Conflict Minerals: Conflict-Mineral Audits Get Few Takers

Sep 18, 2014 | Emily Chasan, The Wall Street Journal
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Only four out of 1,300 U.S.-listed companies sought external audits of their efforts to root out so-called conflict minerals in their supply chains, according to a study released Thursday.

Companies by June 2 had to report on their attempts to determine whether their suppliers used gold, tin, tungsten or tantalum traced to mining operations run by armed militias in Democratic Republic of Congo and the surrounding region.