New laws on conflict materials from the Congo
Something that industry is going to hear more about is the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" which was signed into law by President Obama on 21 July 2010.
The Act includes a raft of measures arising out of the recent financial crisis and runs to 2,300 pages!
Last year there was a bill in the US Senate known as the "Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009" which was similar.
The issue has been heavily debated on both sides and has now made it in to the Dodd-Frank Act.
The section on conflict minerals requires that companies, principally US listed, that are Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered disclose annually whether it has used relevant minerals from the
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