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Africa: U.S. Companies Failed to Report Africa Conflict Minerals - Report
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 April 2015
Nearly 80 percent of American companies surveyed by two human rights groups failed to meet a U.S. rule requiring they monitor whether their products contain minerals from war-torn… Read more »
U.S. Companies Failed to Report Conflict Minerals - Report
Nearly 80 percent of American companies surveyed by two human rights groups failed to meet a U.S. rule requiring they monitor whether their products contain minerals from conflict areas in Africa, writes Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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An artisanal gold miner descends into a pit. Artisanal gold mining is small-scale mining done with rudimentary tools.
