SEC Rules on Conflict Minerals: Positive Step but Threat of Lawsuit Lingers
The rule, which requires companies to publicly disclose their use of conflict minerals that originated in eastern Congo or neighboring countries, should have an overall positive effect on promoting peace and stability in Congo—but a slow one ...
Congress Passes Conflict Minerals Legislation
Today, Congo activists, U.S. consumers, and the people of Congo won an incredible victory against long odds. Congress passed the Wall Street reform bill with the inclusion of a key provision on conflict minerals ...
Jewelry Lobbyists Try to Gut Conflict Minerals Provision from Bill Just Ahead of Vote
Amid the news that the requisite 60 votes had been secured to pass the financial reform bill yesterday, we also got word that some industries that benefit from the unregulated trade in minerals from eastern Congo had undertaken a last-ditch lobbying effort to have the conflict minerals provision removed from the legislation ...