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Exhibit 1.01

Corning Incorporated

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

This Conflict Minerals Report (CMR) for the year ended December 31, 2019 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG).

This report is available on the Investor Relations page of Corning’s website (see http://www.corning.com/investor_relations/index.aspx and click on “View All Filings”).

 

1.

Company Overview

This report has been prepared by management of Corning Incorporated (herein referred to as “Corning,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). The information includes the activities of all majority-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities that are required to be consolidated in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. It does not include the activities of subsidiaries or variable interest entities that are not required to be consolidated.

Corning is a world leader in the manufacture of specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on nearly 170 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Corning operates in five reportable segments: Display Technologies, Optical Communications, Environmental Technologies, Specialty Materials and Life Sciences. Corning manufactures and processes products at approximately 105 plants in 15 countries.

 

2.

Products Overview

Corning’s principal products, by segment, are as follows:

Corning’s Display Technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that are used primarily in notebook computers and flat panel displays.

Corning’s Optical Communications segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.

Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world.

The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for unique customer needs. Consequently, this segment operates in a wide variety of commercial and industrial markets that include display optics and components, semiconductor optics components, aerospace and defense, astronomy, ophthalmic products, telecommunications components and cover glass that is optimized for portable display devices and televisions.


Corning’s Life Sciences segment is a leading developer, manufacturer and global supplier of scientific laboratory products, including general labware and equipment, as well as specialty surfaces, media and reagents, that are used for cell culture research, bioprocessing, genomics, drug discovery, microbiology and chemistry.

All other segments at Corning that do not meet the quantitative threshold for separate reporting have been grouped as “All Other” in our financial reporting documentation. This group is primarily comprised of the results of the pharmaceutical technologies business and new product lines and development projects, as well as certain corporate investments.

 

3.

Supply Chain Overview

Corning maintains complex and diverse supply chains across its reported segments, involving thousands of suppliers to the Company. We rely on our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us – including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from lower tier suppliers. Contracts with our suppliers are frequently in force for three years or more and we cannot unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements. Corning has incorporated a clause to relevant agreements that requires suppliers to provide information about the source of conflict minerals and smelters. Based upon these contractual requirements and our supplier relationships, we work annually with selected suppliers to ensure they provide us the 3TG sourcing information required.

Based upon technical knowledge regarding our products, as well as the results of the prior supplier surveys regarding conflict minerals, relevant personnel in each of our reported segments identified the suppliers to survey regarding whether the components or materials supplied to Corning by such suppliers contain 3TG. We relied upon these suppliers, approximately 166 in total, to provide us with information about whether the components or materials supplied to Corning contain 3TG; and if so, the source of such 3TG. Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers, or in the case of distributors from whom we purchase components or materials, reliant upon the manufacturers of such items. Many of our larger suppliers are also SEC registrants and subject to the Rule.

 

4.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) and RCOI Conclusion

 

  4.1

Requests for Information

We surveyed those suppliers described above using version 5.12 of the conflict minerals reporting template developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), known as the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) Reporting Template (or the “CMRT”). The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company’s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the CMRT contains questions about the origin of conflict minerals included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. Written instructions and recorded training illustrating the use of the tool are available on Responsible Business Alliance’s website. The CMRT is being used by many companies in their due diligence processes related to 3TG.

To determine whether any 3TG necessary to our products originated in the Covered Countries, we retained a third-party service provider, Assent Compliance (“Assent”) to assist us in surveying our supply chain. During our supplier survey, we contacted suppliers via the Assent Compliance Manager (“ACM”), a SaaS platform provided by Assent that enables its users to complete and track supplier communications as well as allows suppliers to upload completed CMRTs directly to the platform for assessment and management. The use of the CMRT allowed for some elimination of irrelevant suppliers. Specifically, question one of the CMRT asks suppliers whether any 3TGs are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. We also reviewed the supplier list to ensure that irrelevant or “out of scope” suppliers were removed from the survey process (e.g., the removal of suppliers who provided only packaging to Corning).

