EX-1.01 2 atec-ex101_6.htm EX-1.01 atec-ex101_6.htm

 

Exhibit 1.01

 

ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

1.

Introduction

This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (“Alphatec,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) and Form SD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 (the “Reporting Period”). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in the Rule and Form SD and the reader is referred to those sources and to SEC Release No. 34-67716, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 22, 2012, for such definitions.

The Rule requires us to disclose annually whether any products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period contain certain, specified minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of the products and whether those specified minerals, if found necessary, originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any adjoining country (each a “Covered Country” and collectively, the “Covered Countries”). The specific minerals at issue are cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (collectively, “Conflict Minerals”). If any of these Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries, we are also required under the Rule to submit this Report, which describes the due diligence we performed in an effort to determine the source and chain of custody of those Conflict Minerals, among other things.

After conducting our reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), briefly described below, we know or have reason to believe that some of our products manufactured or contracted for manufacture during the Reporting Period contain necessary Conflict Minerals that originated, or that may have originated, in the Covered Countries and that they are not or may not be from recycled or scrap sources. Accordingly, we conducted due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those necessary Conflict Minerals that originated in the Covered Countries for the Reporting Period.

Certain statements in this Report contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include expectations concerning the Company’s future actions to engage suppliers, to identify to the extent possible the source of Conflict Minerals in its products and to take other actions regarding its product sourcing. The Company’s actual actions or results may differ materially from those expected or anticipated in the forward-looking statements due to both known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, decisions to make changes in the Company’s continual improvement efforts and delays or difficulties in engaging suppliers and identifying the source of Conflict Minerals contained in the Company’s products.

This Report has not been audited, nor is an independent private sector audit required for this Report under the Rule, the SEC partial stay of the Rule or existing SEC guidance and instruction.

2.

Company Overview

We are a medical technology company focused on the design, development and promotion of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders. Our mission is to revolutionize the approach to spine surgery.  We have a broad product portfolio and pipeline that are designed to address the cervical, thoracolumbar and intervertebral regions of the spine and cover a variety of spinal disorders and surgical procedures. Our principal product offerings are focused on the U.S. market for fusion-based spinal disorder solutions. We believe that our products and systems are attractive to surgeons and patients due to innovative features and benefits that are designed to simplify surgical procedures for the surgeon and improve patient outcomes.


We are a Delaware corporation. We were incorporated in March 2005. Our principal executive office is located at 5818 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, California 92008 and our telephone number is (760) 431-9286. Our Internet address is www.atecspine.com. 

3.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

We determined after review that necessary Conflict Minerals were contained in certain of our products during the Reporting Period. This determination was made due to the anticipated presence of such minerals in parts obtained from suppliers, either contract manufacturers or original equipment manufacturers, or from utilization of conflict minerals in manufacturing processes employed by our suppliers. Because of this determination, we conducted a RCOI, which was designed to determine whether any of the necessary Conflict Minerals in our products originated or may have originated in a Covered Country or came from recycled or scrap sources.

For the Reporting Period, we used our sourcing and procurement data and internal inquiries to identify forty-eight (48) suppliers who supplied us necessary Conflict Minerals during the Reporting Period. We contacted each of these suppliers and asked them to provide information on (1) the Conflict Minerals contained in each of the products manufactured for us by that supplier and (2) the source of the Conflict Minerals, including smelter/refinery information and location of mines. Each supplier was asked to complete the most current Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (the “CFSI”).

We received CMRT responses from forty-three (43) of the suppliers who supplied us necessary Conflict Minerals during the Reporting Period. Based on those responses, we determined that Conflict Minerals present in certain of our products, as well as Conflict Minerals utilized in the production of certain of our product parts, may have originated in the Covered Countries and were not from scrap or recycled sources. Accordingly, in accordance with the Rule, we performed due diligence in an effort to determine the source and chain of custody of these necessary Conflict Minerals.

4.

