UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM SD

 

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 


 

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

001-38267

 

82-1669692

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 01886

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Justin K. Ferguson, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

(978) 614-8100

(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:

 

x    Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2018.

 

 

 


 

Section 1 — Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01. Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

Ribbon Communications Inc. (the “Company” or “Ribbon”) has determined that some of the products that it manufactured or contracted to manufacture through the end of reporting year 2018 (“Ribbon Products”), include gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, including their derivatives, tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, “Conflict Minerals”).  The Company has further determined that these Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of the Ribbon Products.

 

The Company conducted a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals in the Ribbon Products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (“Covered Country”) and whether the Conflict Minerals are from recycled or scrap sources.  Based on its RCOI, the Company knows or has reason to believe that some of the Conflict Minerals in the Ribbon Products originated in the Covered Countries and are not from recycled or scrap sources.  The Company therefore engaged in due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals in the Ribbon Products that originated or may have originated in the Covered Countries, as described in its Conflict Minerals Report filed herewith as Exhibit 1.01, and available on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of the Company’s website at http://investors.ribboncommunications.com/governance.cfm.

 

Item 1.02.  Exhibit

 

In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company is filing as an exhibit to this Form SD the Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01.

 

Section 2 — Exhibits

 

Item 2.01. Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form SD:

 

Exhibit 1.01                              Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2018, as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 30, 2019

RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Justin K. Ferguson

 

 

Justin K. Ferguson

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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Exhibit 1.01

 

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

Introduction

 

This report for the year ended December 31, 2018 has been prepared by Ribbon Communications Inc. (the “Company”, “Ribbon”, “we,” “us,” or “our”) to comply with Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The Rule imposes certain disclosure and reporting obligations on companies that report with the SEC and which manufacture, or contract to have manufactured, products containing conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (collectively, “Conflict Minerals”).

 

Ribbon has determined that some of the products that it manufactured or contracted to manufacture, and which continue to be manufactured or contracted to manufacture by Ribbon through the end of reporting year 2018 (“Ribbon Products”) include Conflict Minerals.

 

Company Overview

 

Built on world-class technology and intellectual property, Ribbon delivers highly reliable, unified and embedded real-time communications capabilities to customers in more than 25 countries and on 6 continents.  The Company transforms fixed, mobile and enterprise networks from legacy environments to all IP and fully virtualized, secure, cloud-based architectures, enabling highly productive communications for consumers and businesses.  Ribbon’s market-leading communications security solutions are based on a big data behavioral analytics platform and offer customers enhanced network intelligence and security.  The Company’s Kandy Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) enables rapid service creation and digital transformation by delivering customers a comprehensive set of advanced embedded and unified communications capabilities.

 

Conflict Minerals Policy

 

Ribbon has adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy and communicated such policy to its suppliers.  This policy is available on the Investor Relations-Corporate Governance section of the Company’s website at http://investors.ribboncommunications.com/governance.cfm.

 

Products Overview

 

This report covers the following Ribbon Products that were manufactured in 2018 (the “2018 Ribbon Products”): SBCs, DSCs, Voice over IP (VoIP) trunking solutions, policy/routing servers, media and signaling gateways, including the GSX 9000 High-Density Media Gateway, and network analytics tools.

 

Supply Chain and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

 

Ribbon has determined that Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of Ribbon Products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during 2018.  We utilize an outsourced supply chain model pursuant to which our contract manufacturers procure materials on our behalf.  Our supply chain is multi-tiered, global and complex, and we outsource the manufacturing of our hardware products such that we are many steps removed from the mining and smelting or refining of Conflict Minerals.  Therefore, we rely upon our suppliers to provide information on the origin, source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals contained in product components and materials.  Some of these suppliers may themselves purchase from lower tier suppliers and not directly from a miner, smelter or refiner.

 

The Company conducted a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals in our 2018 Ribbon Products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”) and whether the Conflict Minerals are from recycled or scrap sources.  Based on our RCOI, we

 

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know or have reason to believe that some of the Conflict Minerals in our 2018 Ribbon Products originated in the Covered Countries and are not from recycled or scrap sources.

