EX-1.01 2 a16-12596_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01 CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY ITEMS 1.01 AND 1.02 OF THIS FORM.

Exhibit 1.01

 

Ballard Power Systems Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Year Ended December 31, 2015

 

This Conflict Minerals Report (the Report) has been prepared in compliance with Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (the Rule) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2015.  It has been prepared by management of Ballard Power Systems Inc. (herein referred to as “Ballard,” “the Company”, “we,” “us,” or “our”) and includes information relating to the activities of all consolidated subsidiaries.

 

The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations when an SEC registrant company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products that contain minerals specified in the Rule which are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified minerals are cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltran), wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (collectively, the Conflict Minerals).

 

As described in this Report, certain of Ballard’s operations manufacture or contract to manufacture products and the Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.

 

If a registrant can establish that the Conflict Minerals originated from sources other than the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia or Angola (the Covered Countries), or from recycled and scrap sources, or if it has no reason to believe that its Conflict Minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries, or if based on its reasonable country of origin inquiry the registrant reasonably believes that its Conflict Minerals did come from recycled or scrap sources, they must submit a Form SD which describes the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry completed.

 

If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the Conflict Minerals in their supply chain may have originated in the Covered Countries, or if they are unable to determine the country of origin of those Conflict Minerals, then the issuer must exercise due diligence on the Conflict Minerals source and chain of custody. The registrant must annually submit a report, Conflict Minerals Report (CMR), to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.

 

The report presented herein is not audited as the Rule provides that if a registrant’s products are “DRC conflict undeterminable” during the specified grace period, the CMR is not subject to an independent private sector audit.

 

Description of The Company’s Products Covered by this Report

 

Ballard provides products in three distinct product classes:

 

1.              Fuel cell stacks:  Ballard provides FCgen® and FCvelocity® fuel cell stacks to original equipment manufacturer customers and system integrators that use the stacks to produce fuel cell systems for power solutions.

 

2.              Fuel cell modules:  Ballard builds the stacks into self-contained FCvelocity®-HD modules that are plug-and-play into larger fuel cell systems.

 

3.              Fuel cell systems:  Ballard also builds complete fuel cell systems for stationary power markets that are designed to solve certain energy needs of our customers.  The ElectraGen® product lines provide fuel-flexible (hydrogen & methanol) system solutions for Back-up power markets.  The ClearGen™ product line provides system solutions for large scale Distributed Generation markets.

 

4.              Test stands: Ballard builds test stands that allow customers to test fuel cell stacks and systems.

 

All of our products contain electronic, electrical and/or heating components that are necessary to the functionality of these products, and all of these components contain one or more Conflict Minerals.

 



 

Part I.            Due Diligence

 

1.1                               Design of Due Diligence

 

The Company has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) regarding the Conflict Minerals.  This good faith RCOI was designed to determine, to the extent reasonably possible, whether any Conflict Minerals in our products originated in the Covered Countries and whether any of the Conflict Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources.  We also exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of Conflict Minerals in our products.

 

Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition (OECD Guidance) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten.

 

1.2                               Supply chain

 

We purchase hundreds of components for our products, including electronic boards, valves, heating elements, electrical connectors and other hardware items, all of which are procured through a wide variety of commercial sources.

 

As a downstream company (as the term is used in the OECD Guidance), Ballard does not purchase Conflict Minerals directly from mines, smelters or refiners and does not have any direct relationship with them.  Our supply chain with respect to our products is complex and there are many parties in the supply chain between the manufacture of our products and the original source of Conflict Minerals.

 

1.3                               Controls Systems

 

Ballard has established a management system for Conflict Minerals. Our management system includes a compliance team sponsored by our Vice-President, Operations; as well as senior management representatives and a team of subject matter experts from relevant functions such as Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance and Legal. The team is responsible for implementing our Conflict Minerals compliance strategy and is led by a senior supply chain manager. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on a regular basis.

 

We also participate in the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), an initiative for companies from a range of industries addressing conflict minerals issues in their supply chains.

