EX-1.01 2 tm2216949d1_ex10-1.htm EXHIBIT 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, 2021 to December 31, 2021.

 

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.

 

For our 2021 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 2021 (“Total Supplier Spend”). We then ranked each supplier based on the aggregate Total Supplier Spend. We determined that suppliers with $49,000 or more in Total Supplier Spend accounted for 95% of Total Supplier Spend made by KVH during 2021, and determined that it would be reasonable to concentrate our RCOI efforts on this group of 85 suppliers. We refer to this group of suppliers as our “Primary Suppliers.”

 

In our RCOI for 2021, 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 85 Primary Suppliers and received 82 responses, which represented 96% of our targeted supplier group and approximately 95% of Total Supplier Spend. We made additional requests for responses from the three Primary Suppliers that did not respond initially, but our efforts were not successful. Of the 82 responses received by KVH, 28 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; 41 confirmed that no Conflict Minerals were used in the Supplier Materials supplied to KVH; and 13 indicated that they were unsure of the origin of the Conflict Minerals in the Supplier Materials that they supplied to us.

 

 

 

 

Although the response rate of our Primary Suppliers decreased from approximately 99% in 2020 to 96% in 2021, the percentage of respondents who reported themselves as DRC “conflict-free” increased from 32% in 2020 to 34% in 2021. Despite the slight increase in vendors who reported themselves to be “conflict-free,” the percentage of the responding Primary Suppliers who reported themselves as DRC “undeterminable” remained the same at 16% for 2020 and 2021. Thus, we concluded that, for 2021, 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 2021; 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 2021 internal processes for Conflict Minerals supply chain due diligence and reporting. We have implemented a Conflict 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, General Terms and Conditions of Purchase and General Suppler Quality Clauses, each of which can be found at http://www.kvh.com/suppliers. Additionally, prior to any engagement with KVH, we generally require all prospective suppliers to (a) provide information about their due diligence program and the steps they have taken to determine whether there are any Conflict Minerals in their supply chain; and (b) submit a completed copy of their latest Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. This information gives our Global Supply Chain team early visibility into the compliance program maturity level and smelter base of prospective vendors before we start to do business with that company.

 

 

 

 

For 2021, 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 14, 2022 to review our 2021 annual spending and to determine the parameters of our RCOI for 2021.

 

·On or around February 25, 2022, we sent letters to our Primary Suppliers, explaining our conflict minerals disclosure obligations and referring the suppliers to online training materials and instructions, and solicited survey responses using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.

 

·Having received responses from only 34 of the 85 Primary Suppliers by the end of March 2022, a second meeting of our Global Supply Chain team was held on April 4, 2022, during which team members were tasked with following-up with all non-responsive Primary Suppliers.

 

·Over the next 3 weeks, members of KVH’s Global Supply Chain team continued its efforts to contact the remaining Primary Suppliers, and by April 25, 2022, KVH had received responses from 82 of the 85 Primary Suppliers. Of the 82 respondents, 72 returned the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template and 10 provided a separate company statement regarding conflict minerals.

 

 

 

 

·Having received responses from 96% of our Primary Suppliers, which represented approximately 95% of Total Supplier Spend for 2021, KVH then reviewed the responses and followed up on any incomplete or ambiguous responses.

 

·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) maintaining a supplier onboarding process that solicits information about sourcing of conflict minerals, (ii) focusing on the reliability and quality of the information received from our Primary Suppliers; (iii) reviewing responses and following up on incomplete, inaccurate or ambiguous data; (iv) 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 (v) 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 https://ir.kvh.com/financial-information/sec-filings.

 

Section 3. Results of Due Diligence

 

The response rate among our Primary Suppliers in 2021 was 96%. 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 396 smelters as potential sources of Conflict Minerals that were reported to be in the supply chain at some point during the 2021 calendar year, a significant decrease from the prior 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   185    53%
Tantalum   45    73%
Tin   109    51%
Tungsten   57    70%

 

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. Twelve Primary Suppliers identified four smelters in their supply chains that KVH believes to be higher-risk based on publicly available information regarding their location, namely:

 

Mineral   Smelter   Location 
Gold   African Gold Refinery   Uganda 
Gold   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   Zimbabwe 
Gold   Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia   Zambia 
Tin   Luna Smelter, Ltd.   Rwanda 

 

RMI identified Luna Smelter, Ltd. of Rwanda as a “conformant” smelter.

