Parliament has passed a draft commission regulation which is likely to result in the development of a European 'blood minerals' market. The document aims to break the connection between the exploitation of natural resources and the financing of armed conflicts in developing countries. These minerals are tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold and are found in nearly all the electronic devices we use in our everyday lives. According to the United Nations, in the past 60 years, at least 40 percent of conflicts around the world have been related to...