DEEP EU SPLITS OVER CONFLICT MINERAL MONITORING SCHEME
February 1st, 2016
The European Union (EU) is struggling to resolve deep political divisions over whether a future diligence scheme to prevent conflict minerals hitting Europe’s shores should be mandatory or voluntary and over the influence that industry should have on the system’s operation. The scheme would apply to any minerals traded from conflict zones such as the Great Lakes region of Africa, notably in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as well as Afghanistan or Columbia, to prevent money ending up in the hands of criminals, terrorists or violent ...
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