EX-1.01 2 a20-21001_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

 

AAR CORP.

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

AAR CORP. has prepared this Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2019 to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”).  The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.  The Rule imposes reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain certain minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.  The subject minerals are cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (the minerals and their derivatives are collectively referred to in this CMR as the “Conflict Minerals”).

 

AAR CORP. and its consolidated entities are collectively referred to in this CMR as “AAR,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” unless the context indicates otherwise.

 

1.             Company Overview

 

AAR provides a diversified portfolio of products and services to the worldwide aviation and government and defense markets.  Throughout calendar year 2019, we reported our activities in two business segments: Aviation Services and Expeditionary Services.

 

Within these two business segments, there are four AAR business units that potentially fit within the scope of the Rule for calendar year 2019.  These four business units, together with a description of the principal categories of products that were manufactured by or for those business units in calendar year 2019, are set forth below:

 

 

 

Business Unit

 

Principal Categories of Products

1.

 

Mobility Systems business

 

Air transportable containers, air cargo pallets, palletized systems, and mobile shelters used in various military applications and humanitarian efforts

2.

 

Engineering Services business

 

Part design and fabrication, modification kit assembly and engineering for aircraft interior reconfigurations, structural and systems modifications and avionic upgrades

3.

 

In-Tech business

 

Communications systems for military and emergency services applications and equipment used to integrate such communication systems into vehicles, mobile shelters or hard-fixed facilities

4.

 

Composites business

 

Custom-designed components for modifications and upgrades to the structures, systems, avionics and cabins of commercial aircraft

 

In calendar year 2019, we continued to analyze the products within these four business units to determine the use of any Conflict Minerals.  We also conducted country of origin inquiries and due diligence, as required, to determine the sourcing of any Conflict Minerals used in our products.  This CMR is based on these efforts and relates to products within the four business units that contain Conflict Minerals that are necessary to their functionality or production, and for which manufacturing was completed during calendar year 2019.

 

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2.             Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) Process

 

AAR does not purchase any raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals used in AAR’s products directly from mines, smelters or refiners or have any direct relationships with mines, smelters or refiners.  Therefore, we must rely on our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of any Conflict Minerals contained in materials and components supplied to us.  Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers. Accordingly, our ability to provide the required Conflict Minerals information depends on the cooperation that we receive from our direct suppliers and the cooperation they, in turn, receive from their suppliers.

 

Each of the four business units identified above analyzed the relevant design information, bills of materials, and material content data forms used with potentially in-scope suppliers as a part of AAR’s ROCI based on the likelihood that the items purchased from those suppliers contained Conflict Minerals.  The business units surveyed the in-scope suppliers (the “Supplier Group”) using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters and refiners that provide material to our supply chain.

 

Our RCOI was designed to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals may be from scrap or recycled sources or if they originated from 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”).  We determined that the identification of smelters and refiners by our supply chain is the most reasonable and reliable means for us to address the source and chain of custody of Conflict Minerals in our supply chain.

 

The Supplier Group responses to our surveys revealed that: some of the Conflict Minerals used in AAR’s products may be from scrap or recycled sources; some of the Conflict Minerals used in AAR’s products are sourced from outside the Covered Countries; and some of the Conflict Minerals used in AAR’s products are or may be sourced from the Covered Countries.  Since we identified some sourcing from the Covered Countries that were not recycled or scrap services, we proceeded to perform the due diligence described below.

 

3.               Due Diligence Process

 

3.1                       Due Diligence Framework

 

The Company designed its due diligence measures to conform, in all material respects, to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”)  Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from the Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition (2016), including the related supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten (collectively, the “OECD Framework”).

 

3.2                       Due Diligence Performed

 

3.2.1        Establish Strong Company Management Systems

 

(a)        Conflict Minerals Policy

 

We adopted a conflict minerals policy that includes a statement on AAR’s commitment to working with our global supply chain to ensure compliance with the Rule. AAR’s expectations for its suppliers to participate in our conflict minerals compliance program are also set forth in the policy.  The policy is publicly available on our website at www.aarcorp.com under “Investor Relations” in the “Corporate Governance” section.  A copy of the policy has also been distributed to employees at the identified business units as part of the training conducted during the implementation of our conflict minerals compliance program in calendar year 2019.

