0001104659-19-031672.txt : 20190524 0001104659-19-031672.hdr.sgml : 20190524 20190524103129 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-19-031672 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 13p-1 1.01 20181231 1.02 20181231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190524 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190524 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KVH INDUSTRIES INC \DE\ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001007587 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 050420589 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SD SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-28082 FILM NUMBER: 19852443 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 ENTERPRISE CENTER CITY: MIDDLETOWN STATE: RI ZIP: 02842 BUSINESS PHONE: 4018473327 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 ENTERPRISE CENTER CITY: MIDDLETOWN STATE: RI ZIP: 02842 SD 1 a19-10568_1sd.htm SD

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM SD

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 


 

KVH Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

0-28082

 

05-0420589

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

50 Enterprise Center, Middletown, RI 02842

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Felise Feingold (401) 847-3327

(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

 

KVH Industries, Inc. (“KVH”, “we”, or “our”) is a leading manufacturer of solutions that provide global high-speed Internet, television, and voice services via satellite to mobile users at sea and on land as well as a leading provider of commercially licensed entertainment including news, sports, movies, and music to commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets. During 2018 and until May 13, 2019, the date on which we sold our Videotel business, we also developed and distributed training films and e-Learning computer-based training courses to commercial maritime customers. We are also a premier manufacturer of high-performance navigational sensors and integrated inertial systems for defense and commercial inertial navigation applications.

 

Item 1.01  Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

This Form SD is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.

 

Item 1.02  Exhibit

 

KVH’s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. A copy of our Conflict Minerals Report may be found at http://www.kvh.com/secfilings.

 

Section 2.  Exhibits

 

Item 2.01  Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

1.01

 

Conflict Minerals Report of KVH Industries, Inc.

 

2


 

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 on May 24, 2019.

 

 

KVH Industries, Inc.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Donald W. Reilly

 

 

Donald W. Reilly, Chief Financial Officer

 

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EX-1.01 2 a19-10568_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

 

KVH Industries, Inc.

 

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

 

This Conflict Minerals Report of KVH Industries, Inc. (“KVH”, “we”, or “our”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.

 

Rule 13p-1 and Form SD require companies to disclose certain information regarding products that they manufacture, or contract to manufacture, when: (a) those products contain one or more of the minerals gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, or wolframite, or their derivatives tantalum, tin, and tungsten (the “Conflict Minerals”); (b) those Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products; and (c) those Conflict Minerals originated, or may have originated, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or in a country that shares an internationally recognized border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “Covered Countries”).

 

Section 1.  Product Review and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

 

Section 1.1  Product Review

 

KVH conducted an analysis of its product lines and determined that Conflict Minerals are used in its system-level products and components.

 

Section 1.2  Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry and Conclusion

 

KVH’s international supply chain is complex. KVH is several layers removed from the smelters in its supply chain, making it difficult to trace the origin of any Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of its products. Due to the breadth and complexity of our products and supply chain, it is taking time for many of our suppliers to verify the origin of all of the Conflict Minerals supplied to us.

 

For our 2018 reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), we reviewed our suppliers of direct materials, components and system-level products (collectively referred to as “Supplier Materials”). We generated internal reports analyzing all Supplier Material purchases for 2018 (“Total Supplier Spend”). We then ranked each supplier based on the aggregate Total Supplier Spend. We determined that suppliers with $25,000 or more in Total Supplier Spend accounted for more than 97% of Total Supplier Spend made by KVH during 2018, and determined that it would be reasonable to concentrate our RCOI efforts on this group of 106 suppliers. We refer to this group of suppliers as our “Primary Suppliers.”

 

We then elected to survey all our Primary Suppliers. For 2018, KVH did not exclude any suppliers based on the type of Supplier Materials sold to KVH. Although this same approach was taken in 2017, we discovered that the number of Primary Suppliers surveyed by KVH increased

 


 

from 90 in 2017 to 106 in 2018.

 

In our RCOI for 2018, we surveyed our Primary Suppliers using a template developed by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) (the “Conflict Minerals Reporting Template”). KVH sent the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to all 106 Primary Suppliers and received 106 responses, which represented 100% of our targeted supplier group. Of the 106 responses received by KVH, 30 indicated that the Conflict Minerals used in Supplier Materials supplied to KVH came from “conflict-free” sources and furnished a list of their verified smelters; 54 confirmed that no Conflict Minerals were used in the Supplier Materials supplied to KVH; and 22 indicated that they were unsure of the origin of the Conflict Minerals in the Supplier Materials that they supplied to us.

