UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE | 1-34910 | 90-0607005 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
4101 WASHINGTON AVENUE NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA |
23607 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Christopher D. Kastner (757) 380-2000
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the
person to contact in connection with this report.)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
x | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015. |
Introduction
This Specialized Disclosure Report (Form SD) for Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII or the Company) is provided in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Rule) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015 (the Reporting Period).
Conflict Minerals are defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite and gold, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (referred to as 3TGs). The Rule requires an SEC registrant to determine if its products contain 3TGs and whether their origin is derived from any of the Covered Countries, which include the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.
HII conducted a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) to determine the origin of 3TGs identified in its supply chain. Due to the unavailability of details and information through the supply chain back to smelters, HII is not able to determine the origin of all 3TGs in its products covered by this Reporting Period.
Section 1 Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Details regarding HIIs RCOI can be found in HIIs Conflict Minerals Report provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly available at http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/about/ethics/conflictminerals.
Any references to the HII website in this Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report filed as Exhibit 1.01 and available on such website are for convenience only, and the contents of that site are not incorporated by reference into, and are not otherwise a part of, this Form SD or the Conflict Minerals Report.
This Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report filed as Exhibit 1.01 contain statements that are forward-looking, as that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or by the SEC in its rules, regulations and releases. Forward-looking statements also include any statement that is not based on historical fact, including statements containing the words believes, may, plans, will, could, should, estimates, continues, anticipates, intends, expects and similar expressions. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. All forward-looking statements are based on current expectations regarding important risk factors and should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the results expressed therein will be achieved. HII assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law. Important factors that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement include those described in the Companys reports, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and other forms filed by the Company with the SEC.
Item 1.02 Exhibit
HIIs Conflict Minerals Report as required under Item 1.01.
Section 2 Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Report of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. |
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
By: | Date: | May 31, 2016 | ||||||||
Name: | Christopher D. Kastner | |||||||||
Title: | Corporate Vice President, | |||||||||
Business Management and Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
This Conflict Minerals Report (CMR) for the reporting period of January 1 to December 31, 2015, is provided in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Rule).
COMPANY BACKGROUND
For more than a century, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII or the Company, we, us, or our) has been designing, building, overhauling and repairing ships primarily for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. We are the nations sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, a builder of amphibious assault and expeditionary warfare ships for the U.S. Navy, the sole builder of National Security Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, one of only two companies currently designing and building nuclear-powered submarines for the U.S. Navy and one of only two companies that builds the Navys current fleet of DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. We are the exclusive provider of Refueling and Complex Overhaul services for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, a full-service systems provider for the design, engineering, construction and life cycle support of major programs for surface ships and a provider of fleet support and maintenance services for the U.S. Navy.
We conduct most of our business with the U.S. Government, principally the Department of Defense. As prime contractor, principal subcontractor, team member or partner, we participate in many high-priority U.S. defense technology programs. We also provide a range of services to the energy and oil and gas industries, as well as government customers.
HII procures a large variety of products from many different suppliers. Some of the products HII procures from suppliers contain conflict minerals, which are also referred to as 3TGs ( conflict minerals and 3TGs are tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, as more specifically described in and covered by the Securities and Exchange Commissions regulations and guidance). HII is a downstream purchaser and is a number of steps removed in the supply chain from the mining and smelting of 3TGs. As a result, HII relies on its suppliers to represent whether the products they are supplying to HII contain 3TGs.
This CMR relates to HII products that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, and delivered to customers during calendar year 2015 and that contain 3TGs. This CMR was not subjected to an independent private sector audit, which was not required as a result of the Securities and Exchange Commissions Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule, dated April 29, 2014.
CONFLICT MINERALS POLICY
HII has adopted a conflict minerals policy and related procedures focused on HIIs commitment to sourcing components and materials from suppliers that share its ethical values and that support compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commissions regulations, as well as HIIs disclosure obligations related to conflict minerals. The conflict minerals policy and related procedures have guided HIIs development of internal systems, supply chain due diligence efforts and, ultimately, HIIs Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI).
