UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
Data I/O Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Washington |
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0-10394 |
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91-0864123 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
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6645 185th Ave. NE, Suite 100, Redmond, WA |
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98052 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Joel Hatlen |
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(425) 881-6444 |
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.) |
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
ý Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019.
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report, Exhibit
Data I/O Corporation evaluated its current product lines and determined that certain products we manufacture or contract to manufacture contain one or more necessary conflict minerals consisting of: tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold (3TG). Our reasonable country of origin inquiry surveys of our suppliers determined that we are unable to determine the country of origin of the 3TG contained in our products, and as a result we have filed a Conflict Minerals Report.
Conflict Minerals Report
A copy of Data I/O Corporation's Form SD including our Conflict Minerals Report is publicly available at:
http://www.dataio.com/en-us/company/investorrelations/financialreports.aspx
Item 1.01 Exhibit
A copy of Data I/O Corporation's Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01
Section 2 – Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:
Exhibit 1.01 — Conflict Minerals Report as required by Item 1.01 of this Form.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.
Data I/O Corporation
(Registrant)
/s/ Joel S. Hatlen
By Joel S. Hatlen, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
May 29, 2020
Exhibit 1.01
Data I/O Corporation’s Conflict Minerals Report
in Accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
This is the Conflict Minerals Report of Data I/O Corporation (“Data I/O,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and subsidiaries for calendar year 2019 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (“Rule 13p-1”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”). Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD and the 1934 Act Release No. 34-67716 for definitions to the terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein.
Company and Manufacturing Overview
Data I/O Corporation and its subsidiaries manufacture or contract to manufacture electronic equipment used primarily in our customer’s production process for semiconductor programming and handling. We had approximately $22.5 million in revenue in 2019, with 96 employees at the end of 2019. Our manufacturing takes place in Redmond, Washington, USA; Shanghai, China; and minor amounts in Gräfelfing, Germany. Our manufacturing primarily consists of final assembly of purchased parts and subassemblies. We contract for the manufacture of certain subassemblies, boards and adapters.
Assessment of Products
We assessed our products to determine if they contained necessary conflict minerals. We determined our software products did not contain conflict minerals. Our equipment products (SentriX, PSV7000, PSV5000, PSV3000, PSV2800, ProLine RoadRunner, RoadRunner3, FlashPAK III, LumenX programmers, FlashCORE programmers, and related options for media handling, vision, laser marking, and adapters) all include one or more necessary conflict minerals.
Process
An internal team sponsored by our Vice President - Chief Operating & Financial Officer and driven by our internal supply chain and administrative personnel from each of our USA, China and German offices works to gather the information to prepare our Conflict Mineral Report.
We reviewed our conflict mineral policy and the use of a due diligence framework. We developed a supplier contact and survey process and reviewed supply chain risk and mitigation. We maintain a documentation management information system and records retention to comply with the conflict mineral reporting requirements. Steps are described in more detail below.
Conflict Minerals Policy
Data I/O is committed to working with our global supply chain to achieve greater transparency in our supply chain. Our goal is to source responsibly to manufacture products that do not contain Conflict Minerals that support armed conflict in any of the Covered Countries. As a result, we have established a conflict minerals compliance program that is designed to follow the framework established by the OECD in all material respects. As part of that program, we expect that our suppliers conduct conflict minerals due diligence through their supply chains and report their results to us.
Due Diligence Framework
In conducting our due diligence, we implemented the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD 2011) (“OECD Framework”), an internationally recognized due diligence frame work, including the related supplements on gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten.
As an electronics manufacturer, Data I/O’s due diligence measures were based on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability (“EICC/GeSI”) initiative with the smelters and refiners of conflict minerals who provide those conflict minerals to our suppliers. As a company in the semiconductor programming equipment business, Data I/O is several levels removed from the smelter or actual mining of conflict minerals. Data I/O does not make direct purchases of raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals from smelters or metal traders, or purchases from the Covered Countries. We depend entirely on our multi-tiered supply chain to provide conflict mineral sourcing information.