Assent requested that all in-scope suppliers complete a CMRT and included training and education to guide suppliers on best practices and the use of the template. Assent monitored and tracked all communications in the ACM for future reporting and transparency. Corning directly contacted suppliers that were unresponsive to Assent’s communications during the diligence process and requested that such suppliers complete and submit the CMRT to Assent.


  4.2

Survey Responses

Where the CMRT responses included the names of entities listed by our suppliers as smelters or refiners, we consulted the RMI publicly-available information to determine whether such entities had been identified as certified Conflict-Free. In some cases, the CMRT responses did not provide smelter information; this was one of the items that we typically requested in follow-up communications with suppliers. Ultimately, some suppliers were unable to provide us with smelter information because they were engaged in their own efforts to obtain that information from their suppliers.

Through Assent’s platform automated data validation was performed on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions and identify any contradictory answers in the CMRT. This data validation is based on logical sequencing and required correlations between the CMRT questions (for example, if a supplier does not report having received information from 100% of its 3TG sources, it cannot logically offer definitive statements in response to certain other questions).

All submitted CMRTs are first accepted and then classified as valid or invalid so that their data is still retained. Suppliers are contacted in regard to invalid forms and are encouraged to resubmit a valid form. As of May 15, 2020, there were two (2) invalid supplier submissions in Corning’s supplier survey that could not be corrected.

Many of the responses we received provided data at a company or divisional level or, as described above, were unable to specify with certainty all of the smelters or refiners used for components supplied to Corning. In some instances, we engaged in follow-up communications with suppliers to request that they provide a CMRT response specific to the components or materials supplied to Corning; however, in many cases, the suppliers were unable to do so because they were unable to obtain detailed information from their own suppliers.

 

  4.3

RCOI Conclusion

Based upon the results of our RCOI, we were able to determine that no 3TGs are contained in the products sold by Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment. In Corning’s Display Technologies segment, our RCOI determined that tin contained in the products sold by this segment is sourced from the Covered Countries, but only from RMI compliant smelters. For Corning’s Optical Communications, Specialty Materials, and Life Sciences segments, we were unable to conclusively determine whether the 3TG in the products for such segments originated in the Covered Countries because of the incomplete information received from our supply chain.

Based on RCOI responses we have received from certain suppliers, we believe that certain of the 3TG contained in the products for our Optical Communications, Specialty Materials, and/or Life Sciences segments may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the Covered Countries). Thus, we are required under the Rule to conduct due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those minerals as well as those in the supply chain for our Display Technologies segment and submit to the SEC a Conflict Minerals Report as an Exhibit to Form SD.

 

5.

Due Diligence Program

 

  5.1

Design of Due Diligence

Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework in The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Second Edition, 2013 (OECD Guidance) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten. The Guidance identifies five steps for due diligence that should be implemented and provides guidance as to how to achieve each step. We developed our due diligence process to address each of these five steps, namely:

 

  1.

Establishing strong company management systems regarding conflict minerals;

 

  2.

Identifying and assessing risks in our supply chain;


  3.

Designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks in our supply chain;

 

  4.

Utilizing independent third-party audits of supply chain diligence; and

 

  5.

Publicly reporting on our supply chain due diligence

We are a downstream supplier, many steps removed from the mining of 3TGs. A large number of suppliers, through multiple tiers of distribution, supply the components and materials integrated into our products. Furthermore, we do not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals or make purchases from the Covered Countries directly. The origin of the conflict minerals cannot be determined with any certainty once the raw ores are smelted, refined and converted to ingots, bullion or other conflict mineral containing derivatives. The smelters and refiners consolidate raw ore and represent the best actors in the total supply chain to possess knowledge of the origin of the ores they procure.

 

  5.2

Establish Strong Company Management Systems

 

  5.2.1

Conflict Minerals Policy

We have adopted the following revised conflict minerals policy, effective March 2019:

Background on Conflict Minerals

Conflict minerals refer to the mineral precursors of the metals tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold (3TG), which are found in small amounts in virtually all electronic products. Revenue from mining these minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and nine neighboring countries has been linked to funding for groups engaged in extreme violence and human rights atrocities.

