EX-1.01 2 a2016conflictmineralreport.htm EXHIBIT 1.01 Exhibit




Exhibit 1.01













Allegion plc
Conflict Minerals Report
For the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2016





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Contents

Background
 
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Covered Minerals
 
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Company Overview
 
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Conflict Minerals Program Overview
 
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OECD Due Diligence Framework in Practice
 
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Step 1: Establishing Strong Company Management System
 
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Step 2: Identify and Assess Risks in the Supply Chain
 
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Step 3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
 
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Step 4: Carry out Independent Third-Party Audit of Smelter / Refiner's Due Diligence Practice
 
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Step 5: Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence
 
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2016 Results
 
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Due Diligence Determination
 
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Independent Private Sector Audit
 
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Future Initiatives
 
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Product Description
 
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Reported Entities
 
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Definitions
 
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Background
This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD of Allegion plc ("Allegion," "we," "us" or "the Company") for the year ended December 31, 2016 was prepared to comply with the final rule regarding sourcing of conflict minerals under Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("the Dodd-Frank Act"). Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), adopted pursuant to Section 1502 the Dodd-Frank Act, was approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 22, 2012, and imposes annual reporting requirements on SEC reporting companies relating to the presence of conflict minerals in the products that they manufacture or contract to manufacture.
The rule on conflict minerals focuses on the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC") and surrounding countries (the “Covered Countries”), a central African region with vast mineral wealth, including reserves of conflict minerals.
Covered Minerals
The minerals covered by the SEC rules go by the name conflict minerals but are also referred to as 3TGs, an abbreviation for Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten and Gold. These conflict minerals are used in many manufactured goods across many industries, including the aerospace, appliances, automotive, electronics, jewelry, medical and tool and die industries. The term “conflict mineral” is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Act as (A) columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (the metal ore from which tantalum is extracted); cassiterite (the metal ore from which tin is extracted); gold; wolframite (the metal ore from which tungsten is extracted); or their derivatives; or (B) any other minerals or derivatives designated by the Secretary of State in the future, although no additional minerals or derivatives have been so designated at this time.

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Company Overview
We are a leading global provider of security products and solutions that keep people safe, secure and productive. We make the world safer as a company of experts, securing the places where people thrive and we create peace of mind by pioneering safety and security. We offer an extensive and versatile portfolio of mechanical and electronic security products across a range of market-leading brands. Our experts across the globe deliver high-quality security products, services and systems, and we use our deep expertise to serve as trusted partners to end-users who seek customized solutions to their security needs. We have prepared this report to satisfy the requirements of Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (collectively, the “Rule”) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Conflict Minerals Program Overview
As a purchaser, we are many layers removed from the mining of the conflict minerals, and we do not directly purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals. We rely on collaboration with our supplier base by building awareness through training and provide support in order to identify the downstream supply chain and the originating smelter(s)/refiner(s) for the conflict minerals that ultimately are found in our products.
This effort is both challenging and demanding, as many of our suppliers are private entities that are not directly affected by the Rule, and many times do not have the financial and human resources to comply with the requests. Furthermore, our suppliers have their own supply chains and need to collaborate with their own downstream suppliers in order provide transparency of the end-to-end supply chain and to identify the smelter(s)/refiner(s).
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
We conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) regarding the conflict minerals by utilizing the conflict minerals reporting template (“CMRT”) developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (“EICC”) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“GeSI”). Our RCOI was designed to determine whether any of the necessary conflict minerals in our 2016 products originated in the covered countries or were from recycled or scrap sources by asking our suppliers to identify the smelters and refiners of the conflict minerals contained in the products they supply to us. We then reviewed the information our suppliers provided and compared it to publicly available information about such smelters and refiners. We also performed due diligence work on the source and chain of custody of our conflict minerals using the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (the “OECD”), an internationally recognized due diligence framework. Further, we leveraged the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission’s (“COSO”) risk assessment approach to conduct risk segmentation of our products (risk identification, risk assessment, risk prioritization and risk monitoring).


