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24 Oct 2012

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Global Witness

Gutless companies launch lawsuit to avoid coming clean on conflict minerals

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Global Witness today condemned the attempt by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) to use a lawsuit to overturn a law that compels companies to disclose whether they use conflict minerals.

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