Pursuant to the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, public companies in the US that make products for which 3TG metals (tantalum, tin, tungsten & gold) are necessary to the functionality or production of that product are required to assess their supply chains and report on the source of these materials. Corning Incorporated (“Corning”) is a public company, and therefore is committed to complying with this law.

Corning Incorporated’s Corporate Position on Conflict Minerals

At Corning, corporate social responsibility is a proactive commitment to preserving the trust of our stakeholders. The commitment contributes to sustainable economic and environmental development through all our business activities – how we operate, what we sell, how we give, and how we support our people, the communities in which we operate, and society at large. Any connection between the materials used in Corning products and armed violence or human rights abuses is unacceptable.

Corporate social responsibility is intrinsic to Corning’s heritage and it is integral to how we build value and trust in our company. It is also a demonstration of how we live our Values which represent the unchanging moral and ethical compass that guides everything we do. More information about Sustainability at Corning can be found here.

The 3TG supply chain is complex, typically including many stages between Corning and the smelters that purchase and process the ore into metals. The greatest risk of conflict minerals entering our supply chain is through these smelters’ ore purchasing practices. We require our suppliers to source 3TG for Corning products only from smelters that comply with the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (RMI, formerly the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative) Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP, formerly the Conflict-Free Smelter Program), which requires a third-party sourcing audit. To monitor 3TG suppliers’ performance, we assess their responses to the RMI’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, and request corrective action where needed, including the removal from our supply chain of smelters that pose a risk.


More information about the Responsible Minerals Initiative can be found here. Our due diligence measures implemented as part of our conflict minerals program have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework in The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.

Corning requires our suppliers to comply with our requests to provide complete and accurate Conflict Minerals Reporting Templates, and to perform further due diligence as required about the source of any conflict minerals in their products which are provided to us in order to ensure alignment throughout the supply chain. Failure to provide this information to Corning when requested may result in removal from active status as a Corning supplier.

Our conflict minerals policy is publicly available on our website at the following link:http://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/sustainability/processes/supply-chain-social-responsibility/social/conflict-minerals-policy.html.

 

  5.2.2

Internal Team

Corning has established a cross-functional Conflict Minerals Compliance Team for managing our conflict minerals program. Our Conflict Minerals Compliance Team includes a steering team sponsored by the Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain as well as executive-level representatives from the company’s finance and legal functions. Reporting to the steering team is a core working team, which is led by our Global Supply Management organization. This core team, which includes subject matter experts from relevant functions such as finance, legal, and global supply management, is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on an annual basis. Corning also uses a third-party service provider, Assent, to assist us with evaluating supply chain information regarding 3TGs, identifying potential risks, and in the development and implementation of additional due diligence steps that we will undertake with suppliers regarding conflict minerals.

Corning leverages Assent’s Managed Services in order to work with dedicated program specialists who support Corning’s conflict minerals program. Corning communicates regularly with the Assent team in order to receive updates on program status. Each member of Assent’s Customer Success team is trained in conflict minerals compliance and understands the intricacies of the CMRT and conflict minerals reporting, as well as Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

 

  5.2.3

Control Systems

As we do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, we have relied upon industry-wide initiatives to disclose upstream actors in the supply chain. Specifically, as part of our due diligence efforts we have utilized the smelter information provided by the Responsible Minerals Initiative.

In addition, with the assistance of personnel from Corning’s accounting, compliance and reporting function, we previously developed a detailed risk control matrix through which Corning’s conflict minerals program can be evaluated and monitored.

 

  5.2.4

Supplier Engagement

With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have added a conflict minerals clause to our purchase order terms and conditions and relevant contract templates in order to communicate to suppliers our expectations and requirements regarding the sourcing of and disclosure of conflict minerals. We also include our Supplier Code of Conduct in our supplier contracts, which contains Corning’s expectations for suppliers with respect to humane labor conditions, health and safety, and environmental factors, among others. A copy of our Supplier Code of Conduct is available at http://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/sustainability/articles/processes/supply-chain-management/supplier-code-of-conduct.html.