Due Diligence

We are several levels removed from the actual mining of Conflict Minerals. We do not make purchases of raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals, and we make no direct purchases of materials from third parties located in the Covered Countries. Because of our position in the supply chain, we  designed our due diligence framework in conformity with, in all material respects, the most current criteria and five-step framework set forth in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition, and related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold (collectively, “OECD Guidance”), specifically as it relates to our position in the minerals supply chain as a “downstream” purchaser.  In this regard, we must rely on our suppliers to provide information regarding the country of origin and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals included in products covered by the Rule.  

In conformity with the OECD Guidance, below is a description of the measures we performed for the 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 Covered Countries and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources.

OECD Step 1:  Establish Strong Company Management Systems

 

We are committed to compliance with Conflict Minerals legislation and have implemented appropriate due-diligence processes to meet our obligations. We continued to review and assess our Conflict Minerals processes to ensure that we conduct all of our operations and activities in compliance with applicable Conflict Minerals legislation.

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We maintained a risk management plan that includes due diligence reviews of suppliers, smelters and refiners which we identified may be sourcing or processing Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries and which may not be from recycled or scrap sources.

 

We maintained an internal Conflict Minerals taskforce with cross functional team members and executives, to facilitate communication and supplier engagement, conduct due diligence compliance process and measurement, keep records and implement our risk management plan.

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

 

We compiled a list of all suppliers who provide components that are used in the manufacturing of all Alphatec products.

 

We stratified the supplier list by the commodity type provided by each given supplier.

 

We excluded from the supplier list commodity types for which there is no risk of the use of Conflict Minerals.

 

We actively surveyed the remaining suppliers by submitting the CFSI CMRT and utilizing reasonable means to obtain self-declarations identifying the minerals used in the manufacture of products, the origin of any Conflict Minerals used, where applicable, included in the product(s) provided to Alphatec.

 

Where necessary, we followed up with those direct suppliers contacted to obtain additional information and/or responses to supply chain survey template that we identified contained incomplete or potentially inaccurate information to seek additional clarifying information.

 

We used the CMRT to review our direct suppliers’ due diligence activities, such as whether they had a Conflict Minerals policy, required their own suppliers to source from processing facilities validated by an independent audit firm, and implemented a review process that includes corrective action management.

 

We used the CMRT to identify Conflict Minerals processing facilities if reported in our supply chain by direct suppliers.

 

We determined if the processing facilities adhere to responsible sourcing practices by cross-checking with the list of Conflict Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”) compliant processing facilities.

 

We obtained countries of origin (when available) for CFSP-compliant processing facilities by relying on information provided by our direct suppliers and other public data sources.

OECD Step 3:  Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Risk

 

We reported information on the source and chain of custody of Conflict Minerals in our supply chain to our Conflict Minerals working team and Conflicts Mineral taskforce on a regular basis.

 

We maintained a Conflict Minerals risk management plan that sets forth direct supplier-risk management strategies ranging from continued procurement to disengagement.

 

We provided formal and informal continuing education and training to members of our Conflict Minerals taskforce and our other employees who are involved with Conflict Minerals and suppliers.

OECD Step 4:  Third-Party Audit of Smelter/Refiner’s Due Diligence Practices

 

Because we do not source directly from processing facilities, we rely on the publicly-available results of the CFSP, London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) and Responsible Jewellery Council (“RJC”) third-party audits to validate the responsible sourcing practices of processing facilities in our supply chain.

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The CFSI recognizes processing facilities as CFSP-compliant through validations conducted by the LBMA and RJC.

OECD Step 5:  Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

We file a Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC on an annual basis. Our Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report are also available on our website.

5.

Results of Good Faith RCOI and Due Diligence Process

Based on the information obtained pursuant to the good faith RCOI and due diligence processes described above, for the Reporting Period, we do not have sufficient information with respect to the Conflict Minerals to determine the country of origin of all of the Conflict Minerals we use to manufacture the our subject products and thus are unable to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and, if so, whether the Conflict Minerals were from recycled or scrap sources or financed conflict in the Covered Countries.

Our inability to reach specific and verifiable conclusions as to the products containing or utilizing Conflict Minerals, despite our efforts, primarily resulted from the following challenges or complicating factors.

 

We are dependent on information received from our direct suppliers to conduct our good faith RCOI process.

 

We have a varied supplier base with differing levels of resources and sophistication, and many of our suppliers are not themselves subject to the Rule.

