One year after the Dodd-Frank Act passed Congress with a provision that was aimed at preventing the sourcing of “conflict minerals” by SEC-registered companies, backlash seems to be growing over the impact of the measure, particularly on artisanal miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC was singled out as a particular … Continue reading Conflict Minerals in the DRC: Still Fighting Over the Dodd-Frank Act, One Year Later