Conflict Minerals: Church Leaders Hope Trump Does Not Repeal Conflict-Minerals Provisions

Feb 17, 2017 | Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service
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Church leaders and organizations in Africa, Europe and the United States said it would be disastrous if U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order telling companies they no longer had to disclose whether their firms use "conflict minerals" from Congo. Western firms have been accused of working with violent gangs in Congo to obtain minerals used for producing mobile phones, laptops and other consumer objects, and of allowing trade in resources to perpetuate human rights violations.