SD

 

 

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

 

Colfax Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34045   54-1887631

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

420 National Business Parkway, 5th Floor

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

  20701
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

A. Lynne Puckett, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

(301) 323-9000

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017.

 

 

 

 


Section 1—Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

As provided for in Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Form SD, a Conflict Minerals Report is provided as an exhibit to this Form SD and is available at the following Internet website: http://ir.colfaxcorp.com/governance.cfm. The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Form SD or our Conflict Minerals Report and should not be considered part of this Form SD or the Conflict Minerals Report.

 

Item 1.02 Exhibit

The Conflict Minerals Report described in Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Section 2—Exhibits

 

Item 2.01 Exhibits

Exhibit 1.01—Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2017

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.

COLFAX CORPORATION

 

By:   /s/ Jason MacLean     Date: May 31, 2018
  Name:   Jason MacLean    
  Title:  

Senior Vice President,

CBS and Supply Chain Strategy

   


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description

1.01    Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2017
EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report

Colfax Corporation has included this Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to its Form SD for the period from January 1st 2017 to December 31st 2017 as provided for in Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Form SD (collectively, the “Conflict Minerals Rule”). The date of filing of this Conflict Minerals Report is May 31, 2018.

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “Colfax,” “we,” “its,” “us,” and “our” refer to Colfax Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. As used herein, “Conflict Minerals” or “3TG” is defined as, consistent with the Conflict Minerals Rule, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite and the derivatives tin, tantalum and tungsten.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Any statements that do not relate to historical or current facts or matters are forward-looking statements. You can identify some of the forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words, such as “intend” and the like, or the use of future tense. Statements concerning current conditions may also be forward-looking if they imply a continuation of current conditions. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the additional steps that we intend to take to mitigate the risk that our necessary 3TG benefit armed groups.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual actions or performance to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (1) the continued implementation of satisfactory traceability and other compliance measures by our direct and indirect suppliers on a timely basis or at all, (2) whether smelters and refiners and other market participants responsibly source 3TG, and (3) political and regulatory developments, whether in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) region, the United States or elsewhere. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of filing of this document. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to publish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of filing of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Company and Product Information

Colfax Corporation is a diversified global industrial manufacturing and engineering company that provides gas- and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and services to commercial and governmental customers around the world under the Howden, ESAB and Colfax Fluid Handling brand names.

Our in-scope product categories for 2017 were: (1) gas- and fluid-handling products, consisting of pumps, fluid-handling systems and controls, specialty valves, heavy-duty centrifugal and axial fans, rotary heat exchangers and gas compressors; and (2) welding equipment, cutting equipment and automated welding and cutting systems. On December 11, 2017, we sold our fluid handling business. Accordingly, the fluid handling products sold by that business are no longer in-scope for purposes of our ongoing compliance activities. For a further discussion of our products, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. The information contained in our Form 10-K is not incorporated by reference into this Conflict Minerals Report or our Form SD and should not be considered part of this Conflict Minerals Report or the Form SD.

Applicability of the Conflict Minerals Rule to Our Company

We are subject to the Conflict Minerals Rule because some of the products that we manufacture contain 3TG that are necessary to their functionality or production. Our in-scope products contain tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, although each in-scope product does not contain all four 3TG.

We generally do not source 3TG from smelters or refiners and have no direct relationships with mines, and we believe that we are in most cases many levels removed from all of these market participants. However, through the efforts described in this Conflict Minerals Report, we seek to ensure that our sourcing practices are consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy, which is described below, and encourage conflict free sourcing in our supply chain.

 

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Product, smelter and refiner information in respect of 2017 is described under “Product Information” below and on Annex A. For 2017, each of our in-scope products contained 3TG content for which we were unable to determine the origin. None of the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products were determined by us to directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country. However, we did not conclude that any of our products were “DRC conflict free.” The terms “adjoining country,” “armed group” and “DRC conflict free” have the meanings contained in the Conflict Minerals Rule.