  5.2.5

Grievance Mechanism

Corning’s Supplier Code of Conduct, referenced in 5.2.4 above, instructs suppliers that questions or concerns may be submitted to Corning’s third-party telephone and web hotline service. This hotline is also described in Corning’s Code of Conduct, as referenced above. These phone or web services can be used to make an anonymous report and are available on a 24/7 basis. Corning maintains a robust internal compliance and ethics program under the oversight of a Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer to ensure that all such reports are properly investigated, reported and remediated as required.

Violations or grievances at the industry level can be reported to the RMI directly as well. This can be done at http://www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/responsible-minerals-assurance-process/grievance-mechanism/.

 

  5.2.6

Maintain Records

Corning has an existing document retention policy which governs the retention of documentation relevant to our due diligence efforts. We also implemented a document retention policy through Assent to retain conflict minerals related documents, including supplier responses to CMRTs. Assent stores all of the information and findings from this process in a database that can be audited by internal or external parties.

 

  5.3

Identify and Assess Risks in the Supply Chain

Because of our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth and breadth of our supply chain, it is difficult to identify actors upstream from our direct suppliers. One method for identifying risks in our supply chain is through automatic checks in the ACM system based on criteria established by Assent for supplier responses as outlined above.

In accordance with OECD Guidelines, it is important to understand risk levels associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Smelters or refiners not being certified DRC-Conflict Free pose a significant risk to the supply chain. Certain of the responses provided by our suppliers via the CMRT included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as smelters or refiners. We do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners and do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. Assent compared these facilities listed in the responses to the list of smelters and refiners maintained by the RMI and, if a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as “Conflict-Free,” confirmed that the name was listed by RMI. As of May 15, 2020, of the 303 legitimate smelter and refiners identified by our suppliers, we have validated 235 smelters or refiners as Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) conformant. Due to the provision of a mix of company-level, product-level and user defined CMRTs, we cannot definitively determine the connection of any smelters or refiners listed in them to our in-scope products.

Each facility that meets the RMI definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TG mineral is assessed according to red flag indicators defined in the OECD Guidance. Assent determines the level of risk that each smelter poses to the supply chain by identifying the following red flags:

 

   

Geographic proximity to the DRC and Covered Countries;

 

   

Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status;

 

   

Credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing

 

   

Known mineral source country of origin;

 

   

Peer Assessments conducted by credible third-party sources.

Based on these criteria the following facilities have been identified as being of highest concern to the supply chain:

 

   

Tony Goetz NV - CID002587

 

   

Kaloti Precious Metals - CID002563


   

African Gold Refinery Limited (AGR) - CID003185

 

   

Fidelity Printers and Refiners - CID002515

 

   

Sudan Gold Refinery - CID002567

As part of our risk management plan under the OECD Guidance, when these facilities were reported on a CMRT by one of the suppliers we surveyed, risk mitigation activities were initiated. Through our third-party vendor, Assent Compliance, submissions that included any of the above facilities immediately produced a receipt instructing the supplier to take their own risk mitigation actions, including submission of a product specific CMRT to better identify the connection to products that they supply to Corning, and escalating up to removal of these high-risk smelters from their supply chain.

As per the OECD Guidance, risk mitigation will depend on the supplier’s specific context. Suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these red flags from the supply chain. In addition, suppliers are guided to the Assent University learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners on the supply chain.

Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). Evaluating and tracking the strength of the program meets the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines and can assist in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the program are based on these four questions in the CMRT:

A. Have you established a conflict minerals sourcing policy?

E. Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing?

G. Do you review due diligence information received from your suppliers against your company’s expectations?

H. Does your review process include corrective action management?

When suppliers meet or exceed those criteria (Yes to at least A, E, G, H), they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program. At this time, 19 of our responsive suppliers have been identified as having a weak program.

 

  5.4

Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Risks

Corning has developed processes to assess and respond to the risks identified in the supply chain. Corning has a responsible minerals sourcing program through which its conflict minerals program is implemented, managed and monitored. As the program progresses, escalations are sent to non-responsive suppliers to outline the importance of a response via CMRTs and to outline the required cooperation for compliance to the conflict minerals rules and Corning’s expectations.

