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EXHIBIT 1.01

 

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018

 

This Conflict Minerals Report (this “Report”) of Veeco Instruments Inc., including its subsidiaries (collectively, “Veeco” or “we” or “our”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Rule 13p-1, through Form SD, requires the disclosure of certain information if a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which certain “Conflict Minerals” (as defined below) are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. Form SD defines “Conflict Minerals” as: (i) columbite-tantalite (or coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are currently limited to metallic forms of tantalum, tin and tungsten; or (ii) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the U.S. Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). Veeco’s operations, including the operations of its consolidated subsidiaries, may at times manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (collectively, its “products” and, individually, a “product”). As required by Form SD, Veeco has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Conflict Minerals included in its products during the Reporting Period, which are referred to in this Report as the “Covered Minerals,” to determine whether any of such Covered Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and/or whether any of such Covered Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. Where applicable, Veeco has conducted additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals. The results of Veeco’s reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Covered Minerals, as well as its additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals, are contained in this Report.

 

I.

 Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”)

 

Prior to initiating our RCOI, we retained a regulatory compliance information management company to assist in structuring the process and administering data collection.  Our inquiry began with a review of all of our suppliers.  We focused our RCOI on the relevant suppliers that, due to the nature of their business, utilize Covered Minerals.  We provided these suppliers with a questionnaire based on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition-Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Common Reporting Template (the “EICC-GeSI Template”). The EICC-GeSI Template is regarded as the most commonly accepted reporting tool for conflict minerals content and sourcing information worldwide and was developed by several of the world’s leading consumer electronics companies.  The questionnaire asked the suppliers, among other things, to disclose the origin of any Covered Minerals used in their manufacturing processes and to identify the Covered Minerals processing facilities within their supply chain.  We also asked them, if accurate, to represent that their Covered Minerals did not originate from a Covered Country.  We reviewed questionnaires received for completeness and consistency of answers.  Many of our suppliers’ responses were company level declarations and therefore it is possible that the information they provided includes smelters/refiners whose Covered Minerals are not utilized in our products.  Certain surveyed suppliers reported that the Covered Minerals identified in their supply chain originated from recycled or scrap sources and thus did not require further due diligence.

 

Our RCOI process was reasonably designed and performed in good faith, but there are inherent limitations in the information provided to us by third parties, including the possibility of information being inaccurate, incomplete or falsified despite our efforts to validate and confirm the information.

 

II.

Design of Due Diligence Framework

 

Our due diligence approach was designed to generally align with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition (“OECD Guidance”).  The OECD Guidance is an internationally-recognized due diligence framework consisting of a multi-step, risk-based process, certain aspects of which differ depending in part on the position of a company in the supply chain. Veeco is a “downstream” company, which refers to supply chain participants from the smelter to the retailer, in contrast to those “upstream,” that is, from the mine to the smelter. Key elements of Veeco’s due diligence approach are described below.

 

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III.

Due Diligence Measures Undertaken

 

Veeco’s due diligence measures performed include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Reporting to senior management on suppliers’ responses to our conflict minerals information requests, including updates on monitoring and tracking corrective action and risk mitigation efforts (where applicable);

 

Communicating our policy on Conflict Minerals to suppliers and our commitments and requirements expected of our suppliers, supported by email and phone dialogues. A copy of our policy is publicly available at http://ir.veeco.com/corporate-governance/overview;

 

Using a third party service, comparing smelters and refiners identified by suppliers to (i) the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “Template”) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative, or “CFSI”) which lists validated conflict free and verified facilities and (ii) the US Department of Commerce list of all known conflict mineral processing facilities worldwide;

 

Conducting our own supplemental research on smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers; and

 

Developing a risk mitigation plan that allows for continued trade with a supplier during the supplier’s risk mitigation efforts.

 

IV.

Product Description

 

The products subject to this Report are Veeco process equipment and services (including spare parts) primarily sold to make electronic devices including light emitting diodes, power electronics, wireless devices, hard disk drives and semiconductors and include Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition equipment, Gas and Vapor Delivery Control equipment, Molecular Beam Epitaxy equipment, Precision Surface Processing equipment, Ion Beam Deposition equipment, Ion Beam Etch equipment, Precision Lapping and Slicing and Dicing equipment, Photolithography equipment, Laser Thermal Processing equipment, Atomic Layer Deposition equipment, and Inspection equipment.

 

V.