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OECD Due Diligence Framework in Practice
STEP 1: Establish Strong Company Management Systems
Company Conflict Minerals Policy
Our policy is to support the legitimate businesses within the Covered Countries, and we expect our suppliers to source conflict minerals responsibly by establishing conflict minerals compliance policies and a due diligence process to support their conflict minerals data collection efforts.
To view our complete Conflict Minerals Policy, visit our webpage located at: http://investor.allegion.com/company-profile/conflict-minerals.
Internal Team
Our conflict minerals program is designed to conform to the internationally recognized standards of OECD. The framework includes standard operating procedures, supplier risk segmentation, due diligence process for RCOI and escalation, training and communication, as well as, an external and internal website containing our Conflict Minerals Policy with information about the regulation, email contact information, and the latest Form SD filing.
We have an established risk management team that reports directly to the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) of the Global Supply Management function and is responsible to the Office of General Counsel for the Form SD report creation, and focuses on driving the compliance efforts of the conflict minerals program, executing the procedures, and working closely with a third party regulatory compliance consulting firm to advance the maturity and sophistication of the program, and further strengthening the conformance with the OECD framework and standards. Our continued conflict minerals program maturity progress can be attributed to several successfully executed initiatives since our last filing:
Best practice conflict minerals conference;
Allegion conflict minerals program benchmarking;
Keeping a pulse on the regulation (following news releases, webinars, industry initiatives);
Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative membership; and
Third party software solution and consulting services
We leveraged this software to upload related legacy documents for retention purposes and will retain the records for a period of 5 years per OECD guidelines and,
We are also leveraging this software’s LMS component for training and updates for suppliers.
We collaborate closely with our suppliers by developing long lasting relationships, and have teams who help to deepen many of those relationships. We invest in a supplier development team whose responsibility is to

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qualify and develop our suppliers, including acknowledgement of the supplier manual that lays out the expectations of compliance with local, state and national regulations, including the conflict minerals rule.
Further, we have a dedicated commodity team who is responsible for maintaining relationships with suppliers within their commodities, and we maintain an Approved Supplier List that helps preserve the stability and longevity of the supplier relationships. Our supplier contracts contain a regulatory clause that explicitly lays out the expectations with the suppliers to comply with laws, including the conflict minerals rule, and allows our company to audit and inspect data, records and other materials to evidence conflict minerals use and controls.
Per the OECD recommended guidelines, we retain and maintain our records for a period of five years on a company share drive system, along with a backup copy on an external hard drive. These legacy records will be loaded into our new third party software system, and going forward we will leverage the solution for record keeping purposes.
Grievance Mechanism
Allegion has established a Helpline for ethical and compliance situations as part of our continuing efforts to ensure lawful and ethical behavior and to maintain compliance with Allegion’s Code of Conduct and Ethical Sourcing Policies & Guidelines.
This is a confidential, non-retaliatory resource for any stakeholder to inform Allegion of concerns or report findings of non-compliance by sending an e-mail or by using by our third-party hotline.
Reports can be made anonymously and will be kept confidential to the extent practicable and allowed by law.
Email: EthicsandCompliance@allegion.com
For the United States and Canada: (855) 807-3267
For all other countries, please visit: http://www.allegion.com - "About Allegion" - "Corporate Governance"
STEP 2: Identify and Assess Risks in the Supply Chain
Scope Identification
We performed a COSO risk based approach in our due diligence that included:
Risk Identification through a product segmentation across the company for products that either contained conflict mineral(s) (electronic products or products containing electronic components) or were suspected of containing conflict mineral(s) (products with alloys - e.g., Mechanical Hardware Products)


