EXHIBIT 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
Introduction
This Report has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.
This Report relates to the process undertaken for TASER International, Inc.'s ("TASER" or "the Company" or "we" or "our") products that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, during calendar year 2015 and that contain gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite, tantalum, tin, or tungsten (collectively, the “conflict minerals”).
Tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold are necessary to the functionality of a variety of TASER's products, including, but not limited to TASER X26P®, TASER X26®, TASER X2®, TASER Pulse®, TASER Bolt®, TASER M26®, replacement cartridges, Axon Flex®, Axon Body®, Axon Body 2®, Axon docking stations, Axon Signal®, TASER CAM®, and related accessories. Third-party products that the Company retails but that it does not manufacture or contract to manufacture are outside the scope of this report.
When this Report uses the term “conflict-free,” it means that the applicable smelters and refiners have been verified as complying with the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict-Free Smelter Program (the “CFSP”) or an equivalent third-party audit program, some of which we describe below under the heading "Design of Due Diligence Framework - Step 2: Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain."
Company Overview
TASER is a developer and manufacturer of advanced conducted electrical weapons (“CEWs”) designed for use by law enforcement, military, corrections, and private security personnel and by private individuals for personal defense. In addition, the Company has developed full technology solutions for the capture, storage and management of video/audio evidence as well as other tactical capabilities for use in law enforcement.
Conflict Mineral Policy
TASER International supports and respects the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights for all, including the basic human rights of our employees and workers within our supply chain. TASER is committed to respect human rights and fair labor practices.
Coinciding with this commitment, TASER is concerned about human rights violations and labor abuses, which we understand are occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries (the “DRC region”) as a result of the civil discord there. We understand that the armed groups responsible for the conflict in the DRC region may be directly or indirectly financed by the mining and trade in certain conflict minerals.
As a result of the concern around human rights violations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted final rules to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The SEC rules require public companies to disclose whether the products they manufacture or contract to manufacture contain conflict minerals that are “necessary to the functionality or production” of those products, and to conduct certain diligence and make certain disclosures regarding such minerals. Tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold are necessary to the functionality of a variety of TASER’s products.
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Using a documented reasonable process, we work diligently with our direct suppliers to determine the presence and origin of conflict minerals in our supply chain. Recognizing the complexity of this issue, TASER appreciates the need for broad collaboration with all of our suppliers in our supply chain throughout this process. In our commitment to conduct our business worldwide with respect for human rights, we:
• | expect our direct suppliers to source materials from suppliers and smelters who also source responsibly, including, but not limited to, from legitimate, conflict-free mines in the DRC region; |
• | expect our direct suppliers to conduct the necessary due diligence and provide us with proper verification of the country of origin and source of the materials used in the products they supply to TASER; and |
• | reserve the right to verify information received from our suppliers. |
Based on the information learned through our continued due diligence efforts, we hope to make important progress toward ensuring responsible mineral sourcing throughout our supply chain, and improved transparency for our investors and customers.
TASER's Conflict Mineral Program
The Company's continuous engagement and accountability is leading to better data that will allow management to make meaningful decisions with respect to the Company's supply chain. While the majority of conflict minerals contained in the materials supplied to the Company are sourced by our suppliers through smelters or refiners ("SORs") in countries that the Company has determined to be of lower risk of directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed groups, the Company acknowledges that mineral supplies may still be sourced by our suppliers from SORs in Central Africa. The Company is determined to continue making efforts to understand whether the SORs its suppliers source from in Central Africa have been certified as conflict-free. The results of the Company's 2015 conflict mineral program have improved over those achieved during the 2014 program, but the Company acknowledges that further due diligence and supply chain measures can be taken to further reduce the potential for sourcing of minerals that could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC region.
TASER hardware products contain one or more conflict minerals and are within the Rule’s scope. On the basis of our “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (“RCOI”) required by the Rule and described below, we cannot exclude the possibility that some of the conflict minerals contained in our hardware products may have originated in the DRC region. For that reason, we are submitting this Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”), which describes the conflict minerals due diligence we have performed pursuant to the Rule.
