Conflict minerals disclosure would hurt stock value

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 08:02 in Mathematics & Economics

(Phys.org) -- Proposed federal rules that would require companies to disclose their use of “conflict minerals” — those mined in the Republic of Congo and neighboring countries and linked to armed conflict and human rights abuses — would cost shareholders billions of dollars, predicts a University of California, Davis, study.

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