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Risk Assessment and prioritization of product risk based on information about the product from engineering, catalogs, category managers and commodity-taxonomy definition. Our risk categories were as follow:
High Risk (‘Significant Suppliers’)
Electronic products/components
Suppliers responding ‘YES’ in the CMRT for the 2014 or 2015 calendar year
Medium Risk
Mechanical products with alloys or plating
Low Risk
Molded products, finishing, powered coats
No Risk
Plastics extrusions, foam/insulation, aluminum
Suppliers responding ‘NO’ in the CMRT for the 2014 or 2015 calendar year
Out of scope
Packaging, paper, wood, chemicals, etc.
Risk Monitoring of the product risk universe (e.g., new suppliers, additional information learned about the product through engineering, research, etc.).
As we purchase goods, materials or products from new suppliers, we conduct a risk assessment of these new suppliers to determine whether we would consider these new suppliers to be Significant Suppliers. Based on this assessment, we then engage the new suppliers that we deem to be Significant Suppliers to educate them on conflict minerals generally and our conflict minerals policy and also request that they complete and return the CMRT to us.
Execution
For our 2016 campaign, we retained Assent Compliance (“Assent”), our third-party service provider, to assist us in reviewing our supply chain. Assent initiated this campaign with a communication to our supply base by providing a ‘campaign kick-off’ letter in multiple languages that laid out the timing of the 2016 CMRT campaign, the process, and expectations. Following the ‘campaign kick-off’, Assent provided each supplier with (in multiple languages):
Allegion’s Conflict Minerals Policy;
Information about the conflict minerals regulations;
Training materials for the program and CMRT form;

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Allegion contact information and conflict minerals website; and
CMRT response deadline.
We followed a pre-established process for all suppliers with reminders to complete and return the CMRT, and validated the CMRT responses for completion and accuracy. In addition, we followed an escalation process for all Significant Suppliers who failed to timely complete and return the CMRT or who provided incomplete or inconsistent responses - the process included alternative communication medium (e.g., phone calls or emails from private accounts as opposed to company accounts), leveraging the commodity managers (including local commodity managers in other regions of the world) who had established relationships with the suppliers, and online research of the suppliers to see if they provided any public information regarding conflict minerals (e.g., policy or Form SD filing).
The smelter information provided by the suppliers was validated using the most recent smelter and refinery validation list from the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”). Before the validation, the lists were reviewed and scrubbed for:
Electronic component suppliers declaring NO 3TGs;
Convert old smelter identification number (“CID”) to new CID;
Remove duplicates and non-actionable submissions;
Identify the CID based on the mineral, name, location;
Remove any entries that don’t meet the CFSI definition of a smelter or refiner; and
Correct misspelled smelters/refiners.
We reviewed the list to identify smelters/refiners that were participating in the Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”) while a risk based assessment was also performed on the remaining smelters/refiners in order to determine which suppliers posed increased risks in the supply chain. This risk assessment and further investigation consisted of, among other things:
Reviews of Dun and Bradstreet reports;
Checks of the Department of Commerce Conflict Mineral processing facilities;
Verification of country of origin risk as listed in the CFSP Audit Procedure; and
Internet searches.
We followed up with suppliers that we deemed high risk in order to educate them on conflict minerals and to assist them in understanding their risk level, and the future implications that this continued risk could have on their customers’ conflict minerals programs.
Due to our continued partnership with Assent Compliance, we were able to leverage the provider to assist us with the smelter review and country-of-origin determination for the data we collected during our due diligence and supplier campaign.

