Hi Blair,

   for US Producer, Importer and all of those who export EEE to US it will
be very hard time, yes even worse the RoHS 2 (the new RoHS from Jan 2 2013).

You can get plenty of reliable information about this topic, by searcin on
IPC dedicated  task. See the link.

http://www.ipc.org/ContentPage.aspx?pageid=Conflict-Minerals


the 3T+G will be a real effort to find alternative sources then DRC mines.

Gabriele


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Da: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Per conto di Blair Hogg
Inviato: giovedì 29 marzo 2012 14.45
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Oggetto: [TN] Conflict Minerals

We have been receiving requests from customers for statements thta our
products do not have any content of minerals from conflict areas, e.g.
Congo. Anyone else getting these? How are you handling them? 

The point behind this is apparently to avoid providing funding of aggressors
through the purchase of minerals from areas in conflict. A quick glance at
this makes it look even worse than RoHS, now it is not simply the materials
in the components, but from where they originate. 

Blair


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