 

Other controls include, but are not limited to, our Code of Conduct which outlines expected behaviors for all Ballard employees, our Conflict Minerals Policy (reprinted below) and our Supplier Conduct Principles (available at http://www.ballard.com/files/PDF/Suppliers/Supplier_Conduct_Principles_POL5100158_Rev0A.pdf).

 

1.3                               Conflict Minerals Policy

 

We have adopted the following Conflict Minerals policy:

 

The mining of certain minerals from the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and surrounding countries has financed armed conflict, resulting in violence and human rights violations in the region.  In July 2010, the US Congress passed legislation requiring the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt rules that all US publicly traded companies must disclose their use of Conflict Minerals.  The SEC defines “Conflict Minerals” as gold, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite, or their derivatives (specifically, tin, tantalum, and tungsten), or any other minerals or their derivatives determined by the US Secretary of State to be financing conflict in this region.

 

Ballard is committed to avoiding the use of Conflict Minerals which directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries.  Ballard is committed to complying with the reporting obligations required by the SEC, including the requirement that Ballard conduct inquiries into the source of any Conflict Minerals included in its products.

 



 

Ballard does not directly purchase or source the raw metals used in our products. For this reason, tracing the path of minerals throughout our supply chain is a complex process. We also do not have complete visibility into the sources of all component minerals. However, we actively engage with our suppliers to promote responsible sourcing practices, and we conduct due diligence to determine whether the materials provided by our suppliers contain Conflict Minerals.

 

Ballard suppliers are required to acknowledge Ballard’s Code of Conduct, which includes requirements regarding Conflict Minerals and responsible sourcing.  Suppliers are also responsible for passing the same requirements on to their suppliers.

 

Suppliers will be required to declare that all products supplied either:

 

·                  Do not contain tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold that are necessary to their production or functionality, or,

 

·                  If they do contain these minerals, that they originate from non-conflict areas or from smelters that have been validated by an independent private sector party to be conflict free.

 

Ballard will evaluate its relationships with its suppliers on an ongoing basis to ensure continued compliance with this policy.  Ballard reserves the right to request additional documentation from its suppliers regarding the source of any Conflict Minerals included in its products.  In addition, suppliers must maintain and provide to Ballard upon request traceability data for a minimum of five years.  Suppliers who do not comply with these requirements shall be reviewed by Ballard’s supply chain organization for future business.

 

For additional information about our commitment to responsible sourcing and other human rights, see our Supplier Principles of Conduct.

 

1.4                               Certification or Audit of Smelters and Refiners

 

We do not have a direct relationship with Conflict Minerals smelters and refiners and do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. We rely on the list of smelters and refiners that have received a “conflict free” designation from the Conflict Free Smelter Program (CFSP), or other independent third-party audit program, which provide country of origin and due diligence information on the Conflict Minerals sourced by such facilities.

 

We have determined that the most reasonable method of determining the mines or locations of origin of the Conflict Minerals in our supply chain is to identify the smelters and refiners supplying the Conflict Minerals by requesting our suppliers to complete the Template (as defined below), and then checking those smelters and refiners with the CFSP list.

 

1.5                               Risk Assessment

 

We have identified 791 direct suppliers of various raw materials, products and services. Because of our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth, breadth, and constant evolution of our supply chain, it is difficult to identify factors upstream from our direct suppliers. Accordingly we rely on these suppliers to provide us with information about the source of Conflict Minerals contained in the components supplied to us.  Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers. Many of the largest suppliers are also SEC registrants and subject to the Rule.

 

It is not practical to conduct a survey of all our suppliers and we believe a reasonable approach would be to conduct a survey of the suppliers who represented the majority of our expenditures in 2015 for purchases related to products we manufacture.  In addition, we included suppliers where the components purchased were likely to contain Conflict Minerals. In total, we identified 246 direct suppliers for our survey. We believe that this risk-based approach is consistent with how many peer companies are approaching their due diligence.