 

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(b)        Internal Conflict Minerals Compliance Team

 

The Company’s Assistant General Counsel leads a team of employees who are responsible for implementing AAR’s conflict minerals compliance program and executing the supply chain reasonable country of origin and due diligence processes (the “Compliance Team”).  The Compliance Team includes employees from each of the four identified business units who work in functions such as design engineering, production or program management, and supply chain.  We also retained outside specialist consultants to advise us in connection with our conflict mineral compliance program.

 

(c)        System of Controls and Transparency over the Mineral Supply Chain

 

Because we do not have direct relationships with smelters or refiners, the Compliance Team continued to survey the Supplier Group using the CMRT which requires the Supplier Group to work with their upstream supply chain to identify the smelters and refiners that process the Conflict Minerals used in our products.

 

(d)        Company Engagement with Suppliers

 

The Compliance Team e-mailed the respective members of the Supplier Group to explain AAR’s obligations under the Rule and to outline AAR’s expectations for the Supplier Group to cooperate with AAR’s request for assistance.  The identified business units also used (a) CMRTs to facilitate identifying the need to gather conflict minerals information at the time of engagement, and (b) supplier terms and conditions in supplier contracts to establish obligations and, where appropriate, financial incentives or penalties for suppliers to cooperate with AAR’s conflict minerals compliance efforts.  We also worked with our Supplier Group to answer questions and provide guidance on our conflict minerals policy or program.

 

(e)       Grievance Mechanism

 

AAR maintains an employee hotline that allows employees, suppliers and other third parties to report, (anonymously, if desired) any questions, concerns or violations of the Company’s standards of conduct, policies, and applicable laws and regulations.  AAR has also established an e-mail account which any party can use to report questions specifically related to our conflict minerals policy or program.

 

3.2.2        Identification and Assessment of Risk in the Supply Chain

 

The Compliance Team tracked the Supplier Group’s completion of the CMRTs.  The Compliance Team reviewed responses from the Supplier Group to identify where a supplier indicated that it was sourcing from a Covered Country.  The Compliance Team also tracked the disclosure of smelters to determine whether smelters were sourcing from a Covered Country and, if so, whether those smelters had been certified as conflict-free.

 

3.2.3        Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks

 

We developed a risk management plan to address concerns that a supplier may be selling items to AAR that contain Conflict Minerals sourced from the Covered Countries through a non-certified smelter.  If a supplier indicates that items it sells to AAR may contain Conflict Minerals sourced from a non-certified smelter in a Covered Country, we will follow up with the supplier to obtain more information, including the basis for the information provided, as well as information regarding the source and chain of custody for the subject Conflict Minerals.  Identified risks will be reported to AAR’s Assistant General Counsel who will work with the Compliance Team and ultimately members of senior management to determine appropriate follow-up actions, if any, to mitigate risks.

 

Our conflict minerals policy states that, if a supplier is unwilling to support AAR in its conflict minerals compliance efforts, AAR and its subsidiaries may take remediation steps, up to and including terminating

 

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the supplier and pursuing alternative sourcing arrangements.  We also state in our policy that AAR and its subsidiaries may take remediation steps if a supplier cannot determine whether its materials or products contain Conflict Minerals sourced from the Covered Countries. To date, we have not had any instances where it was necessary to terminate or take other remedial action with a supplier.

 

3.2.4        Independent Third-Party Audits of Due Diligence Practices at Smelters and Refiners

 

We do not have any direct relationships with smelters or refiners and, therefore, rely upon the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) and other industry validation efforts to perform this audit requirement.  We validate whether or not any Conflict Minerals sourced from the Covered Countries is conflict-free based on information provided by the Supplier Group and on the information available on the RMI website.

 

3.2.5        Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

AAR’s conflicts minerals policy is posted to the Company’s public website at www.aarcorp.com under “Investor Relations” in the “Corporate Governance” section.  Upon filing our Form SD and this CMR with the SEC, a copy of those documents will also be publicly available on our website under “Investor Relations” in “Financial Reports &Filings.”