 

Our Global Supply Chain team previously contacted the Primary Suppliers who identified the smelters listed above to confirm what efforts each has taken either to certify its smelters or to identify alternate sources. Each of the Primary Suppliers informed KVH that they do not directly purchase materials from any of the smelters listed above and that they were either (i) downstream distributors of components and/or (ii) engaged as build-to-print contract manufacturers who do not choose the components. Consequently, as in prior reporting years, 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. We will continue to follow our risk-mitigation processes implemented in 2019 to help identify possible higher-risk suppliers prior to engagement, and we intend to contact any new suppliers who identify higher-risk smelters such as these to confirm what efforts they have taken either to certify their 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 2022, 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;

 

·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 19, 2022.

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Gold  8853 S.p.A.*  Italy
Gold  Abington Reldan Metals, LLC  Australia
Gold  Abington Reldan Metals, LLC  United States
Gold  Advanced Chemical Company*  United States
Gold  African Gold Refinery  Uganda
Gold  Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC*  United Arab Emirates
Gold  Alexy Metals  United States
Gold  Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.  Germany
Gold  Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)*  Uzbekistan
Gold  AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao*  Brazil
Gold  Argor-Heraeus S.A.*  Switzerland
Gold  Asahi Pretec Corp.*  Japan
Gold  Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.*  Canada
Gold  Asahi Refining USA Inc.*  United States
Gold  Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.  Turkey
Gold  AU Traders and Refiners  South Africa
Gold  Augmont Enterprises Private Limited  India
Gold  Aurubis AG*  Germany
Gold  Bangalore Refinery*  India
Gold  Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)*  Philippines
Gold  Boliden AB*  Sweden
Gold  C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG*  Germany
Gold  C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS  Colombia
Gold  Caridad  Mexico
Gold  CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation*  Canada
Gold  Cendres + Metaux S.A.*  Switzerland
Gold  CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.  India
Gold  Chimet S.p.A.*  Italy
Gold  China's Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd  China
Gold  Chugai Mining*  Japan
Gold  Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.  China
Gold  Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH  Germany
Gold  Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC  United Arab Emirates
Gold  DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH*  Germany
Gold  Dowa*  Japan
Gold  DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  DSC (Do Sung Corporation)*  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant*  Japan
Gold  Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant*  Japan
Gold  Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant*  Japan
Gold  Elemetal Refining, LLC  United States
Gold  Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)  India

 

 

 

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Gold  Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)  India
Gold  Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)  India
Gold  Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)  India
Gold  Emirates Gold DMCC*  United Arab Emirates
Gold  Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.  Zimbabwe
Gold  Fujairah Gold FZC  United Arab Emirates
Gold  GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.  India
Gold  Geib Refining Corporation*  United States
Gold  Gold Coast Refinery  Ghana
Gold  Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.*  China
Gold  Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM  China
Gold  Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited  China
Gold  Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Heimerle + Meule GmbH*  Germany
Gold  Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG*  Germany
Gold  Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.*  China
Gold  Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Industrial Refining Company  Belgium
Gold  Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.*  China
Gold  International Precious Metal Refiners  United Arab Emirates
Gold  Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  Istanbul Gold Refinery*  Turkey
Gold  Italpreziosi*  Italy
Gold  JALAN & Company  India
Gold  Japan Mint*  Japan
Gold  Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.*  China
Gold  Johnson Matthey Limited  Canada
Gold  JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant  Russian Federation
Gold  JSC Novosibirsk Refinery  Russian Federation
Gold  JSC Uralelectromed  Russian Federation
Gold  JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  K.A. Rasmussen  Norway
Gold  Kaloti Precious Metals  United Arab Emirates
Gold  Kazakhmys Smelting LLC  Kazakhstan
Gold  Kazzinc*  Kazakhstan
Gold  Kennecott Utah Copper LLC*  United States
Gold  KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna*  Poland
Gold  Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.*  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Kundan Care Products Ltd.  India
Gold  Kyrgyzaltyn JSC  Kyrgyzstan
Gold  Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO  Russian Federation
Gold  L'azurde Company for Jewelry  Saudi Arabia
Gold  Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.  China

 

 

 