 



 

Supplier Survey

 

We conducted a survey of those suppliers described above using the template developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), known as the CFSI Reporting Template (the Template). The Template was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company’s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the template contains questions about the origin of Conflict Minerals included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. Training resources illustrating the use of the tool are available on CFSI’s website. The Template is being used by many companies in their due diligence processes related to Conflict Minerals.

 

Survey Responses

 

We received responses from 29% of the suppliers surveyed. We reviewed the responses against criteria developed to determine which required further engagement with our suppliers. These criteria included untimely or incomplete responses as well as inconsistencies within the data reported in the template. We will work directly with these suppliers to provide revised responses in the future.

 

Twenty three (23) suppliers were able to identify specifically the smelters or refiners of Conflict Minerals that may have gone into parts supplied to Ballard.  These responses included the names of 311 entities. We compared these facilities to the CFSP list of smelters and refiners and where a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as Conflict-Free, we ensured that the name was listed by CFSP.  All of the smelters or refiners named were certified Conflict-Free by CSFP.

 

None of our suppliers provided information at a part number level. The large majority of the responses received provided data at a company or divisional level and, except as described above the majority of our direct suppliers were unable to specify the smelters or refiners used for components supplied to Ballard. Therefore, except as set out below, we are unable to identify any of the smelters or refiners that are actually in our supply chain.

 

Smelters or Refiners

 

The known smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals that went into parts supplied to Ballard identified by our direct suppliers are listed in the Appendix.

 

1.5                               Risk Mitigation & Future Due Diligence Measures

 

In response to this risk assessment, Ballard has an approved risk management plan, through which the Conflict Minerals program is implemented, managed and monitored. Updates to this risk assessment are provided regularly to senior management.

 

We intend to take the following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary Conflict Minerals in our products could benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries:

 

·                  As we enter into new contracts, or our contracts renew, we are adding a clause to require suppliers to provide information about the source of Conflict Minerals and smelters. It will take a number of years to ensure that all our supplier contracts contain appropriate flow-down clauses. In the meantime we are working with selected suppliers to insure they provide the Conflict Minerals sourcing information until the contracts can be amended.

 

·                  Expand the number of suppliers requested to supply information.

 

·                  Engage with suppliers and direct them to training resources to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses.

 



 

·                  Engage any of our suppliers whom we have reason to believe are supplying us with Conflict Minerals from sources that may support conflict in the DRC or any adjoining country to establish an alternative source of Conflict Minerals that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance.

 

·                  Work with relevant trade associations to define and improve best practices and build leverage over the supply chain in accordance with the OECD Guidance.

 

Part II.       Product Description

 

DRC Conflict Undeterminable

 

After exercising the due diligence described above, Ballard was unable to determine whether or not each of our products qualify as “DRC conflict free”, as defined under the Rule.  Accordingly, we have reasonably determined that all of our products are “DRC conflict undeterminable”, as defined in the Rule.

 

The facilities used to process the Conflict Minerals in our product and their countries of origin, to the extent known, are set out above.

 

Ballard expects to take the risk mitigation steps described above to improve its due diligence efforts and to further mitigate the risk that Conflict Minerals contained in our products finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.

 



 

Appendix

 

Smelters or Refiners

 

The known smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals that went into parts supplied to Ballard identified by our direct suppliers are:

 

Metal

 

Smelter Reference List

 

Smelter Facility
Location: Country

 

New Smelter
ID

Gold

 

China’s Shangdong Gold Mining Co.Ltd

 

CHINA

 

CID001622

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd

 

HONG KONG

 

CID001149

Gold

 

Nihon Material Co. LTD

 

JAPAN

 

CID001259

Gold

 

Ohio Precious Metals LLC.

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001322

Gold

 

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

 

AUSTRALIA

 

CID002030

Gold

 

Royal Canadian Mint

 

CANADA

 

CID001534

Gold

 

Tanaka Kikinnzoku Kogyo K.K.

 

JAPAN

 

CID001875

Gold

 

Smelter Not Listed

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000969

Gold

 

AngloGold Ashanti Mineração Ltda

 

BRAZIL

 

CID000058

Gold

 

Argor-Heraeus SA

 

SWITZERLAND

 

CID000077

Gold

 

United Precious Metal Refining Inc.