 

Ribbon’s RCOI measures included conducting a supply-chain survey with in-scope suppliers using the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) Reporting Template (the “Template”). The Template was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding the supplier’s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the Template contains questions about the origin of Conflict Minerals included in the company’s products, as well as supplier due diligence. The Template was designed to provide companies with sufficient information regarding their suppliers’ practices with respect to the sourcing of Conflict Minerals to enable such companies to comply with the requirements of the Rule.

 

Due Diligence Process

 

In accordance with the Rule, Ribbon undertook due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals in the 2018 Ribbon Products that originated or may have originated in the Covered Countries.  The Company’s due diligence measures were designed to conform, in all material respects, to the internationally recognized due diligence framework in The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Guidance”) and the related supplements. The OECD Guidance is written for the entire mineral supply chain and our due diligence measures were tailored to include steps appropriate for “downstream” companies.

 

Due Diligence Measures

 

Ribbon performed the following due diligence measures in accordance with the OECD Guidance and the Rule:

 

OECD Guidance Step 1: Establish Strong Company Management Systems

 

·                  Ribbon’s Conflict Minerals compliance efforts are overseen by the Company’s Vice President, Manufacturing, Operations and Supply Chain and its manufacturing department, and supported and sponsored by the Company’s engineering, audit and legal departments.  Ribbon employees who are responsible for Conflict Minerals compliance have received training regarding Conflict Minerals compliance.  The team was structured to ensure critical information, including our policies related to this subject matter, reached relevant employees and suppliers.  To the extent red flags or other issues are identified in the supplier data acquisition or engagement processes, these issues and red flags will be addressed first by the responsible individuals within the engineering, audit and legal departments, and, if deemed necessary, will then be reported to and reviewed by the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors at regularly schedule meetings on an annual basis.

 

·                  Ribbon also engaged SiliconExpert Technologies, a provider of electronic component data and BOM Management software to the electronics industry (“SiliconExpert”), to assist with its Conflict Minerals compliance efforts.  Frequent status meetings are held between Ribbon’s Conflict Minerals support team and SiliconExpert, with Ribbon management receiving status updates on progress and due diligence efforts on a regular and timely basis.

 

·                  In addition, Ribbon has a Conflict Minerals Policy and communicates such policy to its suppliers, which is available on our Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of our website at http://investors.ribboncommunications.com/governance.cfm.

 

·                  To the extent any employee, officer or director has concerns or grievances about the Company’s potential use of Conflict Minerals, such individual is urged to contact his or her manager, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel or other member of senior management, the Employee Hotline (which can be used on an anonymous basis) or the Audit Committee.

 

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·                  Ribbon established documentation and record maintenance mechanisms to ensure the retention of information relevant to the Company’s Conflict Minerals Policy electronically.

 

OECD Guidance Step 2: Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain

 

·                  Ribbon reviewed the information reported on the Template by its suppliers and followed up with any additional questions.  To the extent an in-scope supplier had follow-up questions, Ribbon responded with all requested information, including part numbers and manufacturing lots to identify how the supplies were used in the Ribbon Products.

 

·                  Untimely or incomplete responses as well as inconsistencies within the data reported by suppliers were addressed directly with respective suppliers to provide the required and/or revised responses.  Ribbon utilizes a series of escalating responses to address the failure of a supplier to provide the information required by the Template.

 

·                  Ribbon’s engineering, audit and legal departments manage the collection of information reported on the Template by its suppliers.

 

·                  Ribbon collected a list of smelters/processors that are in our supply chain for the Ribbon Products using the Template and reconciled this list to the list of smelter facilities designated by the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”).  Ribbon has provided that list in this report.

 

·                  Ribbon, through SiliconExpert, followed up with suppliers that did not respond initially to our requests to complete the Template.

 

OECD Guidance Step 3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks

 

·                  Ribbon adopted and used the Template to monitor and mitigate supply chain risk and took the steps described above.

 

·                  Ribbon worked with certain suppliers to better educate them on the Conflict Minerals process.

 

·                  Members of the Conflict Minerals team periodically report to senior management as well as the Audit Committee on program developments and progress.

