President Donald Trump issued two executive orders last week geared at scaling back or replacing financial regulations that he deems a burden to commerce and growth.
The move signals a big win for...
RCS Global and the IGF have launched the first universal framework designed to improve how governments manage artisanal and small-scale mining.
The guidance comes at a crucial time for the mining sector...
An interesting but little covered milestone was reached in Japan this year. The country now boasts more electric charging points for cars than it does petrol stations.
In the U.S. and Europe the number...
By now, four years into the process, public companies are no doubt starting to get the swing of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals rule. Next up: an evolution of the still-controversial...
In the US, the Trump administration has ordered a review of Dodd-Frank banking regulations with view to scale back the scope of the 2010 Act.
This would include dismantling rules that requiring companies...
The DRC is the world’s largest producer of cobalt, accounting for roughly 60% of global production, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). However, both international human rights...
Leonardo DiCaprio's 2006 movie "Blood Diamond" shed light on the sometimes dubious origins of luxury goods. The movie highlighted increasing concern about human rights violations in the supply chain...
Cobalt isn’t officially a “conflict mineral” of the kind that’s subject to strict reporting requirements under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, but a study published Wednesday says companies are treating the...
Will Donald Trump's desired repeal of the Dodd Frank Act mark a comeback for conflict minerals in the DRC? He's issued an executive order asking Congress to consider revisions of the Act. One key clause,...
A RCS Global Briefing Paper.
Published, 2011.
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