This CMR, which includes sections titled Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry, Design of Due Diligence Framework, Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed, and Future Due Diligence Measures, is designed to meet the reporting requirements of the Rule. It is publicly available on our investor relations website at www.investor.taser.com.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
The Company's RCOI corresponds to the first and second steps of the five-step OECD Guidance, as that Guidance (including its Supplements) applies to each of the conflict minerals and to TASER as a “downstream company.” The OECD Guidance provides a framework for detailed due diligence to support responsible global supply chain management of minerals, including the conflict minerals.
As a direct manufacturer, the Company does not directly source conflict minerals. We source products and components from direct suppliers, which source materials from their subtier suppliers. Our supply chain is extensive and complex with many layers of suppliers positioned between ourselves and conflict mineral smelters, refiners, and mines. Due to our extended supply chain, we rely on our direct suppliers to provide us with information concerning the sources and chains of custody of conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our hardware products.
The charts below highlight the progress of the Company's RCOI, including the number of identified direct suppliers that participated in the Company's conflict minerals campaigns versus those who did not, as well as the status of known SORs that have been certified as conflict-free versus those that have not received such certification:
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or the 2015 reporting period, the Company identified 73 direct suppliers determined to be in-scope for regulatory purposes based on the Company’s influence over the manufacturing process (i.e., meeting the manufacture or contract to manufacture criteria in Rule 13p-1) and the use of conflict minerals in materials supplied. Based on response rates received from direct suppliers, the Company identified 335 known SORs of conflict minerals contained in our products, and of those, 66% were certified as being conflict-free. The Company remains focused on its due diligence efforts in 2016 to work with our direct suppliers to verify the remaining SORs supplying conflict minerals contained in our products, and if not, considering whether to remove them from our supply chain.The following table illustrates the status of known SORs that had certain of the conflict minerals certified as conflict-free:
Status of known smelters or refiners | 2015 | % of Total | ||||
Certified conflict-free | 222 | 66 | % | |||
Not certified conflict-free | 113 | 34 | ||||
Total | 335 | 100 | % | |||
The table below illustrates the SORs that were certified as conflict-free, by type of conflict mineral, as a percentage of total known SORs:
Status of known smelters or refiners | 2015 | % of Total | |||
Tantalum | 82 of 135 | 82 | % | ||
Gold | 43 of 51 | 43 | |||
Tin | 60 of 111 | 60 | |||
Tungsten | 40 of 58 | 40 | |||
Total (a) | 225 of 335 | 67 | % | ||
(a) While most SORs in the Company's supply chain source only one of the conflict minerals, the Company identified three known SORs that obtained certifications for two conflict minerals. This explains the discrepancy between the 222 SORs that were certified as conflict-free in the proceeding table versus the SORs certified by type of material above.
During the due diligence process, the Company identified 29 SORs with indications of DRC region sourcing. The following table illustrates the certification status of these SORs:
Status of known smelters or refiners in DRC Region | 2015 | % of Total | ||||
Certified conflict-free | 28 | 93 | % | |||
Not certified conflict-free | 2 | 7 | ||||
Total (a) | 30 | 100 | % | |||
(a) One of the known SORs within the Company's supply chain was certified conflict-free for tantalum, but had not received a certification nor was known to be in process of obtaining a certification for tungsten.
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Design of Due Diligence Framework
Inherent Limitations on Due Diligence Measures: As a downstream purchaser of products which contain conflict minerals, the Company's due diligence measures can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals. The Company's due diligence processes are based on the necessity of seeking data from our direct suppliers and those suppliers seeking similar information within their supply chains to identify the original sources of the necessary conflict minerals. The Company also relies, to a large extent, on information collected and provided by independent third party audit programs. Another complicating factor is the unavailability of country of origin and chain of custody information from our suppliers on a continuous, real-time basis. Under the Dodd-Frank Act and the Rule, a product is "DRC conflict free" if it meets the required standard every day of the reporting year; conversely, a product would "not be found to be DRC conflict free" if it does not meet the required standard even one day of the reporting year. The supply chain of commodities such as conflict minerals is a multi-step process operating more or less on a daily basis, with ore being delivered to SORs, with SORs smelting or refining ores into metal containing derivatives such as ingots, with the derivatives being shipped, sold and stored in numerous market locations around the world and with distributors and purchasers holding varying amounts of the derivatives in inventory for use. Since the Company does not have direct contractual relationships with SORs, it relies on our direct suppliers and the entire supply-chain to gather and provide specific information about the date when the ore is smelted into a derivative and later shipped, stored, sold and first entered the stream of commerce. the Company directly seeks sourcing data on a periodic basis from its direct suppliers as well as certain SORs. the Company asks that the data cover the entire reporting year.