Since October 2012, HIIs efforts related to conflict minerals have included: understanding, developing and implementing internal policies, procedures, practices, processes and systems designed to obtain information about 3TGs that may be incorporated into HIIs products and their origin; improving transparency through its product supply chain; and, more generally, providing knowledge to and
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achieving engagement from its suppliers concerning the requisite conflict minerals issues. Additionally, HII belongs to and participates with several professional organizations that devote time and focus to understanding conflict minerals matters and how to appropriately design, improve and implement processes to better understand and obtain data about the sources of conflict minerals.
REPORTING YEAR ACTIVITY
For products completed and delivered by HII in 2015, which included vessels, vessel components, water and air tight doors, radiological shielding, remote operator panels and electrical distribution panels, HII conducted an RCOI as more specifically described below. The results of the RCOI led HII to conduct due diligence of a limited number of suppliers to two of the Companys business units. The information provided by those suppliers indicated that some 3TGs contained in certain of their products supplied to HII business units may have originated in a Covered Country (Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola), hereinafter referred to collectively as the DRC. As further discussed below, some of these suppliers reported sourcing from smelters that may procure some 3TGs from the DRC, but upon further inquiry HII determined that such smelters have been verified by the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) to procure 3TGs only from conflict-free sources that do not support armed conflict in the DRC. Other smelters identified by suppliers are in the process of being audited by CFSI to determine if they obtain 3TGs entirely from conflict-free sources, while information about other smelters and the origin of the 3TGs they provide is unknown.
REASONABLE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INQUIRY
In addition to the efforts described above, HIIs RCOI was designed to determine whether the 3TGs in its relevant products originated in the DRC. In part, HIIs RCOI process included:
| maintaining a long-term conflict minerals working group comprised of representatives from HIIs operational, compliance, legal and supply chain functions (at both the corporate and business-unit levels), as well as external advisors with conflict minerals subject matter expertise; |
| evaluating the Securities and Exchange Commissions conflict minerals regulations and guidance, adopting policies to support compliance with the regulations, reviewing and updating practices and providing information to suppliers to make them knowledgeable of the Securities and Exchange Commissions conflict minerals regulations and guidance and, to the extent necessary, developing reasonable interpretations of the regulations and guidance to enable HII to apply the regulations and guidance to its specific operations and industry; |
| providing information to HIIs suppliers about, and linked access to, the Securities and Exchange Commissions conflict minerals regulations and guidance, as well as other supporting publications; |
| requiring suppliers, as part of the purchase order process, to represent whether their products contain 3TGs and, if so, further requiring the suppliers to provide any of: a completed HII-issued questionnaire, a completed Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) or some other form acceptable to us containing information about the type and origin of 3TGs in their products; |
| compiling data from supplier surveys and representations; |
| communicating with, and seeking information from, any major suppliers that did not timely respond to surveys or provided incomplete surveys; and |
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| conducting periodic reviews with the Companys conflict minerals working group and supply chain organizations to understand the data and information submitted by suppliers and additional steps that were taken to seek additional information from suppliers. |
DUE DILIGENCE MEASURES
HII has developed due diligence processes that are informed by and track to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developments (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas. These due diligence processes include:
Establish Strong Company Management Systems
| Publishing and maintaining a conflict minerals policy and related procedures to address HIIs commitment to comply with the Rule. In 2015, the conflict minerals working group engaged in a review and update of our procedures to ensure they reflect our current practices, ensure consistency with the program currently in place and capture best practices. HIIs policy is summarized on our website at http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/about/ethics/conflictminerals. HIIs policy and procedures include commitments such as: |
¡ | To the extent practicable, and consistent with its contractual obligations to its customers, refraining from relationships that could knowingly result in: |
| aiding, directly or indirectly, armed groups operating in the DRC through sales of 3TGs; or |
| the willful concealment of information related to the transport of 3TGs from the DRC and their use in manufactured products. |