 Product Determination

 

Based on the information obtained pursuant to the due diligence process (as described above), Veeco does not have sufficient information at this time to determine whether all of our products are conflict free.  However, the suppliers who responded to our questionnaire gave no indication that the Covered Minerals they source directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.  Due to the manner in which our suppliers disclosed country of origin information, we do not believe that all of the countries of origin named by our suppliers are actually in our supply chain.

 

VI.

Smelter / Refiner and Country of Origin

 

Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco identified the following smelters/refiners used by Veeco suppliers that have (i) achieved Conflict Free designation by the CFSI (the “Conflict Free Designated Smelters and Refiners”) or (ii) an audit program recognized by CFSI or are actively in the process of obtaining the Conflict Free designation, or for which we independently obtained country of origin information (the “In Process Smelters and Refiners”):

 

Conflict Free Designated Smelters and Refiners

 

 

 

Advanced Chemical Company

Gold

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

Gold

Al Etihad Gold LLC

Gold

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

Gold

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

Gold

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração

Gold

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Argor-Heraeus S.A.

Gold

Asahi Pretec Corp.

Gold

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

Gold

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

Gold

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Gold

AU Traders and Refiners

Gold

Aurubis AG

Gold

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

Gold

Boliden AB

Gold

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

Gold

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

Gold

Cendres + Métaux S.A.

Gold

Chimet S.p.A.

Gold

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

Gold

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH

Gold

Dowa

Gold

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

Gold

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

Gold

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

Gold

Emirates Gold DMCC

Gold

Geib Refining Corporation

Gold

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

Gold

HeeSung

Gold

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

Gold

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

Gold

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

Gold

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

Gold

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

Istanbul Gold Refinery

Gold

Italpreziosi

Gold

Japan Mint

Gold

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

Gold

JSC Uralelectromed

Gold

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

Gold

Kazzinc

Gold

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

Gold

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Gold

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

Gold

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Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

Gold

L'Orfebre S.A.

Gold

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

Gold

Marsam Metals

Gold

Materion

Gold

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

Gold

Metalor Technologies S.A.

Gold

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

Gold

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

Gold

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Gold

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

Gold

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

Gold

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

Gold

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

Gold

Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

Gold

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

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

Gold

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

Gold

PAMP S.A.

Gold

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

Gold

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

Gold

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero)  Tbk

Gold

PX Précinox S.A.

Gold

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

Gold

Remondis Argentia B.V.

Gold

Republic Metals Corporation

Gold

Royal Canadian Mint

Gold

SAAMP

Gold

Safimet S.p.A

Gold

Samduck Precious Metals

Gold

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

Gold

SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.

Gold

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

Gold

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Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

Gold

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

Gold

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

Gold

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

Gold

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Gold

SungEel HiTech

Gold

T.C.A S.p.A

Gold

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

Gold

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

Gold

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

Gold

Torecom

Gold

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

Gold

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

Gold

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

Gold

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

Gold

Valcambi S.A.

Gold

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

Gold

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

Gold

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

Gold

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

Gold

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

Gold

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

D Block Metals, LLC

Tantalum

Exotech Inc.

Tantalum

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

Tantalum

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

Tantalum

Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.

Tantalum

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Inc.

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Ltd.

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

Tantalum

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Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

Tantalum

Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

KEMET Blue Metals

Tantalum

KEMET Blue Powder

Tantalum

LSM Brasil S.A.

Tantalum

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

Tantalum

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

Tantalum

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

NPM Silmet AS

Tantalum

Power Resources Ltd.

Tantalum

QuantumClean

Tantalum

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

Tantalum

RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

Tantalum

Taki Chemicals

Tantalum

Telex Metals

Tantalum

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

Tantalum

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

Alpha

Tin

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tin

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

Tin

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

Tin

CV Ayi Jaya

Tin

CV Dua Sekawan

Tin

CV Gita Pesona

Tin

CV Tiga Sekawan

Tin

CV United Smelting

Tin

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

Tin

Dowa

Tin

EM Vinto

Tin

Fenix Metals

Tin

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Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

Tin

Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company

Tin

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

Tin

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

Tin

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

Tin

Guangdong Hanhe Non-ferrous Metal Limited Company

Tin

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

Tin

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

Tin

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

Tin

Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.

Tin

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.

Tin

Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

Tin

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

Tin

Metallic Resources, Inc.

Tin

Metallo Belgium N.V.