The good faith due diligence process that TASER undertook was designed in accordance with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") which provides practical guidance to companies throughout the supply chain on a set of actions that can be taken to ensure responsible due diligence. Aligning with the OECD’s diligence framework, the steps that TASER implemented were as follows:
Step 1: Establish Strong Corporate Management Systems
• | Assign accountability for the compliance efforts to a cross-functional team of legal, supply chain, engineering and finance personnel, and meet periodically throughout the year to develop a strategy for the annual conflict minerals campaign. |
• | Employ a supply chain system of controls and transparency through the use of due diligence tools created by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition ("EICC") and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative ("GeSI")'s Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative ("CFSI"), which includes the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template ("CMRT"), a supply chain survey designed to identify the SORs that process the necessary conflict minerals contained in our products. |
• | Feature requirements related to conflict minerals in our standard template for supplier contracts and specifications so that current and future suppliers are obligated to comply with our policies on conflict minerals, including participation in a supply chain survey and related due diligence activities. |
• | Maintain records relating to our conflict minerals program in accordance with our record retention guidelines. |
Step 2: Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain
• | Identify direct suppliers that supply products that may contain conflict minerals. |
• | Conduct a ROCI, requesting direct suppliers to identify SORs and country of origin of the conflict minerals in products they supply to TASER. |
• | Evaluate supplier responses for plausibility, consistency and missing data. Conduct additional supplier contacts to resolve questions with respect to the initial findings to determine whether the responses were reasonable and reliable. |
• | For those supply chains with SORs that are known or thought to be sourcing from the DRC region, additional investigation was conducted to determine the source and chain of custody of covered metals. The Company relies on the following internationally accepted audit standards to determine which SORs are considered conflict-free: the CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program, the London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery Program and the Responsible Jewelry Council Chain-of-Custody Certification program. |
• | If any SOR was not certified by these internationally-recognized methods, the Company attempted to contact the SOR to gain more information about its sourcing practices, including countries of origin and transfer, and whether there are any internal due diligence procedures in place or other processes that it takes take to track the chain of custody on the source of its mineral ores. Relevant information to review includes: whether the SOR has a documented, effective and communicated conflict-free policy, an accounting system to support a mass balance of materials processed, and traceability documentation. The Company also performed Internet research to determine whether there are any outside sources of |
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information regarding the SOR’s sourcing practices. As many as three contact attempts were made to direct suppliers to gather information on mine country of origin and sourcing practices.
Step 3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
• | Work with our direct suppliers to verify all SORs, and attempt to ensure that any SORs that were not already certified as conflict-free would enroll in a third-party audit process. |
• | Identify and consider, to the extent feasible, alternative suppliers for materials were the supplier is uncooperative towards our goal of responsibly sourcing conflict minerals. |
• | Provide progress reports to our President and other senior management summarizing our risk mitigation efforts. |
Step 4: Third-party Audit of Smelter’s/Refiner’s Due Diligence Processes
• | Based on information received through the CFSP or equivalent independent third-party audit programs, as well as a third-party review of publicly available information about identified SORs, TASER has documented the country of origin information of particular known SORs. The CFSP collects evidence from SORs demonstrating that responsible sourcing procedures and systems have been implemented. The CFSP works with complementary programs in Central Africa to validate conflict-free mine sites and trade routes. Regional traceability and other third-party programs work with non-governmental organizations, government programs, and the CFSP to improve procedures and systems when incidents occur, and they communicate relevant information to program participants as it becomes available. The Company believes that independent third-party audit programs provide a reasonable basis for companies to conclude that SORs have procedures and systems for determining if the SORs process conflict minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups. |
