Conflict Minerals: Companies Turn Awareness to Avoiding Use of Conflict Minerals

May 31, 2014 | Chris Fleisher, Trib Live
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Sam Bennardo spends a fair amount of time figuring out where his company gets gold and tin.The two metals are used in a fraction of the products made in Canonsburg-based Auma Actuators. Still, Bennardo has to know, because Auma is a link in a supply chain for some of the nation's largest companies that, as of June 2, must tell federal regulators whether they use “conflict minerals.”