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001993

Gold

 

Johnson Matthey Inc

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000920

Gold

 

Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

 

BELGIUM

 

CID001980

Gold

 

Johnson Matthey Canada

 

CANADA

 

CID000924

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies SA

 

SWITZERLAND

 

CID001153

Gold

 

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong

 

HONG KONG

 

CID000707

Gold

 

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

CID000711

Gold

 

Asahi Pretec Corporation

 

JAPAN

 

CID000082

Gold

 

Dowa Metals & Mining.

 

JAPAN

 

CID000401

Gold

 

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID001119

Gold

 

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd

 

JAPAN

 

CID000981

Gold

 

Materion

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001113

Gold

 

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001157

Gold

 

Advanced Chemical Company

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000015

Gold

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID000019

Gold

 

Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

CID000028

Gold

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

 

GERMANY

 

CID000035

Gold

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

 

UZBEKISTAN

 

CID000041

Gold

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID000090

Gold

 

ATAkulche

 

TURKEY

 

CID000103

Gold

 

Aurubis AG

 

GERMANY

 

CID000113

Gold

 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

 

PHILIPPINES

 

CID000128

Gold

 

Boliden AB

 

SWEDEN

 

CID000157

Gold

 

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

CID000176

Gold

 

Caridad

 

MEXICO

 

CID000180

Gold

 

CCR

 

CANADA

 

CID000185

Gold

 

CHALCO Yunnan Copper Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000197

Gold

 

Chimet S.p.A.

 

ITALY

 

CID000233

Gold

 

Chugai Mining

 

JAPAN

 

CID000264

 



 

Metal

 

Smelter Reference List

 

Smelter Facility
Location: Country

 

New Smelter
ID

Gold

 

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001397

Gold

 

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000343

Gold

 

Do Sung Corporation

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

CID000359

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID000425

Gold

 

FSE Novosibirsk Refinery

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID000493

Gold

 

Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000522

Gold

 

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

 

CHINA

 

CID000651

Gold

 

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000671

Gold

 

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

CID000694

Gold

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000767

Gold

 

Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

CID000778

Gold

 

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited

 

CHINA

 

CID000801

Gold

 

Istanbul Gold Refinery

 

TURKEY

 

CID000814

Gold

 

Japan Mint

 

JAPAN

 

CID000823

Gold

 

JCC

 

CHINA

 

CID000855

Gold

 

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID000927

Gold

 

JSC Uralelectromed

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID000929

Gold

 

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

CID000956

Gold

 

Kazzinc

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

CID000957

Gold

 

Korea Metal Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

CID000988

Gold

 

L’ azurde Company For Jewelry

 

SAUDI ARABIA

 

CID001032

Gold

 

Lingbao Gold Company Limited

 

CHINA

 

CID001056

Gold

 

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001058

Gold

 

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001093

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001147

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

 

SINGAPORE

 

CID001152

Gold

 

METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V

 

MEXICO

 

CID001161

Gold

 

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID001204

Gold

 

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

 

TURKEY

 

CID001220

Gold

 

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

 

UZBEKISTAN

 

CID001236

Gold

 

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID001325

Gold

 

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

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID001326

Gold

 

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001362

Gold

 

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID001386

Gold

 

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

 

SOUTH AFRICA

 

CID001512

Gold

 

Sabin Metal Corp.

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001546

Gold

 

SAMWON Metals Corp.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

CID001562

Gold

 

Schone Edelmetaal B.V.

 

NETHERLANDS

 

CID001573

Gold

 

Shandong Tarzan Bio-Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001619

Gold

 

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001736

 



 

Metal

 

Smelter Reference List

 

Smelter Facility
Location: Country

 

New Smelter
ID

Gold

 

Accurate Refining Group

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001754

Gold

 

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID001756

Gold

 

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

 

TAIWAN

 

CID001761

Gold

 

Great Wall Precious Metals Co,. LTD.