Step 5: Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence
• | Publicly communicate our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy on our company website www.investor.taser.com. |
• | Publicly communicate the results of our annual Conflict Minerals program on our company website www.investor.taser.com. |
Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed
Below is a description of the measures the Company performed for the 2015 reporting period to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals contained in our products that we had reason to believe may have originated from the DRC region and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources:
• | Conducted a supply-chain survey of suppliers that we identified may be supplying TASER with products that contain necessary conflict minerals using the CFSI's CMRT, requesting country of origin information regarding the necessary conflict minerals and identification of SORs that process such minerals. |
• | Received and retained responses to the supply-chain survey within an online database. |
• | Performed as many as three additional follow up supply chain surveys for supplier non-responses. |
• | Contacted surveyed suppliers on responses to supply chain surveys that we identified contained incomplete or potentially inaccurate information to seek additional clarifying information. |
• | Compared SORs identified by the supply chain survey against the list of facilities that have received a "conflict free" designation from the CFSP or other independent third-party audit program. |
• | Performed risk mitigation efforts with suppliers we identified to be not in conformity with our Conflict Minerals Sourcing Policy and contractual requirements by working with them to bring them into compliance. |
• | Provided progress reports to the President and other members of senior management to communicate the status and results of our conflict minerals program. |
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Future Due Diligence Measures
During the reporting period for the calendar year ending December 31, 2016, we are continuing to engage in the activities described above in "Design of Due Diligence Framework" and "Description of Due Diligence Measures Performed." In our efforts to attain a conflict free supply chain for our products, we intend to continue to contact SORs identified in our supply chain survey process that have not yet received a "conflict free" designation and request their participation in the CFSP or other independent third party audit program in order for them to obtain such a "conflict free" designation. Further the Company intends to advance its due diligence measures but also to mitigate and address certain risks by performing the following:
• | redistribute copies of our conflict minerals policy to direct suppliers; |
• | emphasize the them our expectation that they respond fully and promply to our information requests; |
• | instruct them to advise us if they determine that any person or entity in their supply chain is directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed groups in the Covered Countries; and |
• | encourage them to direct all SORs in their supply chains to participate in the CFSP or a similar third-party audit program. |
Determination
Based on the information provided by the Company’s direct suppliers, and the Company's own due diligence efforts with known SORs through December 31, 2015, the Company believes that the SORs listed on Appendix A below may have been used to process the conflict minerals in TASER's products.
Based on these due diligence efforts, TASER does not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of the conflict minerals in its products or whether such conflict minerals in its products are from recycled or scrap sources. However, based on the information provided by the Company’s direct suppliers, and SORs, as well as from the CFSI and other sources, the Company believes that the countries of origin of the conflict minerals contained in its products include the countries listed in Appendix B below, as well as recycled and scrap sources.
Of the 335 SORs of conflict minerals identified for calendar year 2015, 29 SORs were identified as sources of conflict minerals from the DRC region. Of these 29, 28 were determined CFSP-compliant, with one of the 28 being certified for certain, but not all, conflict minerals sourced. Two SORs have not yet taken steps to prepare for a third-party audit for all or certain of their conflict minerals. We do not yet have complete information about the conflict minerals in our supply chain. However, to date we have not found any indication that any of our conflict minerals are from sources that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups.
TASER has provided information as of the date of this Report. Subsequent events, such as the inability or unwillingness of any suppliers, SORs to comply with the Company's conflict minerals standards, may affect the Company's future determinations under Rule 13p-1.
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Appendix A
* Denotes SORs which have received a "conflict free" designation from an independent third party audit program.