 

OECD Guidance Step 4: Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

·                  Given that we do not generally have a direct relationship with the smelters and refineries that process the Conflict Minerals that are present in our Ribbon Products, we rely on the RMI to conduct audits of and validate the conflict-free status of smelters and refineries that source from Covered Countries.  We have not relied on supplier representations concerning the conflict status of their smelters, but have required industry certification such as through the RMAP before concluding that a smelter or refinery is conflict free.  We understand that this program is continuing to audit smelters and refineries to add to its Conflict-Free Smelter List.

 

OECD Guidance Step 5: Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

·                  As required by the Rule, we have filed a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit thereto for the 2018 calendar year reporting period.  In accordance with OECD Guidance and the Rule, this report is available on our Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of our website at http://investors.ribboncommunications.com/governance.cfm.

 

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Due Diligence Results

 

Ribbon contacted 100% of in-scope suppliers for the 2018 Ribbon Products and received some degree of a response from all of them. Approximately 92% of the suppliers provided completed responses to the survey. The large majority of the completed responses received provided conflict mineral data and a declaration at a “Company Level” (supplier/company declaration represents all the supplier’s products) or “Divisional Level” (supplier/company declaration represents all the supplier’s products from a division of the company).  As a result, we are unable to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals reported by the suppliers were contained in specific components or parts supplied to us with regard to Ribbon Products.

 

Further, while our suppliers for the Ribbon Products identified certain of the smelters and refineries that provided Conflict Minerals, the responses did not provide specific information regarding the smelters or refineries of the Conflict Minerals in the particular components used in the 2018 Ribbon Products.  Due to this lack of information, Ribbon is unable to determine with specificity the facilities used to process those necessary Conflict Minerals or their country of origin for the 2018 Ribbon Products.  Based on the responses we received from our suppliers, however, we believe the facilities used to produce the Conflict Minerals in the 2018 Ribbon Products may include the smelters and refineries listed in Annex A.  In addition, based on the supplier responses, we believe the countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals in the 2018 Ribbon Products may include those listed in Annex B.

 

Risk Mitigation Steps to be Taken for 2019 Due Diligence

 

Ribbon intends to take the following steps, as appropriate, during the next compliance period to further improve our due diligence process and results and to further mitigate the risk that our necessary Conflict Minerals benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries:

 

·                  Continue to focus on additional ways to improve quality and quantity of supplier response rates;

 

·                  Continue to work with suppliers to better educate them on the process;

 

·                  Continue to compare survey results to information collected via independent conflict free smelter validation programs such as the RMAP;

 

·                  Seek to implement standard procedures for corrective action or phasing out of suppliers not found to be DRC conflict free;

 

·                  Continue to adhere to the OECD Guidance; and

 

·                  Seek to work with suppliers who use appropriate due diligence methods and have continuous monitoring of both the direct and indirect supply chain to avoid procurement or use of Conflict Minerals.

 

Audit

 

An independent private sector audit was not required for reporting year 2018.

 

Important Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

The information in this report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.  All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this report, including statements in the section “Risk Mitigation Steps to be Taken for 2019 Due Diligence,” are forward-looking statements.  Without limiting the foregoing, the words “anticipates”, “believes”, “could”, “estimates”, “expects”, “expectations”, “intends”, “may”, “plans”, “seeks”, “projects” and other similar language, whether in the negative or affirmative, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.

 

Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future conditions.  Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict.

 

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Ribbon therefore cautions readers against undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements.  Any forward-looking statement made by Ribbon in this report speaks only as of the date of this report.  Ribbon undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

Unless otherwise stated herein, any documents, third party materials or references to websites (including Ribbon’s) are not incorporated by reference in, or considered to be a part of, this report unless expressly incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Annex A

 

We present in this report a list of smelters or refineries provided by those suppliers who completed the smelter list on our Template, to the extent reasonably determinable, and that may have provided Conflict Minerals in any of the 2018 Ribbon Products.  The table below includes only facilities, to the extent known, that have been validated by the RMI as facilities that are certified Conflict-Free or are listed on the Template as a “known smelters or refineries”.  Smelters and refineries that are denoted with an asterisk (*) in the table below have received a “conflict free” designation from an independent third party audit program.

