Inaccuracies of Newsweek article discussing iTSCi

Newsweek published an article “Where Apple gets the tantalum for your iPhone” on the 4th February 2015 which made various assertions and criticisms of both the Conflict Free Smelter Programme (CFSP), and the ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative (ITSCI)...

Obama’s conflict minerals law ‘has destroyed everything’

The Guardian (article here) has described how the US conflict minerals legislation aimed at damaging Congolese militias has inadvertently created significant negative impacts. The law’s supporters claimed that it would weaken militias by cutting off...

US Court to rehear ‘conflict minerals’ case

The US Court of Appeals agreed last week to grant a request by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to rehear the case against the ‘conflict minerals’ rule. In the court’s first ruling in April, a three-judge panel threw out the disclosure...

Open letter discusses impacts of Dodd Frank

An ‘open letter’ (found here) signed by 70 researchers has been released which discusses the effects of Dodd Frank and the need for a more holistic and practical approach by international policy makers. Although not all remarks about iTSCi are accurate,...