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Caitlin Hutchinson

Conflict minerals: What to do about Congo? | GlobalPost - 1 views

  • When President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act into law, much of the conversation and debate was centered on its goal of reforming Wall Street and its potential to prevent another financial crisis
  • But within the act, which came into effect on April 1, 2011, is also a provision dealing specifically with eastern Congo. The section requires American companies to ensure the raw materials they use to make their products are not tied to the conflict in Congo, by auditing the mineral supply chains
  • tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, known today as conflict minerals
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  • Why are tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold so strategic? If you want to build airplanes, computers, TV sets, cell phones and so forth, you can’t make that technology without these minerals. They are key to technological advancement today.
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    Have you heard of conflict minerals before? Or conflict diamonds? Take a look at this article.  What do you think? What else can you tell us about conflict minerals by researching them more? How does this impact us? 
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    I haven't heard of conflict minerals but i have a pretty good idea of what it means.
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    I didn't know that there is such thing as conflict minerals!
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    Are we going to learn about conflict minerals in Science this year? or next year? or the year after that? or the year after that? or the year after that? or..... :p
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    I'm with Megan I didn't know there was such thing as aconflict minerals!?
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