I-Apple ingenye yezinkampani ezimbalwa lokho umemezele ezikhathini eziningi ukuzibophezela kwayo emvelweni futhi njengobufakazi balokhu, siyabona ukuthi iningi lezikhungo zabo, kufaka phakathi izikhungo zedatha, zinikezwa kanjani ngamapaneli elanga, njengoba iningi labahlinzeki abasebenza nabo, ikakhulukazi eChina.
Kepha ngaphezu kwalokho, ibuye igcine ukuzibophezela okuqinile kwimvelaphi yezinto ezidingekayo ekwakheni izingxenye zamadivayisi ayo. Inkampani ezinze eCupertino ishicilele umbiko wango-2018 lapho usikhombisa khona ukuthi kanjani uhlala ezinikele ngokujulile ekutholakaleni okunesibopho.
U-Apple ufake lo mbiko kwi-SEC, umzimba ophethe ukuvikela abatshalizimali nokugcina ubuqotho bezimakethe zezokuphepha e-United States, ukuqhubeka nokukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwayo emikhiqizweni esetshenziselwe ukukhiqiza imikhiqizo yayo nokuthi lokhu akuveli ezindaweni ezinokungqubuzana noma kuxhasa amaqembu ahlomile.
Kulo mbiko, i-Apple ithi uhlala ezibophezele ekuvikeleni amalungelo abantu kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yomhlaba yabaphakeli futhi isebenza ukuvikela inhlalakahle yabantu ababambe iqhaza ekunikezelweni kwempahla lapho izinto zivela khona.
I-Apple ithi ayisebenzisi okokusebenza emikhiqizweni yayo engaxhasi ngqo noma ngokungaqondile amaqembu ezihlomile noma aqhamuka ezindaweni ezinengxabano. Kusukela ngoDisemba 31, nangonyaka wesine olandelanayo, i-100% yokuncibilikisa neyokuhluza ekhonjwe ku-Apple's chain chain babambe iqhaza ohlelweni lokucwaningwa kwamaminerali angqubuzanayo oluzimele lwe-coltan (columbite-tantalite), i-cassiterite, igolide, i-wolframite kanye nezinye zazo ezifana ne-tantalum, i-tin ne-tungsten.
Kokubili i-tantalum nethini ne-tungsten kubizwa ngokuthi yi-3TG. Kuma-smelter kanye nezinto zokucwenga ezingama-253 3TG njengamanje ezisebenzela i-Apple kusukela ngoDisemba 31, inkampani Akutholanga sizathu esizwakalayo sokuqinisekisa ukuthi abanye babo bebexhasa noma behlomula amaqembu ahlomile ngqo noma ngokungaqondile.