As described in our conflict minerals policy, we intend to engage with any of our suppliers whom we have reason to believe are supplying us with 3TG from sources that may support conflict in the DRC or any adjoining country to appropriately address the situation, which may include establishing an alternative source of 3TG that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance. The result and timing will depend upon factors such as the criticality of the specific part and the availability of alternate suppliers.

In cases where suppliers have continuously been non-responsive or are not committed to corrective action plans, Corning will assess if replacing that supplier is feasible. The results of the program and risk assessment are shared with the Conflict Minerals Compliance Team and the leadership of Corning’s Global Supply Management function to ensure transparency within the company.

As of the date of this filing, we have found no instances where it was necessary to terminate a contract or find a replacement supplier due to 3TG sourced from the Covered Countries.


  5.5

Carry out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain

Corning does not have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, nor do we perform direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. However, we do rely on third-party audits of smelters and refiners conducted as part of the RMAP. The RMAP uses independent private-sector auditors, and audits the source, including the mines of origin, and the chain of custody of the conflict minerals used by smelters and refiners that agree to participate in the program.

In early 2020, Corning became a member of the Responsible Minerals Initiative, enabling us to expand our industry collaborative efforts through RMI membership and to utilize RMI’s flagship Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) through our supply chain as described above.

Assent also directly contacts smelters and refiners that are not currently enrolled in the RMAP to encourage their participation and gather information regarding each facilities’ sourcing practices on behalf of its compliance partners. Corning is a signatory of this communication in accordance with the requirements of downstream companies detailed in the OECD Guidance.

Through the company’s membership with the RMI, smelters or refiners have been encouraged to participate in the RMAP. Any smelters or refiners that were reported by suppliers who were not part of the RMAP were also contacted directly by Assent to encourage them to participate in the RMAP.

 

  5.6

Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

In addition to this report, see our website at http://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/suppliers.html for further information about Corning’s commercial relationships with and expectations of its suppliers.

 

  5.6.1

Due Diligence Process

Corning conducted a survey of its relevant suppliers (as described above) using the template originally developed jointly by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), known as the Responsible Minerals Initiative Reporting Template (the “CMRT”). The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company’s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the CMRT contains questions about the origin of conflict minerals included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. Written instructions and recorded training illustrating the use of the tool is available on RMI’s website and via the website of Assent Compliance, our third-party provider.

 

  5.6.2

Survey Responses

Corning surveyed approximately 166 suppliers based upon the likelihood that such suppliers supplied materials or components to Corning that contained one or more 3TG, and we received responses from 75% of the suppliers we surveyed. Corning’s response rate for 2019 was approximately 12% lower than the previous year, likely as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic occurring during the reporting cycle. A total of nine (9) suppliers indicated in their survey responses that they sourced 3TG from the Covered Countries, but those 3TG were “conflict free.” Eight (8) of the suppliers surveyed stated that the 3TG they sourced came from outside of the Covered Countries, and 45 suppliers reported as “undeterminable” in regard to sourcing 3TGs from the Covered Countries.

 

  5.6.3

Efforts to Determine Country of Origin of Mine or 3TG

We have determined that seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain through the use of the CMRT with our relevant suppliers represents the most reasonable effort we are able to make to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TG in our supply chain.


  5.6.4

Efforts to Identify Smelters or Refiners

Because of the incomplete information provided to us by our suppliers in response to our surveys, or the receipt of company-level responses that do not provide information specific to materials or components supplied to Corning, in many cases the smelters and refiners we have identified to date cannot be tied to specific Corning products. However, in certain instances, our suppliers did provide CMRTs specific to the products supplied to Corning. We have reported all legitimate smelter or refiner information included in the CMRTs we received on Appendix A to this report, recognizing as stated above that not all such smelters or refiners can definitively be tied to Corning products. Of the 303 legitimate smelters identified on the CMRTs we received, as of May 15, 2020 235 were identified as RMAP Conformant and six (6) were actively working toward a “conflict free” designation. As noted, our list of processing smelters and refiners disclosed in Appendix A may contain more facilities than those that processed the conflict minerals actually contained in our products.