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country location of Smelter or Refiner |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | United States |
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO | Kazakhstan |
Gold | Al Etihad Gold | United Arab Emirates |
Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. * | Germany |
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) * | Uzbekistan |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração * | Brazil |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA * | Switzerland |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corporation * | Japan |
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Limited * | Canada |
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. * | United States |
Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | Turkey |
Gold | Aurubis AG * | Germany |
Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) * | Philippines |
Gold | Bauer Walser AG | Germany |
Gold | Boliden AB * | Sweden |
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG * | Germany |
Gold | Caridad | Mexico |
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation * | Canada |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. * | Italy |
Gold | Chugai Mining | Japan |
Gold | Codelco | Chile |
Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | South Korea |
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | China |
Gold | DODUCO GmbH * | Germany |
Gold | Dowa | Canada |
Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | South Korea |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Eldorado Gold Corporation | Canada |
Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC * | United States |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | United Arab Emirates |
Gold | ESG Edelmetall-Service GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A. | Italy |
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | Zimbabwe |
Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd | China |
Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | United States |
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | China |
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH * | Germany |
Gold | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong * | China |
Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG * | Germany |
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd | South Korea |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited * | China |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery * | Turkey |
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Gold | Japan Mint * | Japan |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited * | China |
Gold | Jinlong Copper Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant * | Russia |
Gold | JSC Uralelectromed * | Russia |
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | United Arab Emirates |
Gold | Kazakhmys plc | Kazakhstan |
Gold | Kazzinc * | Kazakhstan |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC * | United States |
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna | Poland |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Korea Metal Co. Ltd | South Korea |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. | South Korea |
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC * | Kyrgyzstan |
Gold | L' azurde Company For Jewelry | Saudi Arabia |
Gold | Lingbao Gold Company Ltd. | China |
Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd. | China |
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. * | South Korea |
Gold | Luo yang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd | China |
Gold | Materion * | United States |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. * | China |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. * | Singapore |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Co Ltd | China |
Gold | Metalor Technologies SA * | Switzerland |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation * | United States |
Gold | METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V * | Mexico |
Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation * | Japan |
Gold | Mitsui Mining & Smelting * | Japan |
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. * | India |
Gold | Morris and Watson | New Zealand |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant * | Russia |
Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. * | Turkey |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat * | Uzbekistan |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Ögussa Österreichische 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) * | Russia |
Gold | OJSC Kolyma Refinery | Russia |
Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery * | Russia |
Gold | PAMP SA * | Switzerland |
Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd | China |
Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals * | Russia |
Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk * | Indonesia |
Gold | PX PrŽcinox SA * | Switzerland |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. * | South Africa |
Gold | Republic Metals Corporation * | United States |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint * | Canada |
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | United States |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | South Korea |
Gold | SAMWON METALS Corp. | South Korea |
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. * | Netherlands |
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Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA * | Spain |
Gold | Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. * | China |
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 * | Russia |
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. * | Taiwan |
Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | Sudan |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. | Taiwan |
Gold | T.C.A S.p.A * | Italy |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. * | Japan |
Gold | The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China * | China |
Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. * | China |
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | TongLing Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Torecom | South Korea |
Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. * | Brazil |
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand * | Thailand |
Gold | Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining * | Belgium |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. * | United States |
Gold | Valcambi SA * | Switzerland |
Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint * | Australia |
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Yantai Guodasafina High-tech Environmental Refinery CO., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd | China |
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation * | China |
Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery | China |
Tantalum | AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group | United States |
Tantalum | Avon Specialty Metals Ltd | United Kingdom |
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry * | China |
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 | Gannon & Scott | United States |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu * | Japan |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown * | United States |
Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tantalum | Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch | China |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. * | Thailand |
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 Inc. * | United States |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. * | Japan |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG * | Germany |
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. * | China |
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Tantalum | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. * | United States |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium 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 | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals * | United States |
Tantalum | Kemet Blue Powder * | United States |
Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. * | China |
Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. * | Brazil |
Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. * | India |
Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A. | Brazil |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining & Smelting * | Japan |
Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S. * | Estonia |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tantalum | Nippon Mining & Metals Co. Ltd. | Japan |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen * | Austria |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte * | Austria |
Tantalum | QuantumClean * | United States |
Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | Brazil |
Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO * | Russia |
Tantalum | Taki Chemicals * | Japan |
Tantalum | Telex Metals * | United States |
Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc. * | United States |
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC * | Kazakhstan |
Tantalum | XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide * | China |
Tin | Alpha * | United States |
Tin | An Thai Minerals Company Limited * | Vietnam |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | Vietnam |
Tin | Best Metais e Soldas SA | Brazil |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. | China |
Tin | Colonial Metals, Inc | United States |
Tin | Complejo Metalurgico Vinto S.A. | Bolivia |
Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. * | Brazil |
Tin | CSC Pure Technologies | Russia |
Tin | CV Ayi Jaya * | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Duta Putra Bangka | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Gita Pesona * | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Prima Timah Utama | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai * | Indonesia |
Tin | CV United Smelting * | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa * | Indonesia |
Tin | Dowa * | Canada |
Tin | Electroloy Metal Pte | Singapore |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | Vietnam |
Tin | Elmet S.A. de C.V. | Mexico |
Tin | Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group) * | Spain |
Tin | EM Vinto * | Bolivia |
Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | Brazil |
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Tin | Feinhutte Halsbrucke GmbH | Germany |
Tin | Fenix Metals * | Poland |
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 Zi-Li | China |
Tin | Heraeus Materials Technology GmbH & Co. KG | Singapore |
Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd | China |
Tin | Hyundai-Steel | South Korea |
Tin | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tin | Jean Goldschmidt International SA | Belgium |
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tin | Koki Products Co., Ltd. | Thailand |
Tin | Kovohutě Příbram | Czech Republic |
Tin | Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co | China |
Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. * | Brazil |
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) * | Malaysia |
Tin | Materials Eco-Refining CO.,LTD | Japan |
Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S/A * | Brazil |
Tin | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | Malaysia |
Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. * | United States |
Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. * | Belgium |
Tin | Metalor Technologies SA | Switzerland |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | Brazil |
Tin | Minsur * | Peru |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation * | Japan |
Tin | Mitsui Mining & Smelting | Japan |
Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Vietnam |
Tin | Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works | Russia |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. * | Thailand |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. * | Philippines |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. * | Bolivia |
Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd | Rwanda |
Tin | POSCO | South Korea |
Tin | PT Alam Lestari Kencana | Indonesia |
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 Bangka Kudai Tin | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari * | 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 Fang Di MulTindo | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Justindo * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Karimun Mining | Indonesia |
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Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Seirama Tin investment | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Tommy Utama * | Indonesia |
Tin | PT WAHANA PERKIT JAYA * | Indonesia |
Tin | Pure Technology | Russia |
Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | Ritchey Metals | United States |
Tin | Rui Da Hung * | Taiwan |
Tin | Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Bolivia |
Tin | SGS | Bolivia |
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. * | Brazil |
Tin | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tin | Thaisarco * | Thailand |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Vietnam |
Tin | Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | Belgium |
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC * | Vietnam |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. * | Brazil |
Tin | Xianghualing Tin Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd. * | China |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited * | China |
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. * | Japan |
Tungsten | Air Products | United States |
Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. * | Vietnam |
Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Exotech Inc. | United States |
Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products 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 | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. * | United States |
Tungsten | Golden Egret Special Alloy Co. Ltd | China |
Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH * | Germany |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG * | Germany |
Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji * | China |
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Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin * | China |
Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC * | Russia |
Tungsten | Izawa Metal Co., Ltd | Japan |
Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. * | Japan |
Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products 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 | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon * | United States |
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville * | United States |
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Materion | United States |
Tungsten | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan |
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC * | United States |
Tungsten | North American Tungsten | Canada |
Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC * | Vietnam |
Tungsten | Pobedit, JSC * | Russia |
Tungsten | Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. * | Vietnam |
Tungsten | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tungsten | Tamano Smelter, Hibi Kyodo Smelting Co., Ltd | Japan |
Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. * | Vietnam |
Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. * | Vietnam |
Tungsten | Voss Metals Company, Inc. | United States |
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG * | Austria |
Tungsten | Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Industry Co.Ltd | China |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. * | China |
Tungsten | Zhangyuan Tungsten Co.,Ltd | China |
Tungsten | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide | China |
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APPENDIX B
Argentina | Mozambique |
Armenia | Myanmar |
Australia | Namibia |
Austria | Netherlands |
Belarus | Niger |
Belgium | Nigeria |
Bolivia | Papua New Guinea |
Brazil | Peru |
Burundi | Philippines |
Canada | Poland |
Chile | Portugal |
China | Romania |
DRC- Congo (Kinshasa) | Russia |
Estonia | Rwanda |
Ethiopia | Saudi Arabia |
France | Sierra Leone |
Germany | Singapore |
Ghana | South Africa |
Greece | South Korea |
Guinea | Spain |
Guyana | Suriname |
Hong Kong | Sweden |
India | Switzerland |
Indonesia | Taiwan |
Italy | Tajikistan |
Japan | Tanzania |
Jersey | Thailand |
Kazakhstan | Turkey |
Kyrgyzstan | United Arab Emirates |
Laos | United Kingdom |
Malaysia | United States |
Mali | Uzbekistan |
Mexico | Vietnam |
Mongolia | Zambia |
Morocco | Zimbabwe |
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