 

CHINA

 

CID001909

Gold

 

China’s Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd

 

CHINA

 

CID001916

Gold

 

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID001938

Gold

 

Anhui Tongling Nonferrous Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001947

Gold

 

Torecom

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

CID001955

Gold

 

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID001977

Gold

 

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID002100

Gold

 

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID002129

Gold

 

China Henan Zhongyuan Gold Smelter

 

CHINA

 

CID002224

Gold

 

Fujian Zijin mining stock company gold smelter

 

CHINA

 

CID002243

Gold

 

Morris and Watson

 

NEW ZEALAND

 

CID002282

Gold

 

Guangdong Gaoyao Co

 

CHINA

 

CID002312

Gold

 

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

 

THAILAND

 

CID002314

Gold

 

Faggi Enrico S.p.A.

 

ITALY

 

CID002355

Gold

 

Geib Refining Corporation

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID002459

Gold

 

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

 

INDIA

 

CID002509

Gold

 

Republic Metals Corporation

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID002510

Gold

 

KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna

 

POLAND

 

CID002511

Gold

 

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

 

ZIMBABWE

 

CID002515

Gold

 

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

 

TAIWAN

 

CID002516

Gold

 

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

CID002560

Gold

 

Emirates Gold DMCC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

CID002561

Gold

 

Kaloti Precious Metals

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

CID002563

Gold

 

T.C.A S.p.A

 

ITALY

 

CID002580

Gold

 

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

CID002605

Gold

 

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

CID002777

Gold

 

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

CID002778

Gold

 

Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

 

AUSTRIA

 

CID002779

Gold

 

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

CID001078

Gold

 

Samdok Metal

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

CID001555

Gold

 

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

 

SOUTH KOREA

 

CID000328

Gold

 

SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA

 

SPAIN

 

CID001585

Gold

 

Bauer Walser AG

 

GERMANY

 

CID000141

Gold

 

Cendres & Métaux SA

 

SWITZERLAND

 

CID000189

Gold

 

China National Gold Group Corporation

 

CHINA

 

CID000242

Gold

 

Colt Refining

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000288

Gold

 

Doduco

 

GERMANY

 

CID000362

Gold

 

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID000807

 



 

Metal

 

Smelter Reference List

 

Smelter Facility
Location: Country

 

New Smelter
ID

Gold

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID000937

Gold

 

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

 

KYRGYZSTAN

 

CID001029

Gold

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

JAPAN

 

CID001188

Gold

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID001193

Gold

 

OJSC Kolyma Refinery

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID001328

Gold

 

PAMP SA

 

SWITZERLAND

 

CID001352

Gold

 

PX Précinox SA

 

SWITZERLAND

 

CID001498

Gold

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID001798

Gold

 

Valcambi SA

 

SWITZERLAND

 

CID002003

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar

 

GERMANY

 

CID002545

Tantalum

 

Plansee SE Liezen

 

AUSTRIA

 

CID002540

Tantalum

 

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000211

Tantalum

 

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

 

CHINA

 

CID000291

Tantalum

 

Douluoshan Sapphire Rare Metal Co Ltd

 

CHINA

 

CID000410

Tantalum

 

Exotech Inc.

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000456

Tantalum

 

F & X

 

CHINA

 

CID000460

Tantalum

 

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000616

Tantalum

 

Hi-Temp

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000731

Tantalum

 

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000914

Tantalum

 

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000973

Tantalum

 

LSM Brasil S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID001076

Tantalum

 

Metallurgical Products India Pvt. Ltd. (MPIL)

 

INDIA

 

CID001163

Tantalum

 

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID001175

Tantalum

 

Mitsui Mining & Smelting

 

JAPAN

 

CID001192

Tantalum

 

Molycorp Silmet A.S.

