What the Potential Repeal of Dodd-Frank Means for Conflict Minerals

Mar 9, 2017 | Jabil
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The Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law in 2010 as a response to the 2008 financial crisis. As the most far-reaching Wall Street reform in history, the main purpose of Dodd-Frank was to prevent the excessive risk-taking that led to the financial crisis in the first place. Parts of the act, however, deal with requirements for manufacturers to disclose whether their products contain minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Coined as "conflict minerals," these include tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold ore, and are also referred to as the 3TGs.