Our Conflict Minerals Policy

We are committed to being a responsible corporate citizen and are opposed to human rights abuses such as are occurring in the DRC. To this end, we have adopted and communicated to our suppliers and the public a company policy (the “Conflict Minerals Policy”) for the supply chain of 3TG.

The Conflict Minerals Policy includes, but is not limited to, our expectations that:

 

  1. The components, parts and products supplied to us are DRC conflict free within the meaning of the Conflict Minerals Rule;

 

  2. Our suppliers define, implement and communicate to sub-suppliers their own 3TG policy consistent with our Conflict Minerals Policy and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (the “OECD Guidance”); and

 

  3. Our suppliers implement policies, procedures and frameworks that are consistent with the OECD Guidance and require their direct and indirect sub-suppliers to do the same, and that our suppliers otherwise work with sub-suppliers to ensure traceability of 3TG.

We do not embargo sourcing of 3TG from the DRC region and encourage our suppliers to continue to source responsibly from the region, from sources that do not support conflict.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Information

As required by the Conflict Minerals Rule, for 2017, we conducted a “reasonable country of origin inquiry.” For our reasonable country of origin inquiry, to the extent applicable, we utilized the same processes and procedures as for our due diligence, in particular Steps 1 and 2 of the OECD Guidance, which are discussed below.

Our inquiry included approximately 10,862 suppliers (the “Suppliers”) that we identified as having provided us with components, parts or products that contain 3TG or that we believe may have provided us with components, parts or products that contain 3TG. For 2017, the Suppliers identified to us 321 smelters and refiners that processed or may have processed the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products, as shown and described under Annex A below. These smelters and refiners include 257 smelters and refiners identified as “Conformant” and 11 identified as “Active,” each as defined in Annex A. This information is based primarily on company-level declarations from Suppliers. Accordingly, many of these smelters and refiners may not be part of our supply chain, as we generally were not able to collect data at the product-level.

Based on the results of our reasonable country of origin inquiry, we conducted due diligence for 2017. These due diligence efforts are discussed below.

Due Diligence Program Design

Design Framework

We designed our due diligence measures relating to 3TG to conform with, in all material respects, the criteria set forth in the OECD Guidance, Third Edition, including the related Supplements for tin, tantalum and tungsten and for gold (hereinafter referred to as the “OECD Guidance”).

 

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Selected Elements of Design Framework

The OECD Guidance has established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible global supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Selected elements of our program design are discussed below. However, these are not all of the elements of the program that we have put in place to help ensure that the 3TG contained in our in-scope products are responsibly sourced. The headings below conform to the headings used in the OECD Guidance for each of the five steps. Selected due diligence measures that we took in respect of 2017 are discussed under “Due Diligence Program Execution.”

 

  1. OECD Guidance Step One: “Establish strong company management systems”

 

  a. We have a Conflict Minerals Policy. We communicate the policy internally to our sourcing teams and to selected suppliers. The Conflict Minerals Policy also is posted on our website at http://ir.colfaxcorp.com/documentdisplay.cfm?DocumentID=13304. The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Conflict Minerals Report or our Form SD and should not be considered part of this Conflict Minerals Report or the Form SD.

 

  b. We have a team of senior staff under the Senior Vice President, Colfax Business System (“CBS”) and Supply Chain and General Counsel charged with managing our 3TG compliance strategy. The working group also includes representatives from each business platform. We supplement our compliance efforts with specialist outside counsel.

 

  c. Selected internal personnel are educated on the Conflict Minerals Rule, the OECD Guidance, our compliance plan and the procedures for reviewing and validating supplier responses to our inquiries.

 

  d. We utilize the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (the “RMI”) to identify smelters and refiners in our supply chain. The CMRT requests suppliers to provide information concerning the usage and source of 3TG in their products, as well as information concerning their related compliance efforts. We utilize a third-party service provider (the “Service Provider”) to conduct our supplier outreach and follow-up, as well as for the review and validation of supplier responses.