¡ | Sourcing components and materials from suppliers that share its ethical values. Our procedures outline the requirements to survey our suppliers and obtain necessary details to support compliance with the Rule. The procedures further identify the functional parties within the Company responsible for supporting the Rule and assessing the presence of any inconsistencies associated with supplier survey responses. |
| Obtaining and publishing for appropriate employees a web-based conflict minerals training course. |
| Establishing conflict minerals as an element in the 2015 Corporate Annual Compliance Plan, which covers HIIs risk management of conflict minerals. |
| Utilizing electronic databases to compile RCOI responses from suppliers. |
| Periodically briefing senior management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on the conflict minerals requirements and related company activities. |
| Maintaining communications with our supply chain through our business unit supplier websites, which include Frequently Asked Questions from the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), as well as presenting information on conflict minerals disclosure requirements to HIIs significant suppliers at a conference hosted by HII. |
| Employing mechanisms for interested persons to voice concerns or grievances, including our pre-existing OpenLine as the tool to capture and track concerns or grievances regarding aspects of the Rule either internally or externally. The OpenLine is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and can be accessed through either a phone number or website (1-877-631-0020, https://hii-openline.alertline.com/gcs/welcome). |
Identify and Assess Supply Chain Risk
| Requiring suppliers as part of the purchase order process to represent whether their products contain 3TGs and, if so, further requiring the suppliers to provide a completed HII-issued questionnaire, a completed CMRT or some other form acceptable to us containing information about the type and origin of 3TGs in their products. |
| Including a purchase order clause that requires a supplier to provide HII an updated survey response if the status of any of their product(s) changes prior to final delivery. |
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| Identifying suppliers that directly supply products to HII that may contain 3TGs, and following up with non-responsive suppliers to request submission of CMRTs or similar information by a specified date. |
| Conducting a targeted self-assessment to identify items with a higher risk of containing 3TGs if no CMRT had previously been submitted by the supplier. |
| Including a purchase order clause that allows HII to either withhold up to 10% of the purchase order price or terminate the purchase order if HII determines that any representation made by the supplier is inaccurate or incomplete in any respect, or if the supplier fails to timely submit the information required by the clause. |
Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Supply Chain Risks
| Maintaining membership and participation in the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), AIA and its conflict minerals working group, and CSFI, to both participate in the development, and keep abreast, of industry best practices for conflict minerals due diligence efforts. |
| Obtaining and reviewing published information about due diligence and the results of audits of smelters and refiners as performed and reported by the CFSI. |
| Analyzing supplier responses and evaluating information in a manner designed to provide the Company with a reasonable basis for conclusions disclosed in the 2016 Form SD and this Conflict Minerals Report, including evaluating the raw number of supplier responses and relative dollar value of purchased products represented by such responses, as well as focusing on suppliers relevant to the Reporting Period. |
| Supporting information-sharing systems within industry aimed at improving assessment of supplier due diligence in the supply chain of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas, such as comparing smelters or refiners identified by the HII supply chain with CFSI Conflict-Free Sourcing Program (CFSP) information. |
| Contacting selected smelters or refiners through a formal letter from HII management to encourage participation in the CFSP. |
Carry Out Independent Third Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain
| Due to the downstream nature of our business, HII does not have direct relationships with smelters or refiners and therefore does not perform audits of these entities. HII, however, supports supply chain auditing initiatives through its membership in CFSI, which conducts audits to confirm the conflict-free status of impacted smelters and refiners. |
Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence
| This Conflict Minerals Report is HIIs public annual report on the due diligence efforts of our supply chain. |
| HII posts this report annually at http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/about/ethics/conflictminerals. |
INFORMATION REGARDING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
As noted above, in response to HIIs country of origin inquiries, a limited number of HIIs suppliers indicated that, due to a lack of definitive information from their supply chains, certain of their products may contain one or more 3TGs sourced from the DRC. None of those suppliers, however, reported finding any indication that such 3TGs may have been used to finance armed conflict in the DRC. Accordingly, HII believes that the results of its RCOI indicated that it was appropriate to conduct due diligence measures to obtain additional information, as described below.