 

4.             Due Diligence Results

 

Our due diligence of our Supplier Group in 2019 yielded the following results:

 

·                  Based on our RCOI, we identified 138 suppliers in our Supplier Group and received responses from 101 (73%) of such suppliers.  Some of the non-responding suppliers advised us that they believed they were not within the scope of the Rule.

 

·                  89 of our suppliers responded with a completed CMRT.  Of those, 35 suppliers (39%) stated that their materials and components contained Conflict Minerals within the scope of the Rule (the “Conflict Minerals Supplier Group”).

 

·                  24 of the 35 suppliers who claimed 3TG in the Conflict Minerals Supplier Group (69%) disclosed smelters, and the remaining 11suppliers (31%) stated that they are still in the process of identifying smelters or do not currently have the resources to make such determination (this latter group included suppliers who act merely as distributors of materials and components to AAR).

 

·                  The 24 suppliers in the Conflict Minerals Supplier Group who disclosed smelters disclosed a total of 331 alleged smelters, of which AAR confirmed that 277 were listed on the RMI’s Standard Smelter List as of February 21, 2020 and thus qualify as actual smelters.

 

Attachment A lists the smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers as being part of our 2019 supply chain. It also includes the following information for each listed smelter/refiner: the subject Conflict Mineral; the name of the smelter/refiner; the country in which the smelter/refiner is located; and the status of the smelter/refiner as of February 21. 2020. Some of our suppliers may have reported smelters/refiners that were not in our supply chain due to over-inclusiveness in the information they received from their suppliers or for other reasons. In addition, the smelters/refiners listed may not be all of the smelters/refiners in our 2019 supply chain because (i) some of our suppliers were not able to identify all of the smelters/refiners used to process the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in our in-scope products and (ii) not all of our suppliers responded to our inquiries.

 

·                  17 suppliers of the 24 suppliers in the Conflict Minerals Supplier Group who disclosed smelters claim that they source from a Covered Country.

 

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·                  16 of the 17 suppliers claiming to source from a Covered Country disclosed conformant smelters under the RMAP protocols as posted on their website as of February 21, 2020.

 

Based on the due diligence results of our RCOI, AAR is not aware that any Conflict Minerals contained in our manufactured products financed or benefitted, directly or indirectly, any armed groups in the Covered Countries.

 

5.            Risk Mitigation Steps

 

We will continue to take the following steps to improve our due diligence efforts and to mitigate further any future risk that our products contain Conflict Minerals that could finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:

 

(a)               Continue to communicate to our Supplier Group our expectations and information requirements for our conflict minerals compliance program;

 

(b)               Continue to work with and train our in-scope suppliers in order to increase our survey response rate and obtain more complete and consistent information on the origin and chain of custody of Conflict Minerals contained in items sold to AAR;

 

(c)                Include provisions in new or renewed agreements with suppliers, including members of the Supplier Group, to establish obligations and, where appropriate, financial incentives or penalties for such suppliers to cooperate with AAR’s compliance efforts as required by the Rule; and

 

(d)               Review the potential opportunities and advantages of using automated tools to assist with reasonable country of origin and due diligence processes.

 

6.            Independent Audit

 

This CMR is not subject to an independent audit under the Rule because we are not declaring that our products are DRC Conflict-Free.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This CMR contains certain statements relating to future results, which are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on beliefs of Company management, as well as assumptions and estimates based on information currently available to the Company, and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated, including those factors discussed under Item 1A, entitled “Risk Factors,” included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2019 and the Company’s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February 29, 2020.  Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize adversely, or should underlying assumptions or estimates prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described. These events and uncertainties are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many are beyond the Company’s control. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. For additional information, see the comments included in AAR’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Attachment A

 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Gold

 

8853 S.p.A.

 

ITALY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

AU Traders and Refiners

 

SOUTH AFRICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Non Conformant

Gold

 

Advanced Chemical Company

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

 

UZBEKISTAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Asahi Pretec Corp.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

 

CANADA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Aurubis AG

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Bangalore Refinery

 

INDIA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

 

PHILIPPINES

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Boliden AB

 

SWEDEN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

 

CANADA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Cendres + Metaux S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Chimet S.p.A.