 

  e. We maintain business records relating to 3TG due diligence, including records of due diligence processes, findings and resulting decisions, for at least five years.

 

  f. The Service Provider provides training and educational materials to suppliers to enhance the quality of responses. During 2017, we also conducted supplier webcasts to further inform our supply base of our expectations and program goals, which were attended by a broad range of suppliers.

 

  g. We have contractual terms relating to 3TG, which are incorporated into selected supplier contracts.

 

  h. We have a mechanism for employees, suppliers and other interested parties to report violations of our Conflict Minerals Policy. The contact information for our grievance mechanism is www.colfaxcorp.ethicspoint.com.

 

  2. OECD Guidance Step Two: “Identify and assess risk in the supply chain”

 

  a. We request in writing, through the Service Provider, that suppliers provide us with a completed CMRT. The Service Provider follows up by email or phone on our behalf with suppliers that do not respond to the request within the specified time frame.

 

  b. The Service Provider on our behalf reviews supplier responses against its written review criteria to identify incomplete responses, potential errors and inaccuracies in the CMRTs that are received from suppliers. The Service Provider follows up by email or phone with suppliers that submit an incomplete response or a response that it concludes contains errors or inaccuracies.

 

  c. Smelter and refiner information provided by suppliers is reviewed by the Service Provider against the smelters and refiners listed on the Smelter Look-up tab of the CMRT. To the extent that a smelter or refiner identified by a supplier is not on either of these lists, the Service Provider may take additional steps to attempt to determine whether the listed entity is a smelter or refiner.

 

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  d. Smelter and refiner information also is reviewed against the lists of Conformant and Active smelters and refiners published by the RMI and country of origin information is based on publicly available information, our RCOI and due diligence provided by the Service Provider. To the extent that a smelter or refiner identified by a supplier is not listed as Conformant by the RMI, the Service Provider undertakes an additional review to attempt to determine whether that smelter or refiner obtained 3TG from sources that directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the DRC or an adjoining country. The Service Provider attempts to reach out to the smelter or refiner directly and conducts research to gain more information about the smelter’s or refiner’s sourcing practices, including the countries of origin of the minerals that it processes, the transit and transfer of the minerals that it processes and whether it has in place internal due diligence procedures or other processes to track the chain-of-custody of its 3TG.

 

  e. The Service Provider evaluates suppliers’ due diligence processes and policies based on the suppliers’ responses to certain of the questions in the CMRT. These questions ask suppliers about their internal processes regarding 3TG.

 

  f. We take steps to gather additional information from suppliers whose responses lead us to believe additional information is warranted to help ensure that our supply chain is responsibly sourcing 3TG. This may include requesting product-specific CMRTs or other information.

 

  3. OECD Guidance Step Three: “Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks”

 

  a. Our 3TG compliance team reviews the reports and evaluations prepared by the Service Provider and liaises with appropriate members of senior management in our legal and supply chain teams, including our Senior Vice President, CBS and Supply Chain and General Counsel, regarding the results of our diligence.

 

  b. We undertake additional internal reviews with our legal and supply chain teams on a periodic basis using the information provided by the Service Provider, our suppliers and our independent inquiries, and respond via supplier follow-up, commercial escalation or other commensurate means to the risks identified via these reviews.

 

  4. OECD Guidance Step Four: “Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain”

In connection with our due diligence, we utilize and rely on information made available by the RMI concerning independent third-party audits of smelters and refiners to assess smelter and refiner due diligence.

 

  5. OECD Guidance Step Five: “Report on supply chain due diligence”

We file a Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and make these filings available on our website at http://ir.colfaxcorp.com/sec.cfm.

