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ITSCI Newsletter ‘Insight’
In our quarterly newsletter we provide updates on progress and challenges for ITSCI as well as relevant general news on regulatory developments or events
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Press Releases
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) Programme. The...
European Parliament discusses proposed mineral certification regulation
On 4th December 2014 the European Parliament held a public hearing to discuss initial views on the mineral self-certification regulation for EU importers put forward by the Commission. The proposal is contradictory in its objectives, claiming to be based on the OECD...
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 their...
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