 

Although the percentage of our Primary Suppliers who reported themselves as DRC conflict “undeterminable” decreased from 27% in 2017 to 21% in 2018, we concluded that, for 2018, as in prior reporting years, we do not have sufficient information from our suppliers or other sources to determine with specificity the countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals used in our products or whether they are from recycled or scrap sources. Therefore, we cannot exclude the possibility that some of these Conflict Minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries and/or are not from recycled or scrap sources.

 

Section 2.  Due Diligence

 

KVH’s due diligence efforts related to products: (i) for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of that product; (ii) that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by KVH; (iii) for which the manufacture was completed during 2018; and (iv) for which KVH was unable to form the basis for a reasonable belief that none of the Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of those products originated in a Covered Country. The products, which are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Covered Products,” include KVH’s mobile satellite communications products and components, as well as inertial navigation products and components.

 

Section 2.1  Design of KVH’s Due Diligence Measures

 

KVH designed its due diligence measures to conform to the framework set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, including the related supplements on gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten (the “OECD Guidance”).

 

Section 2.2  Due Diligence Measures Performed by KVH

 

The due diligence processes followed by KVH are described below under sub-headings corresponding to the five-step framework of the OECD Guidance.

 


 

1.              Management Systems

 

We previously established and have maintained throughout 2018 internal processes for Conflict Minerals supply chain due diligence and reporting. We have implemented a Conflicts Minerals Policy Statement and related procedures to help support our supply chain due diligence efforts and communication processes designed to provide information, including our Conflict Minerals Policy Statement, to our suppliers and to the public. In this regard, our supplier purchase contracts include terms and conditions and other contractual flow-downs requiring supplier cooperation and compliance with KVH’s due diligence efforts. We also maintain a “Supplier Information” web page to facilitate supplier access to important documents, including but not limited to KVH’s Conflicts Minerals Policy Statement, Standard Terms and Conditions of Purchase and General Quality Clauses, each of which can be found at http://www.kvh.com/suppliers.

 

For 2018, our efforts to identify smelters/refiners in our supply chain was facilitated through the use of due diligence tools created by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) founded by the RBA and GeSI for independent third-party audit information, including the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. The information furnished by our Primary Suppliers was reviewed and analyzed by our internal team led by KVH’s Director of Global Supply Chain and retained within the company’s document retention system. The data obtained from our Primary Suppliers was vetted by our Global Supply Chain team and then used to generate a comprehensive list of all smelters/refiners that had been identified by our Primary Suppliers, which list was then cross-referenced against information from RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) to help us identify the compliant smelters/refiners and origin of minerals processed.

 

2.              Assessment of Risk in the Supply Chain

 

In order to determine the origin of Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products:

 

·                  An initial meeting of our Global Supply Chain team was held on February 1, 2019 to review our 2018 annual spending and to determine the parameters of our RCOI for 2018.

·                  On or about February 14, 2019, we sent letters to our Primary Suppliers, explaining the rule and referring the suppliers to online training materials and instructions, and solicited survey responses using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.

·                  Having received responses from 72 of the 106 Primary Suppliers within the first two weeks of March 2019, our Global Supply Chain team sent follow-up emails to all non-responsive Primary Suppliers on or about March 13, 2019.

·                  By April 10, 2019, KVH had received responses from 105 of the 106 Primary Suppliers, and over the next 2 weeks, members of KVH’s Global Supply Chain team made telephone calls to the last remaining Primary Supplier, and, by April 22, 2019, KVH had received responses from all 106 of its Primary Suppliers.

·                  Having received responses from 100% of our Primary Suppliers, KVH then reviewed the responses in detail and followed up on any incomplete or ambiguous responses.

·                  Our Global Supply Chain team identified 10 Primary Suppliers who have reported themselves to be DRC conflict undeterminable in 2016, 2017 and 2018. On May 22, 2019, after verifying that we no longer do business with 2 of these 10 Primary Suppliers, our Global Supply Chain team contacted the remaining 8 Primary Suppliers to request

 


 

specific information regarding any actions they have taken to improve their due diligence process and compliance efforts.