Due Diligence Program Execution

We performed the following due diligence measures in respect of 2017. These are not all of the measures that we took in furtherance of our Conflict Minerals Policy and 3TG compliance program or pursuant to the Conflict Minerals Rule and the OECD Guidance. For a discussion of the design of our due diligence measures, see “Due Diligence Program Design.”

 

  1. The Service Provider requested that the Suppliers provide us with a completed CMRT. Requests were sent to approximately 10,862, Suppliers. The Service Provider followed up by email or phone with Suppliers that did not respond to the request within a specified time frame. All non-responsive Suppliers were followed up with at least three times with a request to complete the CMRT.

 

  2. The Service Provider reviewed the responses received from the Suppliers based on its written review criteria for completeness, errors and inaccuracies. The Service Provider generally followed up by email or phone with the Suppliers that submitted a response that triggered specified quality issues relating to completeness and accuracy.

 

  3. To the extent that a completed response identified a smelter or refiner, the Service Provider reviewed that information against the lists of Conformant and Active smelters published by the RMI. 257 of the identified smelters and refiners were listed as Conformant by the RMI and 11 were listed as Active), as of May 7, 2018. Please see Annex A below for further information regarding the smelters and refiners identified to us through our reasonable county of origin inquiry and due diligence.

 

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  4. To the extent that a smelter or refiner identified by a Supplier was not listed as Conformant by the RMI, the Service Provider attempted to reach out to the smelter or refiner directly and conducted research to gain more information about the smelter’s or refiner’s sourcing practices, including the countries of origin of the minerals that it processes, the transit and transfer of the minerals that it processes and whether it has in place internal due diligence procedures or other processes to track the chain-of-custody of the sources of its 3TG.

 

  5. Our 3TG compliance team reviewed the reports and evaluations prepared by the Service Provider and liaised with members of our senior management in our legal and supply chain teams, including our Senior Vice President, CBS and Supply Chain and General Counsel, regarding the results of our diligence.

 

  6. We undertook additional internal reviews with our legal and supply chain teams on a periodic basis using the information provided by the Service Provider, our suppliers and our independent inquiries.

 

  7. As discussed below, we created an escalation plan with respect to Suppliers that identified smelters of concern.

Identified Smelters and Refiners

In connection with our reasonable country of origin inquiry or due diligence, as applicable, the Suppliers identified to us the smelters and refiners listed on Annex A below either as part of our supply chain or as potentially having processed the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products in 2017. Due to our position in the supply chain, which is discussed earlier in this Conflict Minerals Report, we rely on our suppliers for accurate smelter and refiner information and our due diligence measures do not provide absolute certainty regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products.

We endeavored to determine the mine or location of origin of the 3TG contained in our in-scope products by requesting that the Suppliers provide us or our Service Provider with a completed CMRT, and through the other activities described herein that were taken by us or the Service Provider. From the responses that we received, the Service Provider identified 6 smelters that were not listed as Conformant that potentially pose a risk because of the location of their facilities. For Suppliers that identified these smelters of concern on their CMRT, we created an escalation plan.

Future Risk Mitigation Efforts

We intend to take the following additional steps to mitigate the risk that the necessary 3TG in our in-scope products benefit armed groups in the DRC and its adjoining countries. These steps are in addition to the steps that we took in respect of 2017, which we intend to continue to take in respect of 2017 to the extent applicable.

 

  1. Engage with applicable Suppliers that provided incomplete responses or that did not provide responses for 2017 to help ensure that they provide requested information for 2017.

 

    Provide additional outreach to Suppliers with non-compliant responses

 

    Conduct further training for Suppliers

 

    Work to identify improved contacts for non-respondents

 

  2. Encourage the continuing development and progress of traceability measures at Suppliers that indicated for 2017 that the source of 3TG was unknown or undeterminable.

 

  3. Continue communicating to suppliers our sourcing expectations, including through the dissemination of the Conflict Minerals Policy to them and required adherence to contractual sourcing requirements.