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Gold  Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  L'Orfebre S.A.*  Andorra
Gold  LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.*  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  LT Metal Ltd.*  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Marsam Metals*  Brazil
Gold  Materion*  United States
Gold  Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  MD Overseas  India
Gold  Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.*  South Africa
Gold  Metallix Refining Inc.  United States
Gold  Metalor Switzerland  Switzerland
Gold  Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.*  China
Gold  Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.*  Singapore
Gold  Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.*  China
Gold  Metalor Technologies S.A.*  Switzerland
Gold  Metalor USA Refining Corporation*  United States
Gold  Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.*  Mexico
Gold  Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*  Japan
Gold  Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.*  India
Gold  Modeltech Sdn Bhd  Malaysia
Gold  Morris and Watson  New Zealand
Gold  Morris and Watson Gold Coast  Australia
Gold  Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant  Russian Federation
Gold  Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.*  Turkey
Gold  Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat*  Uzbekistan
Gold  NH Recytech Company*  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Nihon Material Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH*  Austria
Gold  Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)  Russian Federation
Gold  PAMP S.A.*  Switzerland
Gold  Pease & Curren  United States
Gold  Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA*  Chile
Gold  Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals  Russian Federation
Gold  PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk*  Indonesia
Gold  PX Precinox S.A.*  Switzerland
Gold  QG Refining, LLC  United States
Gold  Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.*  South Africa
Gold  Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  REMONDIS PMR B.V.*  Netherlands
Gold  Republic Metals Corporation  United States
Gold  Royal Canadian Mint*  Canada
Gold  SAAMP*  France

 

 

 

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Gold  Sabin Metal Corp.  United States
Gold  Safimet S.p.A*  Italy
Gold  SAFINA A.S.*  Czech Republic
Gold  Sai Refinery  India
Gold  Samduck Precious Metals*  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Samwon Metals Corp.  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)  Colombia
Gold  SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH  Germany
Gold  Schone Edelmetaal B.V.  Netherlands
Gold  Sellem Industries Ltd.  Mauritania
Gold  SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.*  Spain
Gold  Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.*  China
Gold  Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.  India
Gold  Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.*  China
Gold  Singway Technology Co., Ltd.*  Taiwan
Gold  So Accurate Group, Inc.  United States
Gold  SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals  Russian Federation
Gold  Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.*  Taiwan
Gold  Sovereign Metals  India
Gold  State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology  Lithuania
Gold  Sudan Gold Refinery  Sudan
Gold  Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.*  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  T.C.A S.p.A*  Italy
Gold  Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.*  Japan
Gold  Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn*  Kazakhstan
Gold  Torecom*  Korea, Republic Of
Gold  Umicore Precious Metals Thailand*  Thailand
Gold  Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining*  Belgium
Gold  United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.*  United States
Gold  Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia  Zambia
Gold  Valcambi S.A.*  Switzerland
Gold  Value Trading  Belgium
Gold  WEEEREFINING  France
Gold  Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)*  Australia
Gold  WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH*  Germany
Gold  Xstrata  Canada
Gold  Yamakin Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Gold  Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.  China
Gold  Zhongjin Gold Corporation Limited  China

 

 

 

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Gold  Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation*  China
Tantalum  Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Tantalum  Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  CP Metals Inc.  United States
Tantalum  D Block Metals, LLC*  United States
Tantalum  Duoluoshan  China
Tantalum  Exotech Inc.  United States
Tantalum  F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  Global Advanced Metals Aizu*  Japan
Tantalum  Global Advanced Metals Boyertown*  United States
Tantalum  H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH*  Germany
Tantalum  H.C. Starck Inc.  United States
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 Tanbre Co., Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  KEMET Blue Powder  United States
Tantalum  KEMET de Mexico*  Mexico
Tantalum  King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.  China
Tantalum  LSM Brasil S.A.  Brazil
Tantalum  Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.*  India
Tantalum  Mineracao Taboca S.A.*  Brazil
Tantalum  Mitsui Mining & Smelting*  Japan
Tantalum  Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  NPM Silmet AS*  Estonia
Tantalum  PRG Dooel  North Macedonia
Tantalum  QuantumClean*  United States
Tantalum  Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.*  Brazil
Tantalum  Smelter not listed  China
Tantalum  Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO*  Russian Federation
Tantalum  Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Tantalum  TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.*  Thailand
Tantalum  TANIOBIS GmbH*  Germany
Tantalum  TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.*  Japan
Tantalum  TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG*  Germany
Tantalum  Telex Metals*  United States
Tantalum  Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC*  Kazakhstan
Tantalum  Ximei Resources (Guangdong), Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.  China
Tantalum  Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.*  China
Tantalum  Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.  China

 

 

 