·                  Our Global Supply Chain team then compared the smelters/refiners identified by its Primary Suppliers against the list of facilities that have received a “conformant” designation from the RMI’s RMAP, which designations provide country of origin and due diligence information on the Conflict Minerals sourced by such facilities.

 

3.              Strategies to Respond to Identified Risks

 

KVH’s due diligence efforts are an evolving process that we strive to improve by: (i) focusing on the reliability and quality of the information received from our Primary Suppliers; (ii) reviewing responses and following up on incomplete, inaccurate or ambiguous data; (iii) contacting Primary Suppliers who have consistently reported products to be “DRC conflict undeterminable” or the equivalent to determine what steps they have taken to improve their due diligence processes; and (iv) maintaining internal processes designed to emphasize the importance of supplier cooperation and compliance with our Conflict Minerals Policy Statement through readily accessible policies and contractual flow-down clauses governing the business relationship, which not only provide us with leverage to promote compliance but also the flexibility needed to reassess and/or terminate certain relationships, as appropriate.

 

4.              Independent Third-Party Audits

 

As a result of KVH’s position in the supply chain, there are generally several tiers of suppliers between KVH and the smelters/refiners in our supply chain, and therefore we do not conduct or commission independent third-party audits of the smelters and refiners from which our Primary Suppliers source Conflict Minerals. KVH has relied upon industry initiatives, including the RMI’s RMAP, for independent third-party audit information.

 

5.              Reporting

 

With the preparation and submission of this Conflict Minerals Report, KVH has provided a public report of its due diligence measures with regard to the sourcing of Conflict Minerals. A copy of this report is available at http://www.kvh.com/secfilings.

 

Section 3.  Results of Due Diligence

 

The response rate among our Primary Suppliers in 2018 was 100%. Among the responses, some of our Primary Suppliers were unable to identify any of the smelters or refiners used in the Supplier Materials supplied to us and certain responses also included names of smelters or refiners that we believe may have been incomplete or misidentified. Such names have not been included among the list of smelters and refiners identified by our Primary Suppliers in Annex 1 below.

 

In total, we identified approximately 358 smelters as potential sources of Conflict Minerals that were reported to be in the supply chain at some point during the 2018 calendar year. The table below presents the total number of identified smelters or refiners for each mineral

 


 

and the corresponding percentage of each group that we have been able to verify as conflict-free according to information provided on the RMI website.

 

Metal

 

Total Number of Identified
Smelters for Each Metal

 

Identified Smelters or Refiners
Verified as RMAP Conformant

 

Gold

 

162

 

57

%

Tantalum

 

48

 

71

%

Tin

 

100

 

62

%

Tungsten

 

48

 

71

%

 

For the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products, KVH’s due diligence efforts failed to clarify whether the Conflict Minerals contained in those products may have originated in a Covered Country or came from recycled or scrap sources. Certain Primary Suppliers did identify smelters that KVH believes to be higher-risk based on publicly available information, including:

 

·                  African Gold Refinery

·                  Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

·                  Sudan Gold Refinery

·                  Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

 

We were unable to validate that any of the smelters or refiners identified by our Primary Suppliers, including the smelters identified above, are actually in our supply chain. As we did last year, we initiated risk-mitigation activities with respect to the higher-risk suppliers and will contact the relevant suppliers to confirm what efforts each has taken either to certify its smelters or to identify alternate sources, if necessary.

 

Based on our due diligence efforts, KVH has concluded that we do not have sufficient information to determine with specificity the country of origin of all of the Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products or to determine whether the Conflict Minerals were from recycled or scrap sources. Based on the information received from our Primary Suppliers, KVH believes that the facilities that may have been used to process Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products include the smelters and refiners listed in Annex 1 below.

 

Section 4.  Future Steps to Improve Due Diligence

 

In order to improve our due diligence process and compliance efforts for 2019, KVH intends to:

 

·                  Continue to gather additional information which will assist us in determining whether the Conflict Minerals we utilize benefit armed groups contributing to human rights violations;

·                  Update our vendor onboarding questionnaire to include a new section on conflict mineral compliance;

·                  Continue to collect and evaluate supplier responses and follow-up with those suppliers that we have deemed to be a higher risk due to incomplete or ambiguous responses, and

 


 

·                  Continue to review, and, if necessary, reassess supplier relationships based on information and resources provided by third-party conflict minerals audit programs such as the RMI’s RMAP and other industry initiatives promoting responsible mineral sourcing practices.

