EU prepares scheme to stem use of conflict minerals — report

Karel De Guch, the European Union’s trade chief, is ready to submit a voluntary certification scheme to the block’s lawmakers and governments, which aims to prevent warlords funding their militias by selling minerals to European companies.
The EU’s trade directorate had been expected to publish a regulation that would secure uniform compliance among coalition members – and beyond – by the end of last year. However it was delayed without explanation.
The proposed regulation would allegedly only cover gold and the “Three T’s” — tin, tungsten, and tantalum— leaving diamonds out, Reuters reports.
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