 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Gold (Au)

 

8853 S.p.A.*

 

ITALY

Gold (Au)

 

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Acade Metals Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Advanced Chemical Company*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

African Gold Refinery

 

UGANDA

Gold (Au)

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO

 

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold (Au)

 

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC*

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold (Au)

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.*

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)*

 

UZBEKISTAN

Gold (Au)

 

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao*

 

BRAZIL

Gold (Au)

 

Argor-Heraeus S.A.*

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold (Au)

 

Asahi Pretec Corp.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.*

 

CANADA

Gold (Au)

 

Asahi Refining USA Inc.*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

 

TURKEY

Gold (Au)

 

AU Traders and Refiners*

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold (Au)

 

AURA-II

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Aurubis AG*

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Bangalore Refinery*

 

INDIA

Gold (Au)

 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)*

 

PHILIPPINES

Gold (Au)

 

Bauer Walser AG

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Boliden AB*

 

SWEDEN

Gold (Au)

 

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG*

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Caridad

 

MEXICO

Gold (Au)

 

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation*

 

CANADA

Gold (Au)

 

Cendres + Metaux S.A.*

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold (Au)

 

Central Bank of the DPR of Korea

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Changzhou Chenical Researh Institute Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Chimet S.p.A.*

 

ITALY

Gold (Au)

 

China Gold International Resources Corp., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

China National Gold Group Corporation

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Chugai Mining

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Codelco

 

CHILE

Gold (Au)

 

Colt Refining

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.*

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

DaeryongENC

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold (Au)

 

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH*

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Dongguan Standard Electronic Material Co., Ltd

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Dowa*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.*

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

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Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Gold (Au)

 

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)*

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Elemetal Refining, LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Emirates Gold DMCC*

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold (Au)

 

Faggi Enrico S.p.A.

 

ITALY

Gold (Au)

 

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

 

ZIMBABWE

Gold (Au)

 

Fujairah Gold FZC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold (Au)

 

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

 

INDIA

Gold (Au)

 

Geib Refining Corporation*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Global Advanced Metals

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd.

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold (Au)

 

Harmony Gold Refinery

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold (Au)

 

HeeSung Metal Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Heimerle + Meule GmbH*

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Heraeus Precious Metals

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG*

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

HeTai Gold Mineral GuangDong Ltd. Co.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

House of Currency of Brazil (Casa da Moeda do Brazil)

 

BRAZIL

Gold (Au)

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Hunan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

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

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

International Precious Metal Refiners

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold (Au)

 

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Istanbul Gold Refinery*

 

TURKEY

Gold (Au)

 

Italpreziosi*

 

ITALY

Gold (Au)

 

Japan Mint*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Jin Jinyin refining company limited

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Jinlong Copper Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

JSC Uralelectromed*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

K.A.Rasmussen as

 

NORWAY

Gold (Au)

 

Kaloti Precious Metals

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold (Au)

 

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

 

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold (Au)

 

Kazzinc*

 

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold (Au)

 

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

 

POLAND

Gold (Au)

 

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Korea Metal Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.*

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Kosak Seiren

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Kyoei Metal

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC*

 

KYRGYZSTAN

 

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Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Gold (Au)

 

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

L’azurde Company For Jewelry

 

SAUDI ARABIA

Gold (Au)

 

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

L’Orfebre S.A.*

 

ANDORRA

Gold (Au)

 

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.*

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Marsam Metals*

 

BRAZIL

Gold (Au)

 

Materion*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.

 

MALAYSIA

Gold (Au)

 

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.*

 

SINGAPORE

Gold (Au)

 

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Metalor Technologies S.A.*

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold (Au)

 

Metalor USA Refining Corporation*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.*

 

MEXICO

Gold (Au)

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.*

 

INDIA

Gold (Au)

 

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

 

MALAYSIA

Gold (Au)

 

Morris and Watson

 

NEW ZEALAND

Gold (Au)

 

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

 

AUSTRALIA

Gold (Au)

 

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.*

 

TURKEY

Gold (Au)

 

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

 

UZBEKISTAN

Gold (Au)

 

NH Recytech Company

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Nyrstar Metals

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH*

 

AUSTRIA

Gold (Au)

 

Ohio Precious Metals LLC.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

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

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

OJSC Kolyma Refinery

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

PAMP S.A.*

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold (Au)

 

Pease & Curren

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA*

 

CHILE

Gold (Au)

 

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk*

 

INDONESIA

Gold (Au)

 

PX Precinox S.A.*

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold (Au)

 

QG Refining, LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.*

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold (Au)

 

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

REMONDIS PMR B.V.*

 

NETHERLANDS

Gold (Au)

 

Republic Metals Corporation

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Royal Canadian Mint*

 

CANADA

Gold (Au)

 

SAAMP*

 

FRANCE

Gold (Au)

 

Sabin Metal Corp.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Safimet S.p.A*

 

ITALY

Gold (Au)

 

SAFINA A.S.

