Efforts to set up conflict-free mineral supply chains from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have taken longer than expected, in part, owing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) delay in issuing the rules for the conflict-minerals provision in the Dodd-Frank Act, says Global Witness DRC resource campaigner Sophia Pickles.
“The voting delays regarding the rules have caused uncertainty in the supply chain and have deterred some firms from taking action to change the way they do business and from buying minerals, such as gold, from the eastern DRC,” she says.
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