Data I/O’s Due Diligence
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Assessed our products as to whether they contained conflict minerals and if so, that the conflict minerals were necessary to the function of the products. All of our equipment products contain one or more necessary conflict minerals. |
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Contacted our suppliers and interviewed or surveyed them regarding their conflict mineral sourcing as well as reviewing their supply-chain for items including conflict minerals. This involved educating them on the annual SEC reporting requirements and our due diligence expectations. |
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Reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence by conducting a supply-chain survey with direct suppliers of materials potentially containing conflict minerals using updated EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to identify the smelters and refiners. Our production supplier list had 15 that we determined had no conflict mineral metals. We requested surveys from a total of 161. We received completed surveys from 79; letters of inapplicability from 14; and no response from 53 despite follow-ups. This included follow up on identified discrepancies of reported smelter information and no responses to our survey request. We experienced slightly lower levels of survey compliance and higher follow up difficulties, which we attributed in part to supply chain plant closures as well as others working remotely related to impacts of COVID-19. |
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Consolidating the survey information and comparing the smelters and refiners identified in the supply-chain survey against the list of smelter facilities which have been identified as “conflict free” by programs such as the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) program for tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold. Significant variation in the names used by suppliers and missing data in certain surveys of smelter listings from our suppliers impacted our ability to have clarity on the identity of the actual smelter sourced by our supply chain in some instances. |
Data I/O does not have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, nor do we perform direct audits of these entities that provide our supply chain the 3TG. We rely upon the industry (for example, EICC and CFSI) and larger entities’ efforts to influence smelters and refineries to get audited and certified through CFSI’s CFS program.
Certain suppliers were able to identify specifically the smelters or refiners of Conflict Minerals that went into parts supplied to us. We typically were not able to receive tailored information relative to the parts we purchased but received generically all possible smelter information for our supplier’s entire supply chain. These responses included the names of smelters or refiners listed in the table below. We reviewed the facilities as to being on the CFSI list of smelters and refiners. We were not able to verify that all of the smelters or refiners named were certified Conflict-Free by CSFI, sometimes due to differences in names used by smelters or refiners.
With the exception of the responding suppliers described above, we are therefore unable to identify any of the other smelters or refiners actually in our supply chain.
Our identified smelter, facility country and metal table is provided at the bottom of this report.
Conflict Mineral Reporting Conclusion
After exercising the due diligence described above, the Company was unable to determine whether or not its products contain conflict minerals: (1) from recycled or scrap sources as defined in the Conflict Minerals Rule, (2) that did not originate in the Covered Countries, or (3) that did not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups, as defined in the Conflict Minerals Rule, in the Covered Countries.
Our conclusion was due to a lack of information from our suppliers, regarding sourcing of parts and metals with conflict mineral content, required to conclude whether the necessary conflict minerals originated in the Covered Countries and, if so, whether the necessary conflict minerals were from recycle or scrap sources, were DRC conflict free or have not been found to be DRC conflict free.
Independent Audit
Pursuant to SEC guidance, this Conflict Mineral Report is not audited as none of the Company’s products have been found to be “DRC conflict free”.
Current and Future Steps
We continue to follow up with existing and new suppliers on completing and expanding surveys and working with their supply chains to identify the sourcing of conflict minerals. For the purpose of the required Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) and additional due diligence, we continued to receive supply chain responses through May 22, 2020. In future compliance periods, we intend to take additional steps to further improve the information gathered in our due diligence in order to further determine sourcing, and mitigate the risk that the necessary conflict minerals benefit armed groups in the covered countries. The current and future steps include:
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Increase the response rate and completeness of suppliers’ smelters surveys, especially with the supply-chain of suppliers to our suppliers. Make the Conflict Minerals supplier survey part of initial qualification of new vendors. (This was put in place in 2017.) |
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Perform further follow-up on survey response’s information discrepancies, missing data, or refinement for our purchases. (Limited progress in getting refined smelter information or specific smelters related to Data I/O purchases information in 2019.) |
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Encourage and negotiate with suppliers to responsibly source items containing conflict minerals and provide transparency with their supply-chain as to conflict mineral sourcing. (We continue to have weak negotiating leverage regarding obtaining smelter information from our from our suppliers, due to our size and volume of purchasing, and the volume of suppliers not individually subject to reporting to the SEC, resulted in limited transparency improvements in 2019.) Starting the survey follow up and cut off process earlier to provide more reconciliation and investigation time as well as avoiding some of this year’s problems related to inaccessibility to some supply chain members due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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We expect the Company and our suppliers whose products contain conflict minerals to responsibly source and provide information as to the source of conflict minerals, as well as expecting their sub tier suppliers to do the same. We expect that conflict mineral RCOI processes and systems are designed consistent with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict- Affected and High Risk-Areas. If we determine that any supplier is sourcing DRC conflict minerals that benefit armed groups, then we expect the supplier to commit to plan and take corrective action to move to a conflict free source. If suitable action is not taken, we expect to look to alternative sources for the product. Our goal is not to ban procurement of minerals from the DRC and adjoining countries, but to assure procurement from responsible sources in the region. If we determine that any of the components of our products contain minerals from a mine, smelter or facility that is “non-conflict free”, we expect to work towards transitioning to products that are “conflict free”. Our ability to do so is dependent on the criticality of the specific part and the availability of alternative suppliers.