 

  5.6.5

Countries of Origin

Appendix B includes an aggregated list of the countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source conflict minerals, based on information provided by suppliers and the RMI. As mentioned in the above section, many responses were provided at the company level, therefore, Appendix B may contain more countries than those that the conflict minerals used in our products are sourced from.

 

  6.

Steps to be taken to mitigate risk

We have taken and/or intend to continue to take the following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary conflict minerals in our products could benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries:

 

  A.

Include a conflict minerals flow-down clause in relevant new or renewed supplier contracts.

 

  B.

Include a step to our new supplier enrollment process to directly identify new suppliers who could potentially supply Corning with products or materials containing 3TG.

 

  C.

Partner with a third-party company, Assent Compliance, which specializes in conducting conflict minerals compliance programs, to improve the accuracy and efficiency of our supplier survey and reporting process.

 

  D.

Engage with suppliers to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses.

 

  E.

Engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TG from sources that support conflict in the DRC or any adjoining country to address the situation, which will include establishing an alternative source of 3TG that does not support such conflict, with timing depending on factors such as the criticality of the specific part and the availability of alternate suppliers.

 

  F.

Maintain Corning’s membership in the Responsible Minerals Initiative, enabling us to expand our industry collaborative efforts through RMI membership and to utilize RMI’s flagship Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) through our supply chain.


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in reports subsequently filed by Corning with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Forms 8-K, and related comments by management that are not historical facts or information and contain words such as “will,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “see,” “would,” and “target” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Such statements relate to future events that by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the company’s future operating performance, the company’s share of new and existing markets, the company’s revenue and earnings growth rates, the company’s ability to innovate and commercialize new products, and the company’s implementation of cost-reduction initiatives and measures to improve pricing, including the optimization of the company’s manufacturing capacity.


Appendix A

RMI Smelter List1

 

Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Gold   8853 S.p.A.   ITALY   CID002763   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Abington Reldan Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002708   Non Conformant   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000015   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   African Gold Refinery   UGANDA   CID003185   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000019   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID002560   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.   GERMANY   CID000035   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   UZBEKISTAN   CID000041   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao   BRAZIL   CID000058   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Argor-Heraeus S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID000077   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corp.   JAPAN   CID000082   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.   CANADA   CID000924   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000920   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000090   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.   TURKEY   CID000103   Due Diligence Vetting Process   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   AU Traders and Refiners   SOUTH AFRICA   CID002850   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Aurubis AG   GERMANY   CID000113   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Bangalore Refinery   INDIA   CID002863   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   PHILIPPINES   CID000128   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Boliden AB   SWEDEN   CID000157   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   GERMANY   CID000176   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS   COLOMBIA   CID003421   In Communication   Unknown   Unknown

 

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This Exhibit contains all legitimate smelter or refiner information we received on the CMRTs provided by our suppliers in response to our survey requests. Because these CMRTs in some instances contained incomplete information, or were not specific to the products supplied to Corning, many of these smelters and refiners cannot be tied to specific Corning products.


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Gold   Caridad   MEXICO   CID000180   Communication Suspended - Not Interested   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   CANADA   CID000185   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Cendres + Metaux S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID000189   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.   INDIA   CID003382   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   ITALY   CID000233   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Chugai Mining   JAPAN   CID000264   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   CHINA   CID000343   In Communication   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH   GERMANY   CID002867   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID003348   In Communication   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH   GERMANY   CID000362   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Dowa   JAPAN   CID000401   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID003195   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID000359   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant   JAPAN   CID000425   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant   JAPAN   CID003424   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant   JAPAN   CID003425   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID002561   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   ZIMBABWE   CID002515   Due Diligence Vetting Process   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Fujairah Gold FZC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID002584   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.   INDIA   CID002852   In Communication   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002459   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Gold Coast Refinery   GHANA   CID003186   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002243   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM   CHINA   CID001909   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited   CHINA   CID002312   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000651   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000671   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   GERMANY   CID000694   Conformant   Yes   Unknown


