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U.S. SEC, 18 August 2015
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Source of Conflict Minerals Hard to Come By - U.S. GAO Report
A report by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that most companies reporting to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the use of conflict minerals were unable to determine thier source. Section 1502 of the Dodd Frank Act, known as the conflict minerals law, requires companies to submit information about their supply chain due diligence, but a the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that the First Amendment grants corporations a constitutional right to conceal information about whether minerals in their supply chains may have funded conflict.
Wolframite and Casserite mining in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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20 August 2015
Report to Congressional Committees: SEC Conflict Minerals Rule
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- United States Government Accountability Office
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