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Apple and Intel stop using conflict minerals

posted by Karen McKevitt on Tue, Apr 5, 2011
in News , Our shows

Yesterday, Fast Company reported that Apple and Intel, two of several companies involved in the Conflict-Free Smelter program, have stopped using conflict minerals, and in its article references Bloomberg, which reports, among other things, that the SEC will issue regulations this month to stem the purchase of these minerals: "U.S. companies will be required to audit mineral supplies next year to identify purchases that may be tainted by the Congo fighting, according to draft SEC regulations."

We've blogged about conflict minerals a few times, and it's pretty cool to see these reports come out during the last week of performances of Ruined in our Roda Theatre.