 

KVH will continue to expect our suppliers to reasonably assure us that the minerals in the products they supply are conflict-free.

 

Section 5.  Forward Looking Statements

 

This report includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including for example statements regarding our due diligence processes with respect to Conflict Minerals. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. KVH assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.

 


 

Annex 1

 


* Denotes smelters/ refiners that received a “conflict-free” designation from an independent third-party audit program, as of May 22, 2019.

 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Gold

 

L’Orfebre S.A.*

 

Andorra

Gold

 

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

 

Australia

Gold

 

AGR Mathey

 

Australia

Gold

 

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

 

Australia

Gold

 

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH*

 

Austria

Gold

 

Tony Goetz NV

 

Belgium

Gold

 

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining*

 

Belgium

Gold

 

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao*

 

Brazil

Gold

 

Marsam Metals*

 

Brazil

Gold

 

Umicore Brasil Ltda.*

 

Brazil

Gold

 

Asahi Refining Canada Limited*

 

Canada

Gold

 

CCR*

 

Canada

Gold

 

Johnson Matthey Limited

 

Canada

Gold

 

Royal Canadian Mint*

 

Canada

Gold

 

Xstrata

 

Canada

Gold

 

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA*

 

Chile

Gold

 

Anhui Tongling Nonferrous Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

CHALCO Yunnan Copper Co. Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation*

 

China

Gold

 

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd*

 

China

Gold

 

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Fujian Zijin mining stock company gold smelter

 

China

Gold

 

Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Great Wall Precious Metals Co,. LTD.

 

China

Gold

 

Guangdong Gaoyao Co

 

China

Gold

 

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

 

China

Gold

 

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

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

 

China

Gold

 

JCC

 

China

Gold

 

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.*

 

China

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.*

 

China

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Gold

 

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

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

 

China

Gold

 

Shangdong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

China

Gold

 

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Gold

 

Zhongjin Gold Corporation Limited

 

China

Gold

 

SAFINA A.S.

 

Czech Republic

Gold

 

SAAMP

 

France

Gold

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.*

 

Germany

Gold

 

Aurubis AG*

 

Germany

Gold

 

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG*

 

Germany

Gold

 

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

 

Germany

Gold

 

Doduco*

 

Germany

Gold

 

Heimerle + Meule GmbH*

 

Germany

Gold

 

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG*

 

Germany

Gold

 

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH*

 

Germany

Gold

 

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH*

 

Germany

Gold

 

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong*

 

Hong Kong

Gold

 

BALORE REFINERSGA

 

India

Gold

 

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

 

India

Gold

 

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.*

 

India

Gold

 

Sai Refinery

 

India

Gold

 

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk*

 

Indonesia

Gold

 

8853 S.p.A.*

 

Italy

Gold

 

Chimet S.p.A.*

 

Italy

Gold

 

Faggi Enrico S.p.A.

 

Italy

Gold

 

Italpreziosi*

 

Italy

Gold

 

Safimet S.p.A*

 

Italy

Gold

 

T.C.A S.p.A*

 

Italy

Gold

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.*

 

Japan

Gold

 

Amagasaki Factory, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

 

Japan

Gold

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.*

 

Japan

Gold

 

Chugai Mining

 

Japan

Gold

 

Dowa*

 

Japan

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.*

 

Japan

Gold

 

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

Japan

Gold

 

Japan Mint*

 

Japan

Gold

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Gold

 

MEM (Sumitomo Group)

 

Japan

Gold

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*

 

Japan

Gold

 

Mitsui Kinzoku Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

Gold

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Nihon Material Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Shonan Plant Tanaka Kikinzoku

 

Japan

Gold

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Yamakin Co., Ltd. *

 

Japan

Gold

 

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.*

 

Japan

Gold

 

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

 

Kazakhstan

Gold

 

Kazzinc*

 

Kazakhstan

Gold

 

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

 

Kazakhstan

Gold

 

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.*

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Do Sung Corporation

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.*

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

HeeSung Metal Ltd.*

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.*

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.*

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

NH Recytech Company

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Samdok Metal

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Samwon Metals Corp.

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.*

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Torecom*

 

Korea, Republic of

Gold

 

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC*

 

Kyrgyzstan

Gold

 

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

 

Lithuania

Gold

 

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

 

Malaysia

Gold

 

Caridad

 

Mexico

Gold

 

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

 

Mexico

Gold

 

Remondis Argentia B.V.