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

Gold (Au)

 

Sai Refinery

 

INDIA

Gold (Au)

 

Samduck Precious Metals

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

8


 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Gold (Au)

 

Samwon Metals Corp.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH*

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Schone Edelmetaal B.V.

 

NETHERLANDS

Gold (Au)

 

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.*

 

SPAIN

Gold (Au)

 

Shan Dong Huangjin

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shandong Yanggu Xiangguang Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shandong Zhongkuang Group Co. Ltd

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shenzhen Fujun Material Technology Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shenzhen Heng Zhong Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.*

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Sino-Platinum Metals Co.,Ltd

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

So Accurate Group, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold (Au)

 

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.*

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

 

LITHUANIA

Gold (Au)

 

Sudan Gold Refinery

 

SUDAN

Gold (Au)

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Suzhou Xingrui Noble

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

T.C.A S.p.A*

 

ITALY

Gold (Au)

 

Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co.,Ltd

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

The Hutti Gold Company

 

INDIA

Gold (Au)

 

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Ton Yi Industrial Corporation

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Tony Goetz NV

 

BELGIUM

Gold (Au)

 

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

 

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold (Au)

 

Torecom*

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold (Au)

 

Umicore Brasil Ltda.*

 

BRAZIL

Gold (Au)

 

Umicore Precious Metal Refining

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand*

 

THAILAND

Gold (Au)

 

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining*

 

BELGIUM

Gold (Au)

 

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold (Au)

 

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

 

ZAMBIA

Gold (Au)

 

Valcambi S.A.*

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold (Au)

 

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)*

 

AUSTRALIA

Gold (Au)

 

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH*

 

GERMANY

Gold (Au)

 

Xstrata Canada Corporation

 

CANADA

Gold (Au)

 

Yamakin Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Gold (Au)

 

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Zhe Jiang Guang Yuan Noble Metal Smelting Factory

 

CHINA

Gold (Au)

 

Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

9


 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Gold (Au)

 

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (AMG)

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

AMG (Advanced Metallurgical Group)

 

BRAZIL

Tantalum (Ta)

 

ANHUI HERRMAN IMPEX CO.

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Avon Specialty Metals Ltd.

 

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Cabot

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

China Shenzhen Morgan Sputtering Targets & Technology Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

D Block Metals, LLC*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Duoluoshan

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

E.S.R. Electronics

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Exotech Inc.*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Gannon & Scott

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Global Advanced Metals

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Global Advanced Metals Aizu*

 

JAPAN

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.*

 

THAILAND

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck GmbH

 

GERMANY

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck Group

 

GERMANY

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH*

 

GERMANY

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck Inc.*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG*

 

GERMANY

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck Surface Technology and Ceramic Powders GmbH

 

GERMANY

Tantalum (Ta)

 

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH*

 

GERMANY

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

10


 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

KEMET Blue Metals*

 

MEXICO

Tantalum (Ta)

 

KEMET Blue Powder*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Kennametal Huntsville

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

LSM Brasil S.A.*

 

BRAZIL

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.*

 

INDIA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.*

 

BRAZIL

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

NPM Silmet AS*

 

ESTONIA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Plansee

 

AUSTRIA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Plansee SE Liezen

 

AUSTRIA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Plansee SE Reutte

 

AUSTRIA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Power Resources Ltd.*

 

NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF

Tantalum (Ta)

 

PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

QuantumClean*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.*

 

BRAZIL

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Tantalite Resources

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Telex Metals*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Tranzact, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC*

 

KAZAKHSTAN

Tantalum (Ta)

 

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

11


 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Tantalum (Ta)

 

Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

5N Plus

 

CANADA

Tin (Sn)

 

Academy Precious Metals (China) Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Alpha*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin (Sn)

 

Alpha Metals (Taiwan) Inc.

