Week 6 Free Post

This week is going to be a little different. This week I'm going to post two free posts and next week will be two prompted posts. I found an interesting issue on a blog that I wanted to share. It's about minerals regulation and how electronics companies have to make adjustments.
Here's the link:
http://www.engineering.com/Blogs/tabid/3207/ArticleID/6980/Many-Companies-Ill-Prepared-for-Compliance-with-Conflict-Minerals-Regulation.aspx

I thought it was interesting that a lot of companies have no plans for after the regulations take effect.
This affects many people because electronics are widely available to the public and these regulations causes engineers to come up with new ideas for minerals. It also could be seen as a bad thing too. for instance where are companies going to get the minerals they need after the regulations are put in place?

Resources:

 

Kyle Maxey. "Many Companies Ill-Prepared for Compliance with Conflict Minerals Regulation." Engineering.com Blogs. N.p. 17 Jan 2014. Web. 19 Feb 2014.