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HII engaged with each supplier that suggested possible sourcing of 3TGs from the DRC to obtain further supporting documentation for their statements. These suppliers responded with either (i) conflict minerals disclosure on a company-wide basis in which they were unable to verify whether the specific products sold to HII contained 3TGs sourced from the DRC, or (ii) additional information that indicated the names and locations of known smelters from which their 3TGs may have originated, but without additional information to verify whether the 3TGs in their products sold to HII originated from the DRC, or an indication that their RCOI was ongoing and not yet complete. Appendix A lists the smelters named by those suppliers, but the inclusion of a smelter in Appendix A does not indicate that HII products necessarily contain 3TGs processed by that smelter. Comparing the list of those smelters named in Appendix A to the Compliant Smelter Detailed Sourcing Information published by CFSI, as well as other publicly-available information, indicated the following:
| 214 of the listed smelters had been audited as part of the CFSI initiative and were determined to source their 3TGs only from either countries other than those in and adjoining the DRC, or from conflict-free sources; |
| 34 of the listed smelters are in the process of arranging for or are being audited to determine if they source their 3TGs only from either countries other than the DRC and adjoining countries or otherwise from conflict-free sources; and |
| 60 of the listed smelters do not appear on the CFSI list as being in the process of arranging for an audit to determine the source of their 3TGs. HII has insufficient information from or about these smelters to understand their sources for 3TGs. |
As described in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, the internationally recognized standard on which the Companys processes are based, we support an industry initiative that audits smelters and refiners due diligence activities. That industry initiative is the CFSI. The data on which we relied for certain statements in this report was obtained through our membership in the CFSI, using the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry report for CFSI member HUNT.
ONGOING EFFORTS
HII is continuing its ongoing efforts to:
| Determine which supplier-provided products contain 3TGs; |
| Obtain additional information from direct suppliers, as well as others in or with knowledge of the supply chain, as to whether their products contain 3TGs and, if so, the origin of those 3TGs, as additional conflict minerals and smelter information becomes available to the supply chain; |
| Communicate knowledge and our expectations to suppliers about the type and level of detailed information needed by HII to understand the origin and source of 3TGs; |
| Remain actively involved in and participate with industry and other groups, including MAPI, AIA, NAM and the CFSI, to ascertain best and leading practices and to obtain and share information that may assist in determining whether purchased products contain 3TGs and, if so, the origin of those 3TGs and whether the 3TGs were sourced from conflict-free sources; |
| Support industry efforts to expand participation of smelters and refiners in conflict-free certification programs; and |
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| Provide resources and information to non-issuer suppliers about the Securities and Exchange Commissions conflict minerals reporting requirements, as well as information about the CFSI and other informative measures designed to educate about the importance of conflict-free sourcing. |
APPENDIX A
Listed below are the smelters to which we previously referred in this report.
Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company** | United States | ||
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
Gold | Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO | Kazakhstan | ||
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 | 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 | Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd | China | ||
Gold | Chimet S.p.A.* | Italy | ||
Gold | Chugai Mining | Japan | ||
Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.** | South Korea | ||
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | China | ||
Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation)** | South Korea | ||
Gold | DODUCO GmbH* | Germany |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Gold | Dowa* | Japan | ||
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery* | Russia | ||
Gold | Yantai Guodasafina High-tech Environmental Refinery CO., Ltd. | 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 | ||
Gold | Japan Mint* | Japan | ||
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited* | China | ||
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc.* | United States | ||
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Limited* | Canada | ||
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant* | Russia | ||
Gold | JSC Uralelectromed* | Russia | ||
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
Gold | Kazakhmys plc | Kazakhstan | ||
Gold | Kazzinc* | Kazakhstan | ||
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC* | United States | ||
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
Gold | Korea Metal 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 |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Gold | Luo yang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd | China | ||
Gold | Materion* | United States | ||
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
Gold | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | Malaysia | ||
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Co Ltd** | China | ||
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.* | China | ||
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.* | Singapore | ||
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 | 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 | Elemetal Refining, LLC* | United States | ||
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 | 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 Prcinox SA* | Switzerland | ||
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.* | South Africa | ||
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint* | Canada | ||
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | United States | ||
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals** | South Korea | ||
Gold | SAMWON METALS Corp. | South Korea |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V.* | Netherlands | ||
Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA* | Spain | ||
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 | So Accurate Group, Inc. | United States | ||
Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals* | Russia | ||
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.* | Taiwan | ||
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
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 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 | Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation* | China | ||
Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery* | China | ||
Gold | Morris and Watson | New Zealand | ||
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | China | ||
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand* | Thailand | ||
Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A.** | Italy | ||
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation** | United States | ||
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.* | India |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Gold | Republic Metals Corporation* | United States | ||
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna** | Poland | ||
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | Zimbabwe | ||
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd.* | Taiwan | ||
Gold | Al Etihad Gold | United Arab Emirates | ||
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC* | United Arab Emirates | ||
Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | United Arab Emirates | ||
Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | Sudan | ||
Gold | T.C.A S.p.A* | Italy | ||
