logistics

Main applications: Supply Chain Management/Trade;
Disintermediation and decentralized networks;
Data Marketplace/Data monetization

Established in: 2019

URL: https://minexx.co/

Organisation: Minexx LTD

Organisation type: Companies (for-profit) – Startup

Founders: Marcus Scaramanga

Partners: N/A

Country: United Kingdom 

City: London

Stage of project: Pilot

Geographical reach: International

DLT / Blockchain: Public – Ethereum

Other technologies: AI / Machine Learning / Deep Learning

Whitepaper: N/A

Github: N/A

Twitter: N/A

This project is part of the #DLT4Good Scanning. ‘#DLT4Good: Co-creating a European Ecosystem of Distributed Ledger Technologies for Social and Public Good’ is a forward-looking science for policy project supported by the European Parliament, and coordinated by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT). Learn more about #DLT4Good.