Conflict Minerals: Al Jazeera Documentary on DRC Minerals up for Emmy

Sep 16, 2016 | Screen Africa
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Conflicted: The Fight Over Congo’s Minerals is nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine. It’s one of five Fault Lines episodes nominated and one of ten nominations for Al Jazeera. Despite being home to $24 trillion worth of untapped mineral reserves, the Democratic Republic of Congo remains one of the least developed countries in the world. Conflicted: The Fight Over Congo’s Minerals investigates the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act’s Section 1502, added in 2010, which requires publicly traded companies to track whether their products contain conflict-minerals from the DRC.