Katanga promotes conflict-free” status “

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s south eastern Katanga province has begun promoting itself as a source of conflict-free minerals, Bloomberg reported. The trade in tin ore, coltan, gold and wolfram from Central Africa ground to a halt in April when new auditing...

OECD seeks to integrate conflict minerals rules.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is expected to make a formal request that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) makes explicit reference to existing, internationally agreed due diligence guidelines when it releases new...