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Court Upholds Most of U.S. “Conflict Minerals” Law

By Carey L. Biron
The United States’ second-highest court has upheld most of a landmark U.S. law requiring companies to ascertain and publicly disclose whether proceeds from minerals used to manufacture their products may be funding conflict in central Africa.

Despite Legal Attacks, Conflict Minerals Ban Gets Stronger

By Carey L. Biron
Major manufacturing and business groups on Tuesday urged a court here to roll back a new U.S. regulation that would soon require major manufacturers to ensure that their global supply chains are free of minerals used to fund violence in the Great Lakes region of central Africa.


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