Identified Smelter, Facility Country and Metal Table
Smelter Name |
Smelter Country |
Metal |
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8853 S.p.A. |
ITALY |
Gold |
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Advanced Chemical Company |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
African Gold Refinery |
UGANDA |
Gold |
AGR Mathey |
AUSTRALIA |
Gold |
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO |
KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold |
Al Etihad Gold LLC |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold |
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. |
GERMANY |
Gold |
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) |
UZBEKISTAN |
Gold |
Amagasaki Factory, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
JAPAN |
Gold |
AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao |
BRAZIL |
Gold |
Argor-Heraeus S.A. |
SWITZERLAND |
Gold |
Asahi Pretec Corp. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. |
CANADA |
Gold |
Asahi Refining USA Inc. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. |
TURKEY |
Gold |
AU Traders and Refiners |
SOUTH AFRICA |
Gold |
AURA-II |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Aurubis AG |
GERMANY |
Gold |
Bangalore Refinery |
INDIA |
Gold |
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
PHILIPPINES |
Gold |
Bauer Walser AG |
GERMANY |
Gold |
Boliden AB |
SWEDEN |
Gold |
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG |
GERMANY |
Gold |
C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS |
COLOMBIA |
Gold |
Caridad |
MEXICO |
Gold |
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation |
CANADA |
Gold |
Cendres + Metaux S.A. |
SWITZERLAND |
Gold |
CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. |
INDIA |
Gold |
Chimet S.p.A. |
ITALY |
Gold |
China Henan Zhongyuan Gold Smelter |
CHINA |
Gold |
China's Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd |
CHINA |
Gold |
Chugai Mining |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Codelco |
CHILE |
Gold |
Colt Refining |
UNITED STATES |
Gold |
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
DaeryongENC |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH |
GERMANY |
Gold |
Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold |
DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH |
GERMANY |
Gold |
Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd |
JAPAN |
Gold |
DS PRETECH Co., Ltd. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
DSC (Do Sung Corporation) |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Elemetal Refining, LLC |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
Elemetal Refining, LLC |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Emirates Gold DMCC |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold |
Faggi Enrico S.p.A. |
Thailand |
Gold |
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. |
ZIMBABWE |
Gold |
FSE Novosibirsk Refinery |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
Fujairah Gold FZC |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold |
Fujian Zijin mining stock company gold smelter |
CHINA |
Gold |
GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. |
INDIA |
Gold |
Geib Refining Corporation |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Gold Coast Refinery |
GHANA |
Gold |
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM |
CHINA |
Gold |
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited |
CHINA |
Gold |
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
HeeSung Metal Ltd. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Heimerle + Meule GmbH |
GERMANY |
Gold |
Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong |
CHINA |
Gold |
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG |
GERMANY |
Gold |
House of Currency of Brazil (Casa da Moeda do Brazil) |
Brazil |
Gold |
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
International Precious Metal Refiners |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold |
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Italpreziosi |
ITALY |
Gold |
JALAN & Company |
INDIA |
Gold |
Japan Mint |
JAPAN |
Gold |
JCC |
CHINA |
Gold |
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Johnson Matthey Canada |
CANADA |
Gold |
Johnson Matthey Inc. |
UNITED STATES |
Gold |
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
JSC Uralelectromed |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
K.A.Rasmussen as |
NORWAY |
Gold |
Kaloti Precious Metals |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold |
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC |
KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold |
Kazzinc |
KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold |
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC |
UNITED STATES |
Gold |
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna |
POLAND |
Gold |
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Korea Metal Co., Ltd. |
South Korea |
Gold |
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Kosak Seiren |
Japan |
Gold |
Kundan Care Products Ltd. |
INDIA |
Gold |
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC |
KYRGYZSTAN |
Gold |
Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
L'azurde Company For Jewelry |
SAUDI ARABIA |
Gold |
Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
L'Orfebre S.A. |
ANDORRA |
Gold |
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Marsam Metals |
BRAZIL |
Gold |
Materion |
UNITED STATES |
Gold |
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
MEM(Sumitomo Group) |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. |
MALAYSIA |
Gold |
Metalor Switzerland |
SWITZERLAND |
Gold |
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. |
SINGAPORE |
Gold |
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Metalor Technologies S.A. |
SWITZERLAND |
Gold |
Metalor USA Refining Corporation |
UNITED STATES |
Gold |
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. |
MEXICO |
Gold |
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Mitsui Kinzoku Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. |
INDIA |
Gold |
Modeltech Sdn Bhd |
MALAYSIA |
Gold |
Morris and Watson |
NEW ZEALAND |
Gold |
Morris and Watson Gold Coast |
AUSTRALIA |
Gold |
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.?. |
TURKEY |
Gold |
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat |
UZBEKISTAN |
Gold |
NH Recytech Company |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Nihon Material Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH |
AUSTRIA |
Gold |
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
PAMP S.A. |
SWITZERLAND |
Gold |
Pease & Curren |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA |
CHILE |
Gold |
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk |
INDONESIA |
Gold |