Gold | Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.** | South Korea | ||
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH** | Germany | ||
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH** | Germany | ||
Gold | Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH* | Austria | ||
Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd | China | ||
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry* | China | ||
Tantalum | Duoluoshan* | China | ||
Tantalum | Exotech Inc.* | United States | ||
Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.* | United States | ||
Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
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 |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | QuantumClean* | United States | ||
Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO* | Russia | ||
Tantalum | Taki Chemicals* | Japan | ||
Tantalum | Telex Metals* | United States | ||
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC* | Kazakhstan | ||
Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide* | China | ||
Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch | China | ||
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC* | United States | ||
Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd* | China | ||
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals* | United States | ||
Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen* | Austria | ||
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 | Plansee SE Reutte* | Austria | ||
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown* | United States | ||
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu* | Japan | ||
Tantalum | Kemet Blue Powder* | United States | ||
Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc.* | United States |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Tantalum | Avon Specialty Metals Ltd | United Kingdom | ||
Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.* | Brazil | ||
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Company Limited** | China | ||
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. | China | ||
Tin | Alpha* | United States | ||
Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.* | Brazil | ||
Tin | CV Gita Pesona* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Justindo* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | CV United Smelting* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | Dowa* | Japan | ||
Tin | EM Vinto* | Bolivia | ||
Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | Brazil | ||
Tin | Feinhutte Halsbrucke GmbH | Germany | ||
Tin | Fenix Metals* | Poland | ||
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tin | Gejiu Zi-Li | China | ||
Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd | China | ||
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC* | China | ||
Tin | Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co | China | ||
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)* | Malaysia | ||
Tin | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | Malaysia | ||
Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc.* | United States | ||
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A.* | Brazil | ||
Tin | Minsur* | Peru | ||
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation* | Japan | ||
Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Co., Ltd. | China |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.* | Thailand | ||
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.* | Bolivia | ||
Tin | PT Alam Lestari Kencana | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Bangka Kudai 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 DS Jaya Abadi* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Fang Di MulTindo | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Karimun Mining** | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada* | 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 Sumber Jaya Indah* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Tommy Utama* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | Rui Da Hung* | Taiwan | ||
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda.* | Brazil |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Tin | Thaisarco* | Thailand | ||
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.** | China | ||
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC* | Vietnam | ||
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.* | Brazil | ||
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd.** | China | ||
Tin | Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited* | China | ||
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | Magnus Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.* | Brazil | ||
Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT WAHANA PERKIT JAYA* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S/A* | Brazil | ||
Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd** | Rwanda | ||
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.* | Philippines | ||
Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | CV Ayi Jaya* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company** | Vietnam | ||
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company** | Vietnam | ||
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company** | Vietnam | ||
Tin | CV Dua Sekawan** | Indonesia | ||
Tin | CV Tiga Sekawan** | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company** | Vietnam | ||
Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.* | Brazil | ||
Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V.* | Belgium | ||
Tin | Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group)* | Spain | ||
Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur* | Indonesia | ||
Tin | An Thai Minerals Company Limited** | Vietnam | ||
Tin | PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri** | Indonesia |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.** | China | ||
Tin | Gejiu Fengming Metalurgy Chemical Plant** | China | ||
Tin | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant** | China | ||
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.* | Japan | ||
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville* | United States | ||
Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||
Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.* | United States | ||
Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.* | Japan | ||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | ||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon** | United States | ||
Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | Vietnam | ||
Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.* | Vietnam | ||
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG* | Austria | ||
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gaoan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | ||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.** | China | ||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.** | China | ||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.** | China | ||
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.* | Vietnam |
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Mineral |
Smelter name |
Country | ||
Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China | ||
Tungsten | Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. | China | ||
Tungsten | Pobedit, JSC | Russia | ||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. | Vietnam | ||
Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH* | Germany | ||
Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC* | Vietnam | ||
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | Germany | ||
Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.* | China | ||
Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin | China | ||
Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji* | China | ||
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC* | United States | ||
Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC* | Russia |
* | Denotes smelters verified as conflict-free by CFSI |
** | Denotes smelters currently pursuing or undergoing audit by CFSI to determine their conflict-free status |
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