 

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Annex A

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Annex have the meanings set forth in the Conflict Minerals Report of which this Annex is a part.

Smelters and Refiners

In connection with our reasonable country of origin inquiry or due diligence, as applicable, the Suppliers identified to us the smelters and refiners listed below as either being part of our supply chain or as potentially having processed the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products in 2017. Please see the notes that accompany the tables for additional information concerning the information in the tables.

Summary Smelter and Refiner Information

 

Metal

 

Conformant

 

Active

 

On Look-up

Tab Only

 

Total

Tantalum

  42   0   1   43

Tin

  72   2   9   83

Tungsten

  42   1   3   46

Gold

  101   8   40   149

Totals

  257   11   53   321

Smelter and Refiner Names and Status

 

Metal

  

Conformant

  

Facility Location

  

RMI Audit Status

Gold                     

   Abington Reldan Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES    On Look Up Tab Only        

Gold

   Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES    Conformant

Gold

   African Gold Refinery    UGANDA    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Conformant

Gold

   Al Etihad Gold LLC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES            Conformant

Gold

   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    GERMANY    Conformant

Gold

   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN    Conformant

Gold

   AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração    BRAZIL    Conformant

Gold

   Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Conformant

Gold

   Asahi Pretec Corp.    JAPAN    Conformant

Gold

   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    CANADA    Conformant

Gold

   Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES    Conformant

Gold

   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Conformant

Gold

   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    TURKEY    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   AU Traders and Refiners    SOUTH AFRICA    Conformant

Gold

   Aurubis AG    GERMANY    Conformant

Gold

   Bangalore Refinery    INDIA    Active

Gold

   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES    Conformant

Gold

   Boliden AB    SWEDEN    Conformant

Gold

   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY    Conformant

Gold

   Caridad    MEXICO    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation    CANADA    Conformant

 

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Gold

   Cendres + Métaux S.A.    SWITZERLAND    Conformant

Gold

   Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY    Conformant

Gold

   Chugai Mining    JAPAN    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Conformant

Gold

   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH    GERMANY    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH    GERMANY    Conformant

Gold

   Dowa    JAPAN    Conformant

Gold

   DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Active

Gold

   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Conformant

Gold

   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Conformant

Gold

   Elemetal Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Emirates Gold DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    Conformant

Gold

   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.    ZIMBABWE    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.    INDIA    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES    Conformant

Gold

   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Conformant

Gold

   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM    CHINA    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited    CHINA    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   HeeSung    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    Conformant

Gold

   Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY    Conformant

Gold

   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.    CHINA    Conformant

Gold

   Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY    Conformant

Gold

   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.    CHINA    Conformant

Gold

   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    Conformant

Gold

   Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY    Conformant

Gold

   Italpreziosi    ITALY    Conformant

Gold

   Japan Mint    JAPAN    Conformant

 

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Gold

   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Gold

   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Gold

   JSC Uralelectromed   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Gold

   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Kaloti Precious Metals   

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   

KAZAKHSTAN

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Kazzinc   

KAZAKHSTAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Gold

   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   

POLAND

  

Active

Gold

   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

Conformant

Gold

   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   

KYRGYZSTAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   L’azurde Company For Jewelry   

SAUDI ARABIA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   L’Orfebre S.A.   

ANDORRA

  

Active

Gold

   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

Conformant

Gold

   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Marsam Metals   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Gold

   Materion   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Gold

   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   

SINGAPORE

  

Conformant

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Gold

   Metalor Technologies S.A.   

SWITZERLAND

  

Conformant

Gold

   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Gold

   Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V.   

MEXICO

  

Conformant

Gold

   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   

INDIA

  

Conformant

Gold

   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   

MALAYSIA

  

Active

Gold

   Morris and Watson   

NEW ZEALAND

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Morris and Watson Gold Coast   

AUSTRALIA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

 

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Gold

   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Gold

   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.   