 

The information our suppliers provided was often incomplete and required significant follow-up.  Nevertheless, each supplier response was evaluated and, where possible, validated to determine sufficiency, accuracy or completeness of its response.  For each supplier response, we subsequently assessed whether the Conflict Minerals identified, or those Conflict Minerals that may not have been identified, were consistent with the nature and characteristics of the manufactured product or supplied part. For each supplier response that was insufficient, potentially inaccurate or incomplete, we contacted that supplier for follow up, sometimes contacting certain suppliers on multiple occasions.  When a supplier EICC-GeSI response stated that Conflict Minerals were sourced from the Covered Countries and identified the smelter involved, we endeavored to verify whether the smelter referenced by the supplier was identified on the EICC-GeSI Conflict Free Smelter List.  If a supplier stated that Conflict Minerals in its product were not sourced from the Covered Countries but did not substantiate that information, we proceeded to verify that supplier response.  Typically, verification involved a more detailed review of the supplier’s smelter response and, where possible, discussion with the supplier.  If a supplier's response could not be validated through details provided with regard to the smelter and/or smelters involved, then the supplier response in question was determined to be uncertain or unknown relative to the question of sourcing of raw material and was reflected as such in the Company’s EICC-GeSI template summary.

 

Suppliers provided responses at a company or divisional level, and not at a product level specific to the materials and components we use in the identified products.

 

As a downstream purchaser of Conflict Minerals, our due diligence measures can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary Conflict Minerals.  Our 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.  Our ability to influence cooperation from certain suppliers was limited when our use of these suppliers was mandated by our customers or when we were multiple tiers away from the smelter in the supply chain.

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We rely, to a large extent, on information collected and provided by independent third party audit programs.  Such sources of information may yield inaccurate or incomplete information and may be subject to fraud.

 

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 smelters and refiners, with smelters and refiners 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 we do not have direct contractual relationships with smelters and refiners, we rely on our direct suppliers 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. We directly seek sourcing data on a periodic basis from our direct suppliers as well as certain smelters and refiners.  We ask that the data cover the entire reporting year, and we seek to use contract provisions requiring the suppliers to promptly update us in the event that the sourcing data changes.

As a result, we have not been able to identify or verify all of the smelters from which our suppliers sourced the Conflict Minerals. For the Conflict Minerals which we were able to identify information about the smelter, we have noted that some of the smelters are currently on the conflict free smelters list published by the CFSI.  

Set forth below in Annex I is the list of known smelters we identified through our good faith RCOI and related due diligence.

Despite our good faith, reasonable country of origin inquiries, due to the number of suppliers for which we have not received confirmed responses from for all of our questions regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary Conflict Minerals in our Products, we currently have not obtained sufficient information from all of our suppliers to determine the origin, name and location of the facilities used to process all of the necessary Conflict Minerals.

 

Despite the foregoing conclusion, we undertook and continue to undertake the due diligence measures and procedures to attempt to determine the applicable facilities and countries of origin for the necessary Conflict Minerals for the Products, including making numerous follow up inquiries of the applicable suppliers who were nonresponsive and/or who indicated to us that they were still attempting to independently determine the smelter or source of the Conflict Minerals obtained by such suppliers.

6.

Risk Mitigation

We are committed to complying with the provisions of the Rule and Form SD and expect to continue our efforts to improve our conflict minerals program and related due diligence. Our supply chain management next steps may include, but are not limited to the following:

 

 

continue to work with suppliers that provided incomplete responses or that did not provide responses for 2019 to help ensure that they provide requested information for 2020;

 

continue to request information and supporting data from each supplier manufacturing products for Alphatec that are subject to reporting requirements by utilizing any revised CMRT; and will pursue a completed template response that identifies material down to the smelter and mine;

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continue to refine our Conflict Minerals risk management strategy based on the results of our due diligence on products manufactured and procured in 2019;

 

continue our due diligence process to review and validate supplier responses that are obtained in support of our Conflict Minerals reporting; and

 

provide continuing education and training to members of our Conflict Minerals taskforce and our other employees who are involved with Conflict Minerals and suppliers.


