In a landmark achievement in the fight against conflict minerals, the leading industry initiative..., the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), has validated conflict-free smelters or refiners of all four conflict minerals for the first time...The CFSI calls on more smelters and refiners to join...by undergoing the CFSI’s independent, third-party conflict minerals audit. “This is a major milestone in the global effort to support an end to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For over five years, over 120 companies have worked together to identify and validate, via a rigorous audit, conflict-free smelters and refiners..." said Michael Rohwer, Program Director of the [CFSI... CFSI also] provides...tools and resources that support conflict-free sourcing, including access to Reasonable Country of Origin Information...data, the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, which facilitates consistent sourcing data...and a range of guidance and analysis papers on...due diligence.