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In 2016, we continued efforts of previous years to refine our supplier scoping process. We completed a detailed product/commodity deep dive for each supplier to remove additional out of scope suppliers to allow focus on high risk suppliers and suppliers who report using 3TGs. Additionally, suppliers who were left out of the 2015 survey due to their answers in the 2014 survey were included once again to collect their biennial response.
STEP 3: Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
We report the progress of our campaign process to the CPO of the Global Supply Management on a monthly basis. On an annual basis, we provide an update to the Executive Leadership about the state of our conflict minerals program, and have a separate meeting with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and the Deputy General Counsel where we review the process, efforts, challenges, milestones, and results before the final Form SD report is signed by the COO, and filed with the SEC.
If there is a need for any meetings outside of the regular cadence to discuss emergency/escalation matters, our COO and Deputy General Counsel are available at short notice. Further, we have established an oversight governing body (Conflict Minerals Risk Team) who is responsible for discussing and deciding the next steps for escalated high-risk/non-compliant suppliers (including any need for renegotiation of supplier terms, termination of supplier relationships, creation of a remediation plan, etc.). The members of the team are:
Deputy General Counsel
Chief Procurement Officer
Internal Audit Executive
Manager, Conflict Minerals Risk Management Team
STEP 4: Carry out Independent Third-Party Audit of Smelter/Refiner’s Due Diligence Practices
As a downstream supplier, we do not have a direct relationship with conflict minerals smelters, and we do not have a team of resources to independently audit the smelters/refiners within our supply chain. However, we have partnered with an industry leading organization (the “Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative”) and a ‘best-in-class’ third-party software and regulatory consulting company who perform audits and verification activities of smelters/refiners across the globe as part of their business model, and we encourage our suppliers that use smelters or refiners to participate in the CFSP.
STEP 5: Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence
This is the fourth year that we have reported on our conflict minerals program, our risk assessment and due diligence, and our results. We have experienced a significant maturity from our suppliers in relation to engagement, sophistication of data provided and overall improved transparency in the supply chain.
While significant progress has been made, we were unable to determine with certainty that all of the conflict minerals contained in our products are from conflict free sources due to, among other things, the following:

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a.
A number of our suppliers identified smelters/refiners that do not participate in the CFSP or a similar program and other suppliers failed to identify any smelter/refiner in their responses to us. Furthermore, we were unable to obtain responses from all of our suppliers and other suppliers provided incomplete or inconsistent data.
b.
Many of our suppliers submitted responses that were declared on a company-wide basis (i.e., representing the smelters and refiners associated with all product offerings of the supplier that contained conflict minerals) and not specific to the materials supplied to Allegion. Therefore, in combination with multiple layers in our supply chain, we believe that these declarations might include smelters and refiners that do not provide the conflict minerals that are in our products.
As a result, we do not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the country of origin of all of the conflict minerals in our products and, if such conflict minerals did originate in the Covered Countries, whether such conflict minerals were from recycled or scrap sources or were from other conflict free sources.
2016 Results
For 2016, we surveyed 908 suppliers (including ‘Significant Suppliers’, Medium and Low Risk suppliers). Of the total supplier base campaigned, 641 suppliers responded for a total response rate of 71%. Our total response rate increased 13% year-over-year, and we believe that was attributed to the following:
U.S. conflict minerals rule maturity;
European (EU) Institutions’ proposal and passing of a EU conflict minerals rule (impacting mostly responses from our EU suppliers);
Communication in multiple languages;
Better and/or alternative mediums of communication;
Escalation process; and
Education and assistance to help suppliers understand their submissions (e.g., sharing lessons learned or due diligence findings)
Based on the due diligence process described above and the information provided by our suppliers, we believe, to the extent reasonably determinable by us, that the facilities used to process the conflict minerals in our products or the other sources of the conflict minerals in our products consist of 317 entities (listed in the Reported Entities section) that we have categorized as follows:
246 smelters were classified as ‘Conflict Free’
58 smelters had an ‘Non-Active CFSI’ and ‘Un-Known’ status