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Annex I

 

Gold

8853 S.p.A.

ITALY

Tungsten

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

JAPAN

Tungsten

ACL Metais Eireli

BRAZIL

Gold

Advanced Chemical Company

U.S.A.

Gold

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Al Etihad Gold LLC

U.A.E.

Gold

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

GERMANY

Gold

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

UZBEKISTAN

Tin

Alpha Metals Korea Ltd.

U.S.A.

Tin

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

VIET NAM

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 U.S.A Inc.

U.S.A.

Gold

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tantalum

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

TURKEY

Tungsten

ATI Tungsten Materials

U.S.A.

Gold

AU Traders and Refiners

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold

Aurubis AG

GERMANY

Gold

Bangalore Refinery

INDIA

Gold

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

PHILIPPINES

Gold

Boliden AB

SWEDEN

Gold

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

GERMANY

Gold

Caridad

MEXICO

Gold

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

CANADA

Gold

Cendres + Métaux S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Tungsten

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Chenzhou Yun Xiang Mining LLC

CHINA

Tin

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Chimet S.p.A.

ITALY

Tin

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Chugai Mining

JAPAN

Tantalum

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

CHINA

Tin

Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tin

CV Ayi Jaya

INDONESIA

Tin

CV Dua Sekawan

INDONESIA

Tin

CV Gita Pesona

INDONESIA

Tin

CV United Smelting

INDONESIA

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Tin

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

Tantalum

D Block Metals, LLC

U.S.A.

Gold

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

SOUTH KOREA

Gold

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

GERMANY

Gold

Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC

U.A.E.

Gold

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH

GERMANY

Tin

Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Dowa

JAPAN

Tin

Dowa

JAPAN

Gold

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

SOUTH KOREA

Gold

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

SOUTH KOREA

Tantalum

Duoluoshan

CHINA

Gold

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tin

EM Vinto

BOLIVIA

Gold

Emirates Gold DMCC

U.A.E.

Tin

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.

BRAZIL

Tantalum

Exotech Inc.

U.S.A.

Tantalum

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Fenix Metals

POLAND

Tantalum

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Fujairah Gold FZE

CHINA

Tungsten

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products 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

Gold

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

INDIA

Gold

Geib Refining Corporation

U.S.A.

Tin

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

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

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

JAPAN

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

U.S.A.

Tungsten

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

U.S.A.

Gold

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

CHINA

Tin

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

CHINA

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Tantalum

Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Guangdong Sheng

CHINA

Tungsten

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

CHINA

Gold

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

CHINA

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

THAILAND

Tungsten

H.C. Starck GmbH

GERMANY

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

GERMANY

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Inc.

U.S.A.

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Ltd.

JAPAN

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANY

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANY

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

GERMANY

Gold

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

HeeSung

CHINA

Gold

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

GERMANY

Tantalum

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANY

Tantalum

Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.

U.S.A.

Tin

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

CHINA

Tungsten

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Hydrometallurg, JSC

RUSSIAN FED.

Gold

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

CHINA

Gold

International Precious Metal Refiners

U.A.E.

Gold

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Istanbul Gold Refinery

TURKEY

Gold

Italpreziosi

ITALY

Gold

Japan Mint

JAPAN

Tungsten

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tungsten

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

CHINA

Gold

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

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Tungsten

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

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

CHINA

Tin

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

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

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

JSC Uralelectromed

RUSSIAN FED.

Gold

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

Kazzinc

KAZAKHSTAN

Tantalum

KEMET Blue Metals

MEXICO

Tantalum

KEMET Blue Powder

U.S.A.

Tungsten

Kennametal Fallon

U.S.A.

Gold

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

U.S.A.

Gold

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

POLAND

Tantalum

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

SOUTH KOREA

Gold

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

KYRGYZSTAN

Gold

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

RUSSIAN FED.

Gold

L'azurde Company For Jewelry

SAUDI ARABIA

Gold

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

L'Orfebre S.A.

ANDORRA

Tantalum

LSM Brasil S.A.

BRAZIL

Gold

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

SOUTH KOREA

Gold

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

MALAYSIA

Tungsten

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Marsam Metals

BRAZIL

Gold

Materion

U.S.A.