 

ESTONIA

 

CID001200

Tantalum

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001277

Tantalum

 

QuantumClean

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001508

Tantalum

 

RFH

 

CHINA

 

CID001522

Tantalum

 

Solikamsk

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID001769

Tantalum

 

Taki Chemicals

 

JAPAN

 

CID001869

Tantalum

 

Telex Metals

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001891

Tantalum

 

ULBA

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

CID001969

Tantalum

 

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002307

Tantalum

 

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002492

Tantalum

 

D Block Metals, LLC

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID002504

Tantalum

 

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002505

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002506

Tantalum

 

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002508

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002512

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Metals

 

MEXICO

 

CID002539

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

 

THAILAND

 

CID002544

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg

 

GERMANY

 

CID002546

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

CID002547

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Inc.

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID002548

 



 

Metal

 

Smelter Reference List

 

Smelter Facility
Location: Country

 

New Smelter
ID

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID002549

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

 

GERMANY

 

CID002550

Tantalum

 

Plansee SE Reutte

 

AUSTRIA

 

CID002556

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID002557

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

 

JAPAN

 

CID002558

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Powder

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID002568

Tantalum

 

Tranzact, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID002571

Tantalum

 

Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID002707

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000917

Tantalum

 

Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd

 

CHINA

 

CID001634

Tantalum

 

Zhuzhou Cement Carbide

 

CHINA

 

CID002232

Tin

 

Minsur S.A. Tin Metal

 

PERU

 

CID001182

Tin

 

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

 

CHINA

 

CID002180

Tin

 

PT DS Jaya Abadi

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001434

Tin

 

PT Panca Mega

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001457

Tin

 

Cooper Santa

 

BRAZIL

 

CID000295

Tin

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

 

MALAYSIA

 

CID001105

Tin

 

White Solder Metalurgia

 

BRAZIL

 

CID002036

Tin

 

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID001173

Tin

 

Smelter Not Listed

 

BOLIVIA

 

CID000438

Tin

 

Metallo Chimique

 

BELGIUM

 

CID001143

Tin

 

OMSA

 

BOLIVIA

 

CID001337

Tin

 

Thaisarco

 

THAILAND

 

CID001898

Tin

 

CV Gita Pesona

 

INDONESIA

 

CID000306

Tin

 

CV Nurjanah

 

INDONESIA

 

CID000309

Tin

 

CV Serumpun Sebalai

 

INDONESIA

 

CID000313

Tin

 

PT Alam Lestari Kencana

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001393

Tin

 

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001399

Tin

 

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001402

Tin

 

PT Bangka Tin Industry

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001419

Tin

 

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001421

Tin

 

BML

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001424

Tin

 

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001438

Tin

 

Brand IMLI

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001428

Tin

 

PT Bangka Kudai Tin

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001409

Tin

 

PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001416

Tin

 

Gejiu Zi-Li

 

CHINA

 

CID000555

Tin

 

CV United Smelting

 

INDONESIA

 

CID000315

Tin

 

Kundur Smelter

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001477

Tin

 

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001463

Tin

 

Brand RBT

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001460

Tin

 

Fenix Metals

 

POLAND

 

CID000468

Tin

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000538

Tin

 

PT Inti Stania Prima

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002530

Tin

 

PT Mitra Stania Prima

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001453

 



 

Metal

 

Smelter Reference List

 

Smelter Facility
Location: Country

 

New Smelter
ID

Tin

 

PT Fang Di MulTindo

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001442

Tin

 

PT Karimun Mining

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001448

Tin

 

PT Prima Timah Utama

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001458

Tin

 

PT Tommy Utama

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001493

Tin

 

PT Seirama Tin Investment

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001466

Tin

 

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001468

Tin

 

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001471

Tin

 

Indonesian State Tin Corporation Mentok Smelter

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001482

Tin

 

PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001486

Tin

 

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001490

Tin

 

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002455

Tin

 

Chenzhou Yun Xiang mining limited liability company

 

CHINA

 

CID000228

Tin

 

China Rare Metal Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000244

Tin

 

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000278

Tin

 

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002478

Tin

 

PT Wahana Perkit Jaya

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002479

Tin

 

CV Justindo

 

INDONESIA

 

CID000307

Tin

 

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002503

Tin

 