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13 smelters received ‘Active CFSI’ and ‘In-Progress’ status (reflecting the smelters were in process of being certified/re-certified)
Due Diligence Determination
After performing the due diligence described above, we have better transparency than during the 2015 reporting year. However, we are still unable to determine that all of the conflict minerals contained in the products described below originated from conflict free sources.
For the reasons stated in this report, we also do not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the country of origin of all of the conflict minerals in our products described below and, if such conflict minerals did originate in the Covered Countries, whether such conflict minerals were from recycled or scrap sources or were from other conflict free sources.
We have provided this information as of the date of this report. Subsequent events, such as the inability or unwillingness of any suppliers, smelters or refiners to provide us with complete information, may affect our future determinations under the Rule.
Independent Private Sector Audit
As permitted by Rule 13p-1 and the SEC’s guidance with respect thereto, we did not obtain an independent private sector audit of this Conflict Minerals Report.
Future Initiatives
We plan to execute a number of initiatives to enhance our conflict minerals program, such as:
Continued education and training both for our Company and also our supply chain;
Continued partnerships with industry groups and subject matter experts to define and improve best practices and build leverage over our supply chain;
Continued engagement with our suppliers to obtain current, accurate and complete information from them and their downstream supply chain; and
Continued engagement with our third party software solution and consulting company who are working on independently verifying smelters outside of the CFSI smelter certification program.
Product Description
The following categories of electronic products that we manufacture or contract to manufacture contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of such products:
Locks
Doors openers

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Exit devices
Activation sensors
Card readers
Accessories


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Reported Entities

Metal
Standard Smelter Name
Facility Location
Gold
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
UNITED STATES
Gold
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
GERMANY
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
UZBEKISTAN
Gold
AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração
BRAZIL
Gold
Argor-Heraeus S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corp.
JAPAN
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
CANADA
Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
UNITED STATES
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
TURKEY
Gold
AU Traders and Refiners
SOUTH AFRICA
Gold
AURA-II
UNITED STATES
Gold
Aurubis AG
GERMANY
Gold
Bangalore Refinery
INDIA
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
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
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
ITALY
Gold
Chugai Mining
JAPAN
Gold
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
DODUCO GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Dowa
JAPAN
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Elemetal Refining, LLC
UNITED STATES
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
ZIMBABWE
Gold
Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES
Gold
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
CHINA
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
CHINA
Gold
Gujarat Gold Centre
INDIA
Gold
Guoda Safina 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.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
CHINA

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Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery
TURKEY
Gold
Japan Mint
JAPAN
Gold
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Kaloti Precious Metals
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
Kazzinc
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
UNITED STATES
Gold
KGHM Polska MiedŸ Spó³ka Akcyjna
POLAND
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
KYRGYZSTAN
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
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Materion
UNITED STATES
Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
SINGAPORE
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Metalor Technologies S.A.
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 and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
Gold
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
Gold
Morris and Watson
NEW ZEALAND
Gold
Morris and Watson Gold Coast
AUSTRALIA
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.ª.
TURKEY
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
UZBEKISTAN
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
AUSTRIA
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
PAMP S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Pease & Curren
UNITED STATES
Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
INDONESIA
Gold
PX Précinox S.A.
SWITZERLAND

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Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
SOUTH AFRICA
Gold
Remondis Argentia B.V.
NETHERLANDS
Gold
Republic Metals Corporation
UNITED STATES
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
CANADA
Gold
SAAMP
FRANCE
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
UNITED STATES
Gold
SAFINA A.S.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Gold
Sai Refinery
INDIA
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
SAMWON Metals Corp.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Schone Edelmetaal B.V.
NETHERLANDS
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
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN
Gold
So Accurate Group, Inc.
UNITED STATES
Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
TAIWAN
Gold
Sudan Gold Refinery
SUDAN
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
SungEel HiTech
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
T.C.A S.p.A
ITALY
Gold
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
JAPAN
Gold
The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Tony Goetz NV
BELGIUM
Gold
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
Torecom
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold
Umicore Brasil Ltda.
BRAZIL
Gold
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
THAILAND
Gold
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
BELGIUM
Gold
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
UNITED STATES
Gold
Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia
ZAMBIA
Gold
Valcambi S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint
AUSTRALIA
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
CHINA
Gold
Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery
CHINA
Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry
CHINA
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES
Tantalum
Duoluoshan
CHINA
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
UNITED STATES
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
JAPAN
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
UNITED STATES

