Conflict Materials

Conflict Minerals: Refers to columbite -tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite , or their derivatives; or any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the secretary of state to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. (3TG)Tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold are the widely accepted derivative metals to be of interest at present and are the current focus of the EiCC-Gesi conflict free smelter certification program.   
DRC Adjoining Countries: Are countries that share an internationally recognized border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The following countries are currently recognized as “adjoining countries”: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo Republic (a different nation than DRC), Rwanda, south sudan, uganda and Zambia.   
DRC Conflict Free: As defined in section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, “a product may be labeled as ‘DRC conflict free’ if the product does not contain conflict minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an adjoining country.”   
Conflict minerals obtained from recycled or scrap sources: Conflict minerals obtained from recycled metals are reclaimed end-user or post-consumer products or scrap processed metals created during product manufacturing. Recycled metals include excess, obsolete, defective and scrap metal materials containing refined or processed metals that are appropriate to recycle in the production of tin, tungsten, tantalum or gold. Minerals partially processed, unprocessed or a bi-product from another ore are not included in this definition.