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   CHINA   CID000707   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   CID000711   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000767   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000773   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID000778   Communication Suspended - Not Interested   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000801   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   International Precious Metal Refiners   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID002562   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000807   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   TURKEY   CID000814   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Italpreziosi   ITALY   CID002765   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   JALAN & Company   INDIA   CID002893   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Japan Mint   JAPAN   CID000823   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000855   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID000927   RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   JSC Uralelectromed   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID000929   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000937   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Kaloti Precious Metals   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID002563   RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   KAZAKHSTAN   CID000956   In Communication   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Kazzinc   KAZAKHSTAN   CID000957   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000969   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   POLAND   CID002511   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000981   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID002605   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   KYRGYZSTAN   CID001029   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID002865   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Gold   L’azurde Company For Jewelry   SAUDI ARABIA   CID001032   RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001056   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001058   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   L’Orfebre S.A.   ANDORRA   CID002762   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID001078   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   LT Metal Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID000689   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001093   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Marsam Metals   BRAZIL   CID002606   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Materion   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001113   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001119   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CHINA   CID001149   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   SINGAPORE   CID001152   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CHINA   CID001147   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID001153   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001157   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   MEXICO   CID001161   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN   CID001188   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001193   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA   CID002509   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   MALAYSIA   CID002857   Non Conformant   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Morris and Watson   NEW ZEALAND   CID002282   Communication Suspended - Not Interested   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001204   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   TURKEY   CID001220   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   UZBEKISTAN   CID001236   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   NH Recytech Company   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID003189   Non Conformant   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001259   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   AUSTRIA   CID002779   Conformant   Yes   Unknown


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001325   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001326   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID000493   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   PAMP S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID001352   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Pease & Curren   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002872   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001362   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   CHILE   CID002919   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001386   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   INDONESIA   CID001397   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   PX Precinox S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID001498   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   QG Refining, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID003324   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   SOUTH AFRICA   CID001512   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000522   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   REMONDIS PMR B.V.   NETHERLANDS   CID002582   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CANADA   CID001534   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   SAAMP   FRANCE   CID002761   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001546   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   ITALY   CID002973   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   CZECH REPUBLIC   CID002290   Active   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Sai Refinery   INDIA   CID002853   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID001555   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Samwon Metals Corp.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID001562   Communication Suspended - Not Interested   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY   CID002777   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   SPAIN   CID001585   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002525   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001619   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001622   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001736   Conformant   Yes   Unknown


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   CID002516   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001756   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   CID001761   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Sovereign Metals   INDIA   CID003383   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology   LITHUANIA   CID003153   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Sudan Gold Refinery   SUDAN   CID002567   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001798   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID002918   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   ITALY   CID002580   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   JAPAN   CID001875   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001916   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001938   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001947   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Tony Goetz NV   BELGIUM   CID002587   Non Conformant   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   KAZAKHSTAN   CID002615   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Torecom   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID001955   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Umicore Brasil Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID001977   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   THAILAND   CID002314   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   BELGIUM   CID001980   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001993   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID002003   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   AUSTRALIA   CID002030   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY   CID002778   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Yamakin Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID002100   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID002129   Conformant   Yes   No
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000197   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CHINA   CID002224   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Tantalum   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000092   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000211   Conformant   Yes   No


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Tantalum   CP Metals Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID003402   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002504   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Exotech Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000456   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CHINA   CID000460   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CHINA   CID002505   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   JAPAN   CID002558   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002557   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000616   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   THAILAND   CID002544   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   GERMANY   CID002547   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002548   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   JAPAN   CID002549   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   CID002550   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   GERMANY   CID002545   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002492   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002512   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CHINA   CID002842   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000914   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000917   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002506   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   MEXICO   CID002539   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   BRAZIL   CID001076   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA   CID001163   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL   CID001175   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001192   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001277   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   ESTONIA   CID001200   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   PRG Dooel   NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF   CID002847   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   QuantumClean   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001508   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID002707   Conformant   Yes   No