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Tantalum
Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
Tantalum
H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar
GERMANY
Tantalum
H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg
GERMANY
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
GERMANY
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Inc.
UNITED STATES
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Ltd.
JAPAN
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.
UNITED STATES
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
CHINA
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Metals
MEXICO
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Powder
UNITED STATES
Tantalum
King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
LSM Brasil S.A.
BRAZIL
Tantalum
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
Tantalum
Mineração Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
Tantalum
Mitsui Mining & Smelting
JAPAN
Tantalum
Molycorp Silmet A.S.
ESTONIA
Tantalum
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Plansee SE Liezen
AUSTRIA
Tantalum
Plansee SE Reutte
AUSTRIA
Tantalum
Power Resources Ltd.
MACEDONIA
Tantalum
QuantumClean
UNITED STATES
Tantalum
Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tantalum
RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum
Taki Chemicals
JAPAN
Tantalum
Telex Metals
UNITED STATES
Tantalum
Tranzact, Inc.
UNITED STATES
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum
XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Alpha
UNITED STATES
Tin
An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
VIET NAM
Tin
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.
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 Serumpun Sebalai
INDONESIA
Tin
CV Tiga Sekawan
INDONESIA
Tin
CV United Smelting
INDONESIA
Tin
CV Venus Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
Tin
Dowa
JAPAN

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Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Tin
Elmet S.L.U.
SPAIN
Tin
EM Vinto
BOLIVIA
Tin
Estanho de Rondônia S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Fenix Metals
POLAND
Tin
Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company
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
Tin
Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant
CHINA
Tin
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
MALAYSIA
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
UNITED STATES
Tin
Metallo-Chimique N.V.
BELGIUM
Tin
Mineração Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Minsur
PERU
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
Tin
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
Tin
Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
PHILIPPINES
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.
BOLIVIA
Tin
Phoenix Metal Ltd.
RWANDA
Tin
PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
INDONESIA
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Babel Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Bangka Prima Tin
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Bangka Tin Industry
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Bukit Timah
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Cipta Persada Mulia
INDONESIA
Tin
PT DS Jaya Abadi
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Inti Stania Prima
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Justindo
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Karimun Mining
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
INDONESIA
Tin
PT O.M. Indonesia
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 Stanindo Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA

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Tin
PT Sukses Inti Makmur
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Sumber Jaya Indah
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Tommy Utama
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Wahana Perkit Jaya
INDONESIA
Tin
Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Rui Da Hung
TAIWAN
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Thaisarco
THAILAND
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Tin
VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC
VIET NAM
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Yunnan Tin Company Limited
CHINA
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.
JAPAN
Tungsten
ACL Metais Eireli
BRAZIL
Tungsten
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
VIET NAM
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products 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
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
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
UNITED STATES
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
H.C. Starck GmbH
GERMANY
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG
GERMANY
Tungsten
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji
CHINA
Tungsten
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Hydrometallurg, JSC
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
UNITED STATES
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
UNITED STATES
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Moliren Ltd
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC
UNITED STATES
Tungsten
Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC
VIET NAM
Tungsten
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
PHILIPPINES
Tungsten
South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City
CHINA

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Tungsten
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
Tungsten
Unecha Refractory metals plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG
AUSTRIA
Tungsten
Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
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


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Definitions

Conflict Free
Smelters or refiners that have been verified as complying with the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict-Free Smelter Program or an equivalent third-party audit program

Covered Countries
Refer to the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC") and surrounding countries, a central African region

OECD            Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Dodd-Frank Act
Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010

CID
Smelter Identification Number

CFSI
Conflict-Free Smelter Initiative


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