IBM, others report North Korea gold in their supply lines • 7:40 PM
- Dozens of companies, including IBM and H-P (HPQ), found an unwelcome surprise in their supply chains in their search for "conflict minerals," part of the Dodd-Frank Act designed ferret out any connection to mines controlled by armed groups in the Congo: Many of their products contain North Korean gold.
- IBM, for example, disclosed that the North Korean gold was used to make its memory storage systems.
- North Korea’s central bank provides currency for the country and refines gold, but U.S. sanctions law bars importing materials from the country, even if it comes from deep within a supply chain.
- "There is still a long way to go in understanding supply chains," says an attorney who deals with conflict mineral disclosures.
- Other companies making the discovery included Ralph Lauren (RL), Rockwell Automation (ROK) and Williams-Sonoma (WSM).
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