No Pain, No Gain: The Hassle of Conflict Mineral Audits Might Actually be Worth It

Oct 22, 2014 | TTI, inc.
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It is a simple question companies are required to ask and, depending on the direction of the latest appellate court decision, perhaps even answer: do your connectors contain conflict minerals? For the vast majority of connectors, conflict minerals are a non-issue, however the answer “no.” is no longer sufficient. A small requirement of the 2012 Dodd-Frank Act compels publicly-held American companies to certify the tin, tungsten, gold or tantalum in their raw materials stream do not come from the war-torn region of central Africa.