Tin

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

Tin

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

Tin

Minsur

Tin

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Tin

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

Tin

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

Tin

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

Tin

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

Tin

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

Tin

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

Tin

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

Tin

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

Tin

PT Bangka Prima Tin

Tin

PT Bangka Serumpun

Tin

PT Bangka Tin Industry

Tin

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

Tin

PT Bukit Timah

Tin

PT DS Jaya Abadi

Tin

PT Inti Stania Prima

Tin

PT Karimun Mining

Tin

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

Tin

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PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera

Tin

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

Tin

PT Mitra Stania Prima

Tin

PT Panca Mega Persada

Tin

PT Premium Tin Indonesia

Tin

PT Prima Timah Utama

Tin

PT Refined Bangka Tin

Tin

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

Tin

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

Tin

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

Tin

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

Tin

PT Timah  (Persero)  Tbk Kundur

Tin

PT Timah  (Persero)  Tbk Mentok

Tin

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

Tin

PT Tommy Utama

Tin

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

Tin

Rui Da Hung

Tin

Soft Metais Ltda.

Tin

Thaisarco

Tin

Tin Technology & Refining

Tin

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.

Tin

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tin

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

Tin

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

Tungsten

ACL Metais Eireli

Tungsten

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

Tungsten

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

Tungsten

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

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Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

Tungsten

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Hydrometallurg, JSC

Tungsten

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

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

Tungsten

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

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

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Kennametal Fallon

Tungsten

Kennametal Huntsville

Tungsten

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Moliren Ltd

Tungsten

Niagara Refining LLC

Tungsten

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

Tungsten

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

Tungsten

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

Tungsten

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Unecha Refractory metals plant

Tungsten

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

Tungsten

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

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

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

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

Tungsten

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

 

 

 

 

In Process Smelters and Refiners

 

 

 

Bangalore Refinery

Gold

Chugai Mining

Gold

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

Gold

NH Recytech Company

Gold

Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.

Tin

Gejiu Zili Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tin

Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.

Tin

PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari

Tin

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PT Masbro Alam Stania

Tin

PT Pelat Timah Nusantara

Tin

PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa

Tin

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri

Tin

Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tin

Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tin

KGETS CO., LTD.

Tungsten

 

Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco believes that the countries of origin of the Covered Minerals for the above listed facilities include:

 

Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African  Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (South), Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

 

Certain smelters were identified as high risk due to potential sourcing from the Covered Countries. However, because many of our suppliers provided company-level responses to Veeco’s conflict minerals information requests, it is uncertain as to whether these facilities are in our supply chain. We are continuing to work with our suppliers to determine the status of the facilities relative to Veeco products. Should these smelters be present in our supply chain, Veeco will reemphasize our conflict minerals policy to the relevant suppliers and encourage them to either find alternate sources or request that the smelters be audited.

 

Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on a company level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco identified the following validated smelters/refiners whose country of origin information is not available.  We continue to engage with our suppliers to determine the source of Covered Minerals processed at the following facilities and to engage in efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the Covered Minerals used with greater specificity.

 

 

 

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

Gold

African Gold Refinery

Gold

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

Gold

Caridad

Gold

CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.

Gold

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

Gold

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

Gold

Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC

Gold

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

Gold

Fujairah Gold FZE

Gold

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

Gold

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

Gold

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

Gold

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

Gold

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

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Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

Gold

Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.

Gold

International Precious Metal Refiners

Gold

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

Gold

Kaloti Precious Metals

Gold

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

Gold

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

Gold

L'azurde Company For Jewelry

Gold

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

Gold

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

Gold

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

Gold

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

Gold

Morris and Watson

Gold

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

Gold

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

Gold

Pease & Curren

Gold

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

QG Refining, LLC

Gold

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.

Gold

Sabin Metal Corp.

Gold

SAFINA A.S.

Gold

Sai Refinery

Gold

SAMWON Metals Corp.

Gold

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

Gold

Shangdong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

Sovereign Metals

Gold

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

Gold

Sudan Gold Refinery

Gold

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

Gold

Tony Goetz NV

Gold

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

Gold

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

Gold

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

Tin

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

Tin

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.

Tin

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Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

Tin

Pongpipat Company Limited

Tin

Super Ligas

Tin

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

Tin

China MuYe Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

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

Tungsten

 


As Veeco’s engagement with the supply chain for its products evolves, the lists above may change to reflect improvements in the quality of information provided to Veeco.

 

VII.

 Independent Private Sector Audit

 

Not required for calendar year 2018.

 

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