Gold

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tin

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

BRAZIL

Tin

Metallic Resources, Inc.

U.S.A.

Tin

Metallo Belgium N.V.

BELGIUM

Tin

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

SPAIN

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Tantalum

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

INDIA

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 U.S.A Refining Corporation

U.S.A.

Gold

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

MEXICO

Tin

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

BRAZIL

Tantalum

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

BRAZIL

Tin

Minsur

PERU

Gold

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

JAPAN

Tin

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

JAPAN

Tantalum

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

INDIA

Tin

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

MALAYSIA

Tungsten

Moliren Ltd

RUSSIAN FED.

Gold

Morris and Watson

NEW ZEALAND

Gold

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

AUSTRALIA

Gold

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

RUSSIAN FED.

Gold

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

TURKEY

Gold

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

UZBEKISTAN

Tin

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

VIET NAM

Gold

NH Recytech Company

SOUTH KOREA

Tungsten

Niagara Refining LLC

U.S.A.

Gold

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tantalum

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

NPM Silmet AS

ESTONIA

Tungsten

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

VIET NAM

Tin

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

THAILAND

Tin

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

PHILIPPINES

Gold

Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

AUSTRIA

Gold

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

OJSC Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals (Krastsvetmet)

RUSSIAN FED.

Gold

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

RUSSIAN FED.

Tin

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

BOLIVIA

Gold

PAMP S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Pease & Curren

U.S.A.

Gold

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

PHILIPPINES

Gold

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

CHILE

Tin

Pongpipat Company Limited

MYANMAR

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Tantalum

Power Resources Ltd.

MACEDONIA

Gold

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

RUSSIAN FED.

Gold

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

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 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 DS Jaya Abadi

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Eunindo U.S.Aha Mandiri

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Inti Stania Prima

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Karimun Mining

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Mitra Stania Prima

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 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 Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Tinindo Inter NU.S.A

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Tommy Utama

INDONESIA

Gold

PX Précinox S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Gold

QG Refining, LLC

U.S.A.

Tantalum

QuantumClean

U.S.A.

Gold

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Remondis Argentia B.V.

NETHERLANDS

Tin

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tantalum

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tantalum

RFH Tantalum Smelt. Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

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Gold

Royal Canadian Mint

CANADA

Tin

Rui Da Hung

TAIWAN

Gold

SAAMP

FRANCE

Gold

Sabin Metal Corp.

U.S.A.

Gold

Safimet S.p.A

ITALY

Gold

Sai Refinery

INDIA

Gold

Samduck Precious Metals

SOUTH KOREA

Gold

SAMWON Metals Corp.

SOUTH KOREA

Gold

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

GERMANY

Gold

SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.

SPAIN

Gold

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Shangdong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

TAIWAN

Gold

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

RUSSIAN FED.

Tin

Soft Metais Ltda.

BRAZIL

Gold

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

TAIWAN

Tantalum

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

RUSSIAN FED.

Tungsten

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

CHINA

Gold

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences & Technology

LITHUANIA

Gold

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

SungEel HiTech

SOUTH KOREA

Tin

Super Ligas

BRAZIL

Gold

T.C.A S.p.A

ITALY

Tantalum

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tantalum

Taki Chemicals

JAPAN

Gold

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

JAPAN

Tantalum

Telex Metals

U.S.A.

Tin

Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

VIET NAM

Tin

Thaisarco

THAILAND

Gold

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Tin Technology & Refining

U.S.A.

Gold

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

Torecom

SOUTH KOREA

Tantalum

Tranzact, Inc.

U.S.A.

Tin

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

VIET NAM

Tantalum

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

BRAZIL

Gold

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

THAILAND

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Gold

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

BELGIUM

Tungsten

Unecha Refractory metals plant

RUSSIAN FED.

Gold

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

U.S.A.

Gold

Valcambi S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Tungsten

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

VIET NAM

Gold

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

AUSTRALIA

Tin

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

BRAZIL

Gold

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

GERMANY

Tungsten

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG

AUSTRIA

Tungsten

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

SOUTH KOREA

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

Tantalum

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tantalum

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tin

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

CHINA

Gold

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

CHINA

Tantalum

Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

 

 

 

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