 

ITALY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Chugai Mining

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Gold

 

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Dowa

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

 


 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Gold

 

Emirates Gold DMCC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Geib Refining Corporation

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

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

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Istanbul Gold Refinery

 

TURKEY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Italpreziosi

 

ITALY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

JSC Uralelectromed

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Gold

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Japan Mint

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

 

POLAND

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Kazzinc

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

 

KYRGYZSTAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

L’Orfebre S.A.

 

ANDORRA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Gold

 

LT Metal Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Gold

 

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

 

INDIA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Marsam Metals

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Materion

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

 

SINGAPORE

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

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

 

MEXICO

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

 


 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Gold

 

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

 

MALAYSIA

 

Non Conformant

Gold

 

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Gold

 

NH Recytech Company

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Non Conformant

Gold

 

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

 

TURKEY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

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

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Gold

 

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

 

AUSTRIA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

PAMP S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Conformant

Gold

 

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

PX Precinox S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

 

CHILE

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Gold

 

REMONDIS PMR B.V.

 

NETHERLANDS

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

 

SOUTH AFRICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Royal Canadian Mint

 

CANADA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

SAAMP

 

FRANCE

 

Conformant

Gold

 

SAFINA A.S.

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

 

Active

Gold

 

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.

 

SPAIN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Safimet S.p.A

 

ITALY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Samduck Precious Metals

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Gold

 

T.C.A S.p.A

 

ITALY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Tony Goetz NV

 

BELGIUM

 

Non Conformant

Gold

 

Torecom

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

 


 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Gold

 

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

 

THAILAND

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

 

BELGIUM

 

Conformant

Gold

 

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Valcambi S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Conformant

Gold

 

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)

 

AUSTRALIA

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Yamakin Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Gold

 

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

CP Metals Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Active

Tantalum

 

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

D Block Metals, LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Exotech Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

 

THAILAND

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

 


 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Metals

 

MEXICO

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Powder

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

LSM Brasil S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

 

INDIA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

NPM Silmet AS

 

ESTONIA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

PRG Dooel

 

MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

QuantumClean

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Telex Metals

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tantalum

 

Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Alpha

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

CV Ayi Jaya

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

CV Dua Sekawan

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

CV Gita Pesona

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

CV United Smelting

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Non Conformant

Tin

 

Dowa

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tin

 

EM Vinto

 

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

 

Conformant

 


 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Tin

 

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

 

VIET NAM

 

Non Conformant

Tin

 

Fenix Metals

 

POLAND

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

 

MALAYSIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Metallic Resources, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Metallo Belgium N.V.

 

BELGIUM

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

 

SPAIN

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Minsur

 

PERU

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

 

MALAYSIA

 

Non Conformant

Tin

 

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

 

THAILAND

 

Conformant

Tin

 

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

 

PHILIPPINES

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.

 

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Bangka Prima Tin

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Bangka Serumpun

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Bangka Tin Industry

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

 


 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Tin

 

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Bukit Timah

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT DS Jaya Abadi

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Inti Stania Prima

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Karimun Mining

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Mitra Stania Prima

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Panca Mega Persada

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Premium Tin Indonesia

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Prima Timah Utama

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Rajehan Ariq

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Refined Bangka Tin

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Timah Tbk Kundur

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Timah Tbk Mentok

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

PT Tommy Utama

 

INDONESIA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited

 

INDIA

 

Active

Tin

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Rui Da Hung

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Soft Metais Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

VIET NAM

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Thaisarco

 

THAILAND

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Tin Technology & Refining

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tin

 

Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

A.L.M.T. Corp.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

ACL Metais Eireli

 

BRAZIL

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

 

VIET NAM

 

Conformant

 


 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Tungsten

 

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Hydrometallurg, JSC

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Active

Tungsten

 

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Active

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

KGETS Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Fallon

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Huntsville

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)

 

VIET NAM

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Moliren Ltd.

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

 


 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Country

 

Status

Tungsten

 

Niagara Refining LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

 

PHILIPPINES

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

VIET NAM

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Unecha Refractory metals plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG

 

AUSTRIA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant

Tungsten

 

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Conformant