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

AMC (A Member of the AMC Group)

 

THAILAND

Tin (Sn)

 

An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd.

 

VIETNAM

Tin (Sn)

 

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

 

VIETNAM

Tin (Sn)

 

Aoki Laboratories Ltd.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin (Sn)

 

BML

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

Changzhou Galaxy Century Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

China Guangxi Tin Metal Material

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Complejo Metalurgico Vinto S.A.

 

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

Tin (Sn)

 

Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondonia Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

CV Ayi Jaya*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

CV Dua Sekawan*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

CV Duta Putra Bangka

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

CV Gita Pesona*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

CV Makmur Jaya

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

CV Nurjanah

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

CV Prima Timah Utama

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

CV United Smelting*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

CV Venus Inti Perkasa*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

Dowa*

 

JAPAN

Tin (Sn)

 

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

 

VIETNAM

Tin (Sn)

 

Elmet S.A. de C.V.

 

MEXICO

Tin (Sn)

 

EM Vinto*

 

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

Tin (Sn)

 

Estanho de Rondonia S.A.

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

Faggi Enrico S.p.A.

 

ITALY

Tin (Sn)

 

Feinhutte Halsbrucke GmbH

 

GERMANY

Tin (Sn)

 

Fenix Metals*

 

POLAND

Tin (Sn)

 

Ganzhou Liansheng

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Geiju Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Gejiu Yunxi Group Corp.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Gold Bell Group

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Guang Xi Hua Xi Corp.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Guangxi Huaxi Group

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Hayes Metals

 

NEW ZEALAND

Tin (Sn)

 

Hongqiao Metals (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Hunan Xianghualing tin

 

CHINA

 

12


 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Tin (Sn)

 

Jean Goldschmidt International

 

BELGIUM

Tin (Sn)

 

Jiangxi Huayu Metal Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co Ltd

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

JU TAI INDUSTRIAL CO.,LTD.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

Tin (Sn)

 

Korea Metal Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Tin (Sn)

 

Leeku industrial Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Tin (Sn)

 

Linqu Xianggui Smelter Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Linwu Xianqqui Ore Smelting Co. Ltd.

 

GERMANY

Tin (Sn)

 

Liuzhou China Tin

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.*

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)*

 

MALAYSIA

Tin (Sn)

 

Matsuo Electric

 

JAPAN

Tin (Sn)

 

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.*

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

Metallic Resources, Inc.*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin (Sn)

 

Metallo Belgium N.V.*

 

BELGIUM

Tin (Sn)

 

Metallo Spain S.L.U.*

 

SPAIN

Tin (Sn)

 

Metallum Group Holding NV

 

BELGIUM

Tin (Sn)

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.*

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

Ming Li Jia smelt Metal Factory

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Minsur*

 

PERU

Tin (Sn)

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*

 

JAPAN

Tin (Sn)

 

Modeltech Sdn Bhd*

 

MALAYSIA

Tin (Sn)

 

Nathan Trotter & Co.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin (Sn)

 

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

 

VIETNAM

Tin (Sn)

 

Northern Smelter

 

AUSTRALIA

Tin (Sn)

 

Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tin (Sn)

 

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

 

THAILAND

Tin (Sn)

 

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.*

 

PHILIPPINES

Tin (Sn)

 

Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.*

 

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

Tin (Sn)

 

Phoenix Metal Ltd.

 

RWANDA

Tin (Sn)

 

Pohang Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Tin (Sn)

 

Pongpipat Company Limited

 

MYANMAR

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Alam Lestari Kencana

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Babel Inti Perkasa*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Bangka Kudai Tin

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Bangka Prima Tin*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Bangka Putra Karya

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Bangka Serumpun*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Bangka Tin Industry*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Bukit Timah*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Cipta Persada Mulia

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT DS Jaya Abadi*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Fang Di MulTindo

 

INDONESIA

 

13


 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Tin (Sn)

 

PT HP Metals Indonesia

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Inti Stania Prima*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Justindo

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Karimun Mining*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Koba Tin

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Menara Cipta Mulia*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Mitra Stania Prima*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT O.M. Indonesia

