Conflict Minerals: 'Conflict Minerals' Deadline Looms for Technology Firms

May 30, 2014 | Dave Lee, BBC News
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Companies manufacturing products that use "conflict minerals" must submit a plan to deal with the problem to US regulators by Monday.

The term applies to raw materials, such as gold, tungsten, tantalum and tin, gathered by miners controlled by violent militia groups.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked firms to audit their entire supply chains.