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MISC: Industry Meets with State Dept to Discuss Congo Conflict Minerals

Representatives from the consumer electronics, automotive, jewelry and manufacturing industries met at the State Department on May 14, 2010 to discuss steps that can be taken to ensure that their supply chains do not contain conflict minerals (such as tungsten,…

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tin, tantalum and gold) that have fueled the ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Press release, dated 05/14/10, available at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/05/141880.htm)