I PC urges certification for conflict-free smelting

摘要

The IPC and its member groups continue to take active steps to reduce the electronics supply chain's burden of complying with conflict-minerals regulations. The IPC's moves follow on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which legislators signed into law in July 2010 and which requires publicly traded companies to submit detailed reports to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on the origin of the tin, tantalum, gold, or tungsten in their products. The law largely aims to regulate relevant minerals coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries-so-called conflict areas.