The European Union’s (EU’s) new conflict minerals regulation is due to come into force on January 1, 2021, almost four years after the text of the legislation was initially published in May 2017. Law firm Fieldfisher partners Laurent Ruessman, Jonathan Brooks and Andrew Hood say the new regulations “aims to boost corporate transparency and encourage companies to embrace a more sustainable approach to sourcing four key metals”, namely tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TG).