 

Netherlands

Gold

 

Schone Edelmetaal B.V.

 

Netherlands

Gold

 

Morris and Watson

 

New Zealand

Gold

 

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

 

Philippines

Gold

 

KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.

 

Poland

Gold

 

FSE Novosibirsk Refinery

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

JSC Uralelectromed*

 

Russian Federation

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Gold

 

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant*

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

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

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals*

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

Shyolkovsky*

 

Russian Federation

Gold

 

L’ azurde Company For Jewelry

 

Saudi Arabia

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.*

 

Singapore

Gold

 

AU Traders and Refiners*

 

South Africa

Gold

 

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.*

 

South Africa

Gold

 

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.*

 

Spain

Gold

 

Sudan Gold Refinery

 

Sudan

Gold

 

Boliden AB*

 

Sweden

Gold

 

Argor-Heraeus S.A.*

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

Cendres + Metaux S.A.*

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies S.A.*

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

PAMP S.A.*

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

PX Precinox S.A.*

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

Valcambi S.A.*

 

Switzerland

Gold

 

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.*

 

Taiwan

Gold

 

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.*

 

Taiwan

Gold

 

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand*

 

Thailand

Gold

 

ATAkulche

 

Turkey

Gold

 

Istanbul Gold Refinery*

 

Turkey

Gold

 

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

 

Turkey

Gold

 

African Gold Refinery

 

Uganda

Gold

 

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC*

 

United Arab Emirates

Gold

 

Emirates Gold DMCC*

 

United Arab Emirates

Gold

 

Kaloti Precious Metals

 

United Arab Emirates

Gold

 

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

 

United States

Gold

 

Accurate Refining Group

 

United States

Gold

 

Advanced Chemical Company*

 

United States

Gold

 

Asahi Refining USA Inc.*

 

United States

Gold

 

Elemetal Refining, LLC

 

United States

Gold

 

Geib Refining Corporation*

 

United States

Gold

 

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC*

 

United States

Gold

 

Materion*

 

United States

Gold

 

Metalor USA Refining Corporation*

 

United States

Gold

 

Pease & Curren

 

United States

Gold

 

QG Refining, LLC

 

United States

Gold

 

Republic Metals Corporation

 

United States

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Gold

 

Sabin Metal Corp.

 

United States

Gold

 

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.*

 

United States

Gold

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)*

 

Uzbekistan

Gold

 

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

 

Uzbekistan

Gold

 

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

 

Zambia

Gold

 

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

 

Zimbabwe

Tantalum

 

Plansee SE Liezen

 

Austria

Tantalum

 

Plansee SE Reutte

 

Austria

Tantalum

 

LSM Brasil S.A.*

 

Brazil

Tantalum

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.*

 

Brazil

Tantalum

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.*

 

Brazil

Tantalum

 

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

 

China

Tantalum

 

Douluoshan Sapphire Rare Metal Co Ltd

 

China

Tantalum

 

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch

 

China

Tantalum

 

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

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material*

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited

 

China

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

RFH

 

China

Tantalum

 

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tantalum

 

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tantalum

 

Molycorp Silmet A.S.

 

Estonia

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar

 

Germany

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg

 

Germany

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH*

 

Germany

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG*

 

Germany

Tantalum

 

Metallurgical Products India Pvt. Ltd. (MPIL)*

 

India

Tantalum

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.*

 

Japan

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Aizu*

 

Japan

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Ltd.*

 

Japan

Tantalum

 

Mitsui Mining & Smelting*

 

Japan

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Tantalum

 

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.*

 

Japan

Tantalum

 

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC*

 

Kazakhstan

Tantalum

 

Power Resources Ltd.

 

Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Metals*

 

Mexico

Tantalum

 

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO*

 

Russian Federation

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.*

 

Thailand

Tantalum

 

Hi-Temp

 

United States

Tantalum

 

D Block Metals, LLC*

 

United States

Tantalum

 

Exotech Inc.*

 

United States

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown*

 

United States

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Inc.*

 

United States

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Powder*

 

United States

Tantalum

 

QuantumClean*

 

United States

Tantalum

 

Telex Metals*

 

United States

Tin

 

Metallo Belgium N.V.*

 

Belgium

Tin

 

EM Vinto*

 

Bolivia

Tin

 

OMSA

 

Bolivia

Tin

 

Cooper Santa

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Estanho de Rondonia S.A.

