Southborough-based Sevcon reported last week that their products contain minerals that could be funding human-rights abuses in Africa. “After examining its product lines, Sevcon Inc. determined that ...

Accused of being a smokescreen for metals smuggled from DR Congo, the country now boasts Africa’s largest tungsten mine ...

Public companies have begun filing their first set of reports on so-called “conflict minerals” with the Securities and Exchange Commission to meet a deadline Monday, but advocacy groups are finding ...

It's time for our eighth annual look at the games industry's conflict minerals sourcing practices and what companies are doing to ensure that the video game hardware we buy isn't funding armed ...

Apple’s latest Conflict Minerals Report reveals that it removed five mineral smelters and refiners for failing to meet the company’s human rights standards. In 2018, Apple directed its suppliers to ...

With the European Union’s Conflict Minerals Regulation set to go into effect in January 2021, companies that import, smelt, or refine four minerals—tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold—will soon be ...

In 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a Final Rule that originated with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, requiring companies to publicly ...

Every year, US tech companies are required to report with the Securities and Exchange Commission on their efforts to ensure that the materials used in their products didn't originate in areas of the ...

Former MoS MEA MJ Akbar states the US attack on Venezuela is a modern-day Monroe Doctrine, driven by a desire for minerals ...