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On December 15, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), by a 5-0 vote, approved proposed rules (the "Release") implementing Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") regarding disclosures relating to conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the "DRC") or any adjoining country
On December 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") approved proposed rules (the "Release") implementing Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Consumer Protection and Wall Street Reform Act (the "Act") regarding disclosure of payments made by resource extraction issuers ("REI") to governments
On December 15, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") approved proposed rules (the "Release") implementing Section 1503 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") regarding mine safety disclosures by certain issuers
On August 22, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued final rules (the “Rules”) requiring (i) disclosure of whether products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by public companies contain “conflict minerals” that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (the “Covered Countries”), and (ii) disclosure by resource extraction issuers of payments made to the U.S. federal or a foreign government for the purpose of the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals pursuant to Sections 1502 and 1504, respectively, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd- Frank Act”
