SEC small entity compliance guide on conflict minerals published

On November 13, 2012, the SEC published a Small Entity Compliance Guide outlining conflict minerals disclosure requirements for small business entities. The Guide summarizes and explains final rules adopted by the SEC on August 22, 2012 requiring reporting companies...

“Conflict-free” tags help revive Congo minerals trade

According to Reuters, the conflict-free tin initiative recently launched in Kalimbi mine, South Kivu has already produced benefits to the local mine community. During the suspension in exports, some mining carried on but local prices collapsed by a factor of 6 to less...

Enough Project report on conflict-gold rush in eastern Congo.

According to a report by ENOUGH; The conflict-gold rush is thriving in eastern Congo. Because of its skyrocketing price and the ease of smuggling it in small pouches for extremely high profits, gold has become the most lucrative conflict mineral for armed groups in...

Conflict-Free Tin Initiative takes first steps in South Kivu, DRC

The Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation Ben Knapen was pleased to announce the official start of the Conflict-Free Tin Initiative (CFTI) at a cassiterite mine in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, noting that; “After years of exclusion from...

Legal challenge to conflict minerals rule

On Friday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Business Roundtable asked a federal appeals court “to modify or set aside” rules requiring U.S.-listed companies to disclose whether their products contain minerals...