TURKEY

  

Conformant

Gold

   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   

UZBEKISTAN

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   NH Recytech Company   

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

Active

Gold

   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   

AUSTRIA

  

Conformant

Gold

   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Gold

   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Gold

   PAMP S.A.   

SWITZERLAND

  

Conformant

Gold

   Pease & Curren   

UNITED STATES

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   

CHILE

  

Conformant

Gold

   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Gold

   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Gold

   PX Précinox S.A.   

SWITZERLAND

  

Conformant

Gold

   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   

SOUTH AFRICA

  

Conformant

Gold

   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Remondis Argentia B.V.   

NETHERLANDS

  

Active

Gold

   Republic Metals Corporation   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Gold

   Royal Canadian Mint   

CANADA

  

Conformant

Gold

   SAAMP   

FRANCE

  

Conformant

Gold

   Sabin Metal Corp.   

UNITED STATES

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Safimet S.p.A   

Italy

  

Conformant

Gold

   SAFINA A.S.   

CZECH REPUBLIC

  

Active

Gold

   Sai Refinery   

INDIA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Samduck Precious Metals   

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

Conformant

Gold

   SAMWON Metals Corp.   

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   

GERMANY

  

Conformant

Gold

   Schone Edelmetaal B.V.   

NETHERLANDS

  

Conformant

Gold

   SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.   

SPAIN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

 

A-4


Gold

   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Gold

   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Gold

   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   

TAIWAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Gold

   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   

TAIWAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology   

LITHUANIA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Sudan Gold Refinery   

SUDAN

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   SungEel HiTech   

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

Conformant

Gold

   T.C.A S.p.A   

ITALY

  

Conformant

Gold

   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Gold

   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Tony Goetz NV   

BELGIUM

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   

KAZAKHSTAN

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Torecom   

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

Conformant

Gold

   Umicore Brasil Ltda.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Gold

   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   

THAILAND

  

Conformant

Gold

   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   

BELGIUM

  

Conformant

Gold

   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Gold

   Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia   

ZAMBIA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Valcambi S.A.   

SWITZERLAND

  

Conformant

Gold

   Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint   

AUSTRALIA

  

Conformant

Gold

   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   

GERMANY

  

Conformant

Gold

   Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Gold

   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Gold

   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   D Block Metals, LLC   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

 

A-5


Tantalum

   Duoluoshan   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tantalum

   Exotech Inc.   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   

THAILAND

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   

GERMANY

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Inc.   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   

GERMANY

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   

GERMANY

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   KEMET Blue Metals   

MEXICO

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   KEMET Blue Powder   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   LSM Brasil S.A.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   

INDIA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   NPM Silmet AS   

ESTONIA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Power Resources Ltd.   

MACEDONIA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   QuantumClean   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

 

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Tantalum

   RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Taki Chemicals   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Telex Metals   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   

KAZAKHSTAN

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tantalum

   Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Alpha   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tin

   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   

VIET NAM

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Active

Tin

   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   CV Ayi Jaya   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   CV Dua Sekawan   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   CV Gita Pesona   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   CV Tiga Sekawan   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   CV United Smelting   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Dowa   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tin

   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   

VIET NAM

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   EM Vinto   

BOLIVIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Estanho de Rondônia S.A.   

BRAZIL

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   Fenix Metals   

POLAND

  

Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   Guangdong Hanhe Non-ferrous Metal Limited Company   

CHINA

  

Conformant

 

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Tin

   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tin

   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   

MALAYSIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tin

   Metallic Resources, Inc.   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tin

   Metallo Belgium N.V.   

BELGIUM

  

Conformant

Tin

   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   

SPAIN

  

Conformant

Tin

   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tin

   Minsur   

PERU

  

Conformant

Tin

   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tin

   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   

MALAYSIA

  

Active

Tin

   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   

VIET NAM

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   

THAILAND

  

Conformant

Tin

   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   

PHILIPPINES

  

Conformant

Tin

   Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.   

BOLIVIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Pongpipat Company Limited   

MYANMAR

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Bangka Prima Tin   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Bangka Serumpun   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Bangka Tin Industry   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Bukit Timah   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT DS Jaya Abadi   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Inti Stania Prima   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Karimun Mining   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

 

A-8


Tin

   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Mitra Stania Prima   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT O.M. Indonesia   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Panca Mega Persada   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Premium Tin Indonesia   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Prima Timah Utama   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Refined Bangka Tin   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Sukses Inti Makmur   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Sumber Jaya Indah   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   PT Tommy Utama   

INDONESIA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tin

   Rui Da Hung   

TAIWAN

  

Conformant

Tin

   Soft Metais Ltda.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tin

   Super Ligas   

Brazil

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   Thaisarco   

THAILAND

  

Conformant

Tin

   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   

VIET NAM

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tin

   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tin

   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tin

   Yunnan Tin Company Limited   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   ACL Metais Eireli   

BRAZIL

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   

VIET NAM

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Active

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

 

A-9


Tungsten

   Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tungsten

   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   

GERMANY

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   

GERMANY

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Hydrometallurg, JSC   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   

JAPAN

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Not Enrolled

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

On Look Up Tab Only

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Kennametal Fallon   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Kennametal Huntsville   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Moliren Ltd   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Niagara Refining LLC   

UNITED STATES

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC   

VIET NAM

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   

PHILIPPINES

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

VIET NAM

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Unecha Refractory metals plant   

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  

Conformant

 

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Tungsten

   Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   

VIET NAM

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG   

AUSTRIA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

Tungsten

   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   

CHINA

  

Conformant

We note the following in connection with the information contained in the foregoing tables:

 

  (a) The smelters and refiners reflected in the tables were identified by the Suppliers to us as potentially being part of our 2017 supply chain. However, not all of the included smelters and refiners are believed by us to have processed the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products, since most Suppliers reported to us at a “company level” the 3TG contained in all of their products, not just those in the products that they sold to us. Some Suppliers also may have reported to us smelters and refiners that were not in our supply chain due to over-inclusiveness in the information received from their suppliers or for other reasons. The smelters and refiners reflected above may not be all of the smelters and refiners in our supply chain, since many Suppliers were unable to identify all of the smelters and refiners used to process the necessary 3TG content contained in our in-scope products and not all of the Suppliers responded to our inquiries.

 

  (b) All compliance status information in the tables is as of May 7, 2018. Compliance status is based on information published by the RMI, without independent verification by us.

 

  (c) “Conformant” means that a smelter or refiner was listed as conformant with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) assessment protocols, including through mutual recognition and those indicated as “Re-audit in process,” as publicly reported by the RMI. Included smelters and refiners were not necessarily Conformant for all or part of 2017 and may not continue to be Conformant for any future period.

 

  (d) “Active” means that the smelter or refiner was listed as a participant in the RMAP and has committed to undergo an audit or is participating in a cross-recognized certification program.

 

  (e) A smelter or refiner is listed as “On Look-up Tab Only” if it was not Conformant or Active.

 

  (f) The tables include only entities that are listed as verified smelters on the Smelter Look-up tab list of the CMRT, or that are listed on the Commerce Department List.

 

  (g) Smelter and refiner country location is based on information published by the RMI, without independent verification by us.

Country of Origin Information

The identified countries of origin of the 3TG processed by the Conformant smelters and refiners listed in the table above may have included the countries in the categories listed below, based on publicly available information, our RCOI and due diligence. We have not been able to reliably determine the country of origin of any of the other smelters or refiners listed in the table.

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

 

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L3—The DRC and its nine adjoining countries: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia.

DRC—The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Alternatively, or in addition, some of the Conformant smelters and refiners may have sourced from recycled or scrap sources.

 

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