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001769   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001869   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Telex Metals   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001891   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   KAZAKHSTAN   CID001969   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002508   Conformant   Yes   No
Tantalum   Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001522   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Alpha   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000292   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   VIET NAM   CID002703   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000228   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003190   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001070   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003356   Non Conformant   Unknown   Unknown
Tin   Dowa   JAPAN   CID000402   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM   CID002572   Non Conformant   Unknown   Unknown
Tin   EM Vinto   BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)   CID000438   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   BRAZIL   CID000448   In Communication   Unknown   Unknown
Tin   Fenix Metals   POLAND   CID000468   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003410   Outreach Required   Unknown   Unknown
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   CHINA   CID000942   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000538   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001908   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000555   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003116   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant   CHINA   CID002849   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002844   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000760   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   CHINA   CID001231   Conformant   Yes   No


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Tin   Luna Smelter, Ltd.   RWANDA   CID003387   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Tin   Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003379   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID002468   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   MALAYSIA   CID001105   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   BRAZIL   CID002500   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001142   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   BELGIUM   CID002773   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   SPAIN   CID002774   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL   CID001173   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Minsur   PERU   CID001182   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN   CID001191   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   MALAYSIA   CID002858   Non Conformant   Uknown   Unknown
Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM   CID002573   Outreach Required   Uknown   Unknown
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   THAILAND   CID001314   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   PHILIPPINES   CID002517   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.   BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)   CID001337   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Pongpipat Company Limited   MYANMAR   CID003208   Outreach Required   Uknown   Unknown
Tin   Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited   INDIA   CID003409   Active   Uknown   Unknown
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   INDONESIA   CID001399   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   INDONESIA   CID002503   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   INDONESIA   CID002835   Conformant   Yes   Unknown
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   INDONESIA   CID001453   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   INDONESIA   CID001460   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Kundur   INDONESIA   CID001477   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Mentok   INDONESIA   CID001482   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID002706   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Rui Da Hung   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   CID001539   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID001758   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Super Ligas   BRAZIL   CID002756   Outreach Required   Uknown   Unknown
Tin   Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM   CID002834   Conformant   Yes   No


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Tin   Thaisarco   THAILAND   CID001898   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID003325   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM   CID002574   Outreach Required   Uknown   Unknown
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID002036   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002158   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Yunnan Tin Company Limited   CHINA   CID002180   Conformant   Yes   No
Tin   Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003397   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. Corp.   JAPAN   CID000004   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   BRAZIL   CID002833   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.   BRAZIL   CID003427   Active   Uknown   Unknown
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   VIET NAM   CID002502   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002513   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002641   In Communication   Uknown   Unknown
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000258   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000281   Outreach Required   Uknown   Unknown
Tungsten   CP Metals Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID003448   Active   Uknown   Unknown
Tungsten   Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003401   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000499   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002645   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000875   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002315   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002494   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000568   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000218   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   CID002542   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   GERMANY   CID002541   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000766   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji   CHINA   CID002579   Conformant   Yes   No


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000769   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003182   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID002649   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000825   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002551   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002321   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002313   Communication Suspended - Not Interested   Uknown   Unknown
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002318   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002647   Active   Uknown   Unknown
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002317   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002316   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID003408   Active   Uknown   Unknown
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000966   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000105   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   KGETS Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID003388   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   CID003407   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002319   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)   VIET NAM   CID002543   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd.   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID002845   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002589   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   PHILIPPINES   CID002827   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM   CID001889   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Unecha Refractory metals plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID002724   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   AUSTRIA   CID002044   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID002843   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002320   Conformant   Yes   Yes
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002082   Conformant   Yes   No


Metal

 

Standard Smelter Name

 

Smelter Facility

Location

 

Smelter

ID

 

RMI Audit

Status

 

Conflict

Free?

 

Source from
DRC?

Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002830   Conformant   Yes   No
Tungsten   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002095   Conformant   Yes   No


Appendix B

Country of Origin Information

This list of potential countries of origin is populated based on publicly available information, our RCOI and due diligence. It is important to note that this is also based on company level responses and therefore, it is not certain which of these countries of origin can be specifically linked to our products.

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somaliland, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.