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Panca Mega Persada*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Premium Tin Indonesia*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Prima Timah Utama*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Rajehan Ariq*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Refined Bangka Tin*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Seirama Tin Investment

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Sukses Inti Makmur*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Sumber Jaya Indah*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Supra Sukses Trinusa

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Timah Nusantara

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Timah Tbk Kundur*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Timah Tbk Mentok*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Tommy Utama*

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Wahana Perkit Jaya

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

PT Yinchendo Mining Industry

 

INDONESIA

Tin (Sn)

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.*

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

Rui Da Hung*

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Shangrao Xuri Smelting Factory

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Sizer Metals PTE

 

SINGAPORE

Tin (Sn)

 

SNPLUS

 

CANADA

Tin (Sn)

 

Soft Metais Ltda.*

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

Sun Surface Technology Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Super Ligas

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

Thaisarco*

 

THAILAND

Tin (Sn)

 

Tianshui Ling Bo Technology Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Tin Plating Gejiu

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Tin Technology & Refining*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin (Sn)

 

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

 

VIETNAM

Tin (Sn)

 

VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC

 

VIETNAM

Tin (Sn)

 

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.*

 

BRAZIL

Tin (Sn)

 

Wu Xi Shi Yi Zheng Ji Xie She Bei Company

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Wuxi Lantronic Electronic Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Xianghualing Tin Industry Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Xianghualing Tin Minerals

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Yifeng Tin

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Yunnan Chengo Electric Smelting Plant

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Yunnan Gejiu Jinye Minerals

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Yunnan Tin Company Limited*

 

CHINA

Tin (Sn)

 

Yuntinic Chemical GmbH

 

GERMANY

Tin (Sn)

 

Zhuhai Quanjia

 

CHINA

 

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Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Tungsten (W)

 

A.L.M.T. Corp.*

 

JAPAN

Tungsten (W)

 

ACL Metais Eireli*

 

BRAZIL

Tungsten (W)

 

Air Products

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten (W)

 

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.*

 

VIETNAM

Tungsten (W)

 

Baiyin Nonferrous Metals Corporation (BNMC)

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Buffalo Tungsten

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten (W)

 

Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co Ltd

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

China Minmetals Non-ferrous Metals Holding Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Exotech Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten (W)

 

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganzhou BESEEM Ferrotungsten Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganzhou Grand Sea W & Mo Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten (W)

 

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

H.C. Starck Group

 

GERMANY

Tungsten (W)

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG*

 

GERMANY

Tungsten (W)

 

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH*

 

GERMANY

Tungsten (W)

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Hunan Chuangda Metallurgy Group Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin

 

CHINA

 

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Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Tungsten (W)

 

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Hydrometallurg, JSC*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten (W)

 

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

JAPAN

Tungsten (W)

 

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

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

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

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Jiangxi Rare Earth & Rare Metals Tungsten Group Corp.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Jiangxi Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

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

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Kennametal Fallon*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten (W)

 

Kennametal Huntsville*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten (W)

 

Luoyang Mudu Tungsten & Molybdenum Technology Co., Ltd

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)*

 

VIETNAM

Tungsten (W)

 

Moliren Ltd.*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten (W)

 

Niagara Refining LLC*

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten (W)

 

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.*

 

PHILIPPINES

Tungsten (W)

 

Pobedit, JSC

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten (W)

 

Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.

 

VIETNAM

Tungsten (W)

 

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

VIETNAM

Tungsten (W)

 

Unecha Refractory metals plant*

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten (W)

 

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

VIETNAM

Tungsten (W)

 

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG*

 

AUSTRIA

Tungsten (W)

 

WOLFRAM Company CJSC

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten (W)

 

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.*

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Tungsten (W)

 

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

 

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Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

Tungsten (W)

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

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

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten (W)

 

Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

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Annex B

 

Countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals in the 2018 Ribbon Products are believed to include:

 

Countries of Origin

Afghanistan

Albania

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Ecuador

Estonia

Ethiopia

European Union

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Guinea

Guyana

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Solomon Islands

Israel

Italy

Japan

Katanga

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea, Republic of

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Liberia

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malaysia

Mali

Mauritania

Mexico

 

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Countries of Origin

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

South Africa

Spain

South Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Turkey

Uganda

United States of America

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 

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