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.*

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.*

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.*

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Resind Ind e Com Ltda.*

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Soft Metais Ltda.*

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Super Ligas

 

Brazil

Tin

 

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.*

 

Brazil

Tin

 

Chengfeng Metals Co Pte Ltd

 

China

Tin

 

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tin

 

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tin

 

China Rare Metal Material Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

China Tin (Hechi)

 

China

Tin

 

China Yunnan Tin Co Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant*

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company*

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC*

 

China

Tin

 

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

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tin

 

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tin

 

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

 

China

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Tin

 

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant*

 

China

Tin

 

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tin

 

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tin

 

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.*

 

China

Tin

 

Yunnan Tin Company Limited*

 

China

Tin

 

AIM

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

ANZ

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

BML

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

Brand IMLI

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

Brand RBT

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Ayi Jay*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Dua Sekawan*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Gita Pesona*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Justindo

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Nurjanah

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Serumpun Sebalai

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Tiga Sekawan

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV United Smelting*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

CV Venus Inti Perkasa*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

GANZHOU LIANSHENG

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

Ketabang

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Babel Inti Perkasa*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Bangka Prima Tin*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Bangka Serumpun*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Bangka Tin Industry*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Cipta Persada Mulia

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT DS Jaya Abadi*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Inti Stania Prima*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Karimun Mining*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Menara Cipta Mulia*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Mitra Stania Prima*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT O.M. Indonesia

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Panca Mega Persada*

 

Indonesia

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Tin

 

PT Pelat Timah Nusantara

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Prima Timah Utama*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Sukses Inti Makmur*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Sumber Jaya Indah*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

PT Tommy Utama*

 

Indonesia

Tin

 

Dowa*

 

Japan

Tin

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*

 

Japan

Tin

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)*

 

Malaysia

Tin

 

Modeltech Sdn Bhd*

 

Malaysia

Tin

 

Pongpipat Company Limited

 

Myanmar

Tin

 

Funsur Smelter

 

Peru

Tin

 

Minsur*

 

Peru

Tin

 

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.*

 

Philippines

Tin

 

Fenix Metals*

 

Poland

Tin

 

Elmet S.L.U.

 

Spain

Tin

 

Da Tong Co., Ltd

 

Taiwan

Tin

 

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

 

Thailand

Tin

 

Thai Solder Industry Corp., Ltd.

 

Thailand

Tin

 

Thaisarco*

 

Thailand

Tin

 

Alent plc

 

United States

Tin

 

Cookson

 

United States

Tin

 

Metallic Resources, Inc.*

 

United States

Tin

 

Tin Technology & Refining*

 

United States

Tin

 

An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd.

 

Vietnam

Tin

 

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

 

Vietnam

Tin

 

Da Nang Processing Import and Export Joint Stock

 

Vietnam

Tin

 

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

 

Vietnam

Tin

 

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

 

Vietnam

Tin

 

Smelter not listed

 

Vietnam

Tin

 

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

 

Vietnam

Tungsten

 

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG*

 

Austria

Tungsten

 

ACL Metais Eireli*

 

Brazil

Tungsten

 

Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

China National Non Ferrous

 

China

Tungsten

 

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

China

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Tungsten

 

Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

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

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

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

 

China

Tungsten

 

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

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Shaoguan Xinhai Rendan Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd

 

China

Tungsten

 

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

China

Tungsten

 

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

 

China

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck GmbH

 

Germany

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG*

 

Germany

Tungsten

 

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.*

 

Japan

Tungsten

 

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.*

 

Japan

Tungsten

 

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.*

 

Korea, Republic of

Tungsten

 

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.*

 

Philippines

Tungsten

 

Hydrometallurg, JSC*

 

Russian Federation

Tungsten

 

Moliren Ltd.*

 

Russian Federation

Tungsten

 

Unecha Refractory metals plant*

 

Russian Federation

Tungsten

 

ATI Metalworking Products

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.*

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Fallon*

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Niagara Refining LLC*

 

United States

Tungsten

 

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.*

 

Vietnam

Tungsten

 

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

 

Vietnam

 


 

Metal

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country

Tungsten

 

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.*

 

Vietnam

Tungsten

 

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Vietnam