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Tin  Alpha*  United States
Tin  An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company  Vietnam
Tin  Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.*  China
Tin  Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.*  China
Tin  China Tin Group Co., Ltd.*  China
Tin  CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.  China
Tin  Cookson  United States
Tin  Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondonia Ltda.  Brazil
Tin  CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda  Brazil
Tin  CRM Synergies*  Spain
Tin  CV Ayi Jaya  Indonesia
Tin  CV Dua Sekawan  Indonesia
Tin  CV Gita Pesona  Indonesia
Tin  CV Nurjanah  Indonesia
Tin  CV Serumpun Sebalai  Indonesia
Tin  CV United Smelting  Indonesia
Tin  CV Venus Inti Perkasa  Indonesia
Tin  Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.  China
Tin  Dowa*  Japan
Tin  Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company  Vietnam
Tin  EM Vinto*  Bolivia
Tin  Estanho de Rondonia S.A.*  Brazil
Tin  Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.*  Brazil
Tin  Fenix Metals*  Poland
Tin  Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade 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
Tin  Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant  China
Tin  HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.*  China
Tin  Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.  China
Tin  Jiangxi Nanshan  China
Tin  Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.*  China
Tin  Luna Smelter, Ltd.*  Rwanda
Tin  Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.*  China
Tin  Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.*  Brazil
Tin  Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)*  Malaysia
Tin  Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.  Brazil
Tin  Metallic Resources, Inc.*  United States
Tin  Metallo Belgium N.V.*  Belgium
Tin  Metallo Spain S.L.U.*  Spain
Tin  Mineração Taboca S.A.*  Brazil

 

 

 

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Tin  Minsur*  Peru
Tin  Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*  Japan
Tin  Modeltech Sdn Bhd  Malaysia
Tin  Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company  Vietnam
Tin  Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.  Russian Federation
Tin  O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.*  Thailand
Tin  O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.*  Philippines
Tin  OMSA1*  Bolivia
Tin  Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.*  Bolivia
Tin  Pongpipat Company Limited  Myanmar
Tin  Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited  India
Tin  PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera  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 Bukit Timah*  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 Masbro Alam Stania  Indonesia
Tin  PT Menara Cipta Mulia*  Indonesia
Tin  PT Mitra Stania Prima*  Indonesia
Tin  PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo  Indonesia
Tin  PT O.M. Indonesia  Indonesia
Tin  PT Panca Mega Persada  Indonesia
Tin  PT Premium Tin Indonesia  Indonesia
Tin  PT Prima Timah Utama*  Indonesia
Tin  PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa*  Indonesia
Tin  PT Rajehan Ariq*  Indonesia
Tin  PT Refined Bangka Tin*  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 Tambang Timah  Indonesia
Tin  PT Timah Nusantara  Indonesia

 

 

1 Presumed to be Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.

 

 

 

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Tin  PT Timah Tbk Kundur*  Indonesia
Tin  PT Timah Tbk Mentok*  Indonesia
Tin  PT Tinindo Inter Nusa*  Indonesia
Tin  PT Tirus Putra Mandiri  Indonesia
Tin  PT Tommy Utama  Indonesia
Tin  Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.*  Brazil
Tin  Rui Da Hung*  Taiwan
Tin  Soft Metais Ltda.*  Brazil
Tin  Super Ligas  Brazil
Tin  Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.*  Vietnam
Tin  Thaisarco*  Thailand
Tin  Tin Technology & Refining*  United States
Tin  Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company  Vietnam
Tin  VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC  Vietnam
Tin  White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.*  Brazil
Tin  Yunnan Chengfeng Non-Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*  China
Tin  Yunnan Tin Company Limited  China
Tin  Yunnan Yunfan Non-Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.  China
Tungsten  A.L.M.T. Corp.*  Japan
Tungsten  ACL Metais Eireli*  Brazil
Tungsten  Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.  Brazil
Tungsten  Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.*  Vietnam
Tungsten  Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.  China
Tungsten  China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.  China
Tungsten  Cronimet Brasil Ltda*  Brazil
Tungsten  Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.  China
Tungsten  Fujian Xinlu Tungsten*  China
Tungsten  Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.  China
Tungsten  GEM Co., Ltd.  China
Tungsten  Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.*  United States
Tungsten  Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH*  Germany
Tungsten  Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.  China
Tungsten  Hydrometallurg, JSC*  Russian Federation
Tungsten  Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.*  Japan
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

 

 

 

 

Metal  Smelter or Refiner Name  Country
Tungsten  Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group 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  JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"*  Russian Federation
Tungsten  Kennametal Fallon*  United States
Tungsten  Kennametal Huntsville*  United States
Tungsten  KGETS Co., Ltd.*  Korea, Republic Of
Tungsten  Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.*  Taiwan
Tungsten  Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.*  China
Tungsten  Masan High-Tech Materials*  Vietnam
Tungsten  Moliren Ltd.*  Russian Federation
Tungsten  Niagara Refining LLC*  United States
Tungsten  NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC  Russian Federation
Tungsten  OOO “Technolom” 1  Russian Federation
Tungsten  OOO “Technolom” 2  Russian Federation
Tungsten  Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.*  Philippines
Tungsten  South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City  China
Tungsten  TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG*  Germany
Tungsten  Unecha Refractory metals plant*  Russian Federation
Tungsten  Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.  Vietnam
Tungsten  Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG*  Austria
Tungsten  Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.*  Korea, Republic Of
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  Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.  China