Sources of Misery

CFO Magazine reports on the Dodd-Frank Act’s affect on companies as they search for the source of conflict minerals like tungsten.

The market news is quoted as saying,

Experts who have helped companies begin the process say it is difficult. Rachelle Jackson, director of sustainability practices at STR Responsible Sourcing, which audits supply chains, gives a quick example: “A mineral may be exported and purchased by a trading company in Dubai that sells it to a smelter based in Germany, which extracts the metal from the ore and sells that material to a Malaysian company that uses it in components for laptops.”

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