Dowa

 

JAPAN

 

CID000402

Tin

 

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID000448

Tin

 

Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

CID000466

Tin

 

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000760

Tin

 

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

 

CHINA

 

CID000942

Tin

 

Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001063

Tin

 

China Tin (Hechi)

 

CHINA

 

CID001070

Tin

 

Metallic Resources, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID001142

Tin

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

JAPAN

 

CID001191

Tin

 

Jiangxi Nanshan

 

CHINA

 

CID001231

Tin

 

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

 

THAILAND

 

CID001314

Tin

 

Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group)

 

SPAIN

 

CID002774

Tin

 

Rui Da Hung

 

TAIWAN

 

CID001539

Tin

 

Soft Metais Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID001758

Tin

 

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID001908

Tin

 

Chengfeng Metals Co Pte Ltd

 

CHINA

 

CID002158

Tin

 

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID002468

Tin

 

Melt Metais e Ligas S/A

 

BRAZIL

 

CID002500

Tin

 

Phoenix Metal Ltd.

 

RWANDA

 

CID002507

Tin

 

CV Ayi Jaya

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002570

Tin

 

VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002015

Tin

 

PT Cipta Persada Mulia

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002696

Tin

 

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

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002572

Tin

 

Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

CID002706

Tin

 

Metallo-Chimique N.V.

 

BELGIUM

 

CID002773

Tin

 

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002573

 



 

Metal

 

Smelter Reference List

 

Smelter Facility
Location: Country

 

New Smelter
ID

Tin

 

PT Bangka Prima Tin

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002776

Tin

 

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

 

INDONESIA

 

CID002816

Tin

 

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002574

Tin

 

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002844

Tin

 

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002703

Tin

 

An Thai Minerals Company Limited

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002825

Tin

 

Cookson

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000292

Tin

 

Jiangxi Nanshan

 

CHINA

 

CID000864

Tin

 

Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID001305

Tin

 

PT Bangka Putra Karya

 

INDONESIA

 

CID001412

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd

 

CHINA

 

CID002082

Tungsten

 

Starck

 

GERMANY

 

3DEU006

Tungsten

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp

 

UNITED STATES

 

4USA007

Tungsten

 

ATI Metalworking Products

 

UNITED STATES

 

4USA001

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd

 

CHINA

 

4CHN014

Tungsten

 

Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000345

Tungsten

 

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000499

Tungsten

 

China National Non Ferrous

 

CHINA

 

CID000875

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002315

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000868

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002494

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002321

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

CID002313

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

CID002318

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002317

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002316

Tungsten

 

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002319

Tungsten

 

Xiamen H.C.

 

CHINA

 

CID002320

Tungsten

 

Shaoguan Xinhai Rendan Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd

 

CHINA

 

CID002095

Tungsten

 

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

 

JAPAN

 

CID000004

Tungsten

 

ATI Metalworking Products

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000105

Tungsten

 

Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000218

Tungsten

 

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000258

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000766

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID000769

Tungsten

 

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

CID000825

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Fallon

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000966

Tungsten

 

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

VIETNAM

 

CID001889

Tungsten

 

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002011

Tungsten

 

WBH

 

AUSTRIA

 

CID002044

Tungsten

 

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002502

Tungsten

 

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002513

Tungsten

 

Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002518

Tungsten

 

Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002531

 



 

Metal

 

Smelter Reference List

 

Smelter Facility
Location: Country

 

New Smelter
ID

Tungsten

 

Pobedit, JSC

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID002532

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002535

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

CID002536

Tungsten

 

Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002538

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

CID002541

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

 

GERMANY

 

CID002542

Tungsten

 

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

 

VIETNAM

 

CID002543

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

CID002551

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin

 

CHINA

 

CID002578

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

 

CHINA

 

CID002579

Tungsten

 

Niagara Refining LLC

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID002589

Tungsten

 

Hydrometallurg, JSC

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID002649

Tungsten

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

 

UNITED STATES

 

CID000568

Tungsten

 

Wolfram Company CJSC

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

CID002047