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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11317

20 May 2015
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) trade
Conflict minerals - Parliament divided over response

Strasbourg, 19/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - A tight vote is expected on Wednesday 20 May, in the European Parliament's first-reading adoption of a draft regulation tabled by the European Commission in spring 2014 to limit the financing of military and armed groups in conflict zones, such as the Great Lakes region in DRC and Eastern Africa, through the mining and sales of certain minerals - tin, gold, tantalum and tungsten - which are vital for the production of high-tech equipment and...

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