PX Precinox S.A. |
SWITZERLAND |
Gold |
QG Refining, LLC |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. |
SOUTH AFRICA |
Gold |
Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Remondis Argentia B.V. |
NETHERLANDS |
Gold |
REMONDIS PMR B.V. |
NETHERLANDS |
Gold |
Republic Metals Corporation |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Republic Metals Corporation |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Royal Canadian Mint |
CANADA |
Gold |
SAAMP |
FRANCE |
Gold |
Sabin Metal Corp. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
Safimet S.p.A |
ITALY |
Gold |
SAFINA A.S. |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
Gold |
Sai Refinery |
INDIA |
Gold |
Samduck Precious Metals |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Samwon Metals Corp. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH |
GERMANY |
Gold |
Schone Edelmetaal B.V. |
NETHERLANDS |
Gold |
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. |
SPAIN |
Gold |
Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. |
INDIA |
Gold |
Shonan Plant Tanaka Kikinzoku |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Singway Technology Co., Ltd. |
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Gold |
So Accurate Group, Inc. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold |
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold |
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. |
TAIWAN |
Gold |
Sovereign Metals |
INDIA |
Gold |
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology |
LITHUANIA |
Gold |
Sudan Gold Refinery |
SUDAN |
Gold |
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. |
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Gold |
Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. |
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Gold |
T.C.A S.p.A |
ITALY |
Gold |
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
The Perth Mint |
AUSTRALIA |
Gold |
The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Tony Goetz NV |
BELGIUM |
Gold |
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn |
KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold |
Torecom |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold |
Toyo Smelter & Refinery |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Umicore Brasil Ltda. |
BRAZIL |
Gold |
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand |
THAILAND |
Gold |
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining |
BELGIUM |
Gold |
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. |
UNITED STATES |
Gold |
Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia |
ZAMBIA |
Gold |
Valcambi S.A. |
SWITZERLAND |
Gold |
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) |
AUSTRALIA |
Gold |
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH |
GERMANY |
Gold |
Yamakin Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Gold |
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Gold |
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation |
CHINA |
Gold |
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Tantalum |
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
CP Metals Inc. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum |
D Block Metals, LLC |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum |
Duoluoshan |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Exotech Inc. |
UNITED STATES |
Tantalum |
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Global Advanced Metals Aizu |
JAPAN |
Tantalum |
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown |
UNITED STATES |
Tantalum |
Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. |
THAILAND |
Tantalum |
H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg |
GERMANY |
Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH |
GERMANY |
Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Inc. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG |
GERMANY |
Tantalum |
H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH |
GERMANY |
Tantalum |
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum |
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
KEMET Blue Metals |
MEXICO |
Tantalum |
Kemet Blue Powder |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum |
King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
LSM Brasil S.A. |
BRAZIL |
Tantalum |
Metallurgical Products India Pvt. Ltd. (MPIL) |
INDIA |
Tantalum |
Mineracao Taboca S.A. |
BRAZIL |
Tantalum |
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Tantalum |
Molycorp Silmet A.S. |
ESTONIA |
Tantalum |
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
NPM Silmet AS |
ESTONIA |
Tantalum |
Plansee SE Liezen |
AUSTRIA |
Tantalum |
Plansee SE Reutte |
BANGLADESH |
Tantalum |
Power Resources Ltd. |
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF |
Tantalum |
QuantumClean |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum |
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. |
BRAZIL |
Tantalum |
RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Sizer Metals PTE |
SINGAPORE |
Tantalum |
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tantalum |
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Tantalum |
Tantalite Resources |
SOUTH AFRICA |
Tantalum |
Telex Metals |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum |
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC |
KAZAKHSTAN |
Tantalum |
XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tantalum |
Alent plc |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin |
Alpha Metals |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin |
An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd. |
VIET NAM |
Tin |
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company |
VIET NAM |
Tin |
BML |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
Brand RBT |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
China Tin Group Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
China Yunnan Tin Co Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
CINTAS METALICAS S.A |
SPAIN |
Tin |
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Cookson |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin |
Cooper Santa |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondonia Ltda. |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Corporation Berhad(MSC) |
MALAYSIA |
Tin |
CV Ayi Jaya |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
CV Dua Sekawan |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
CV Gita Pesona |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
CV Serumpun Sebalai |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
CV Tiga Sekawan |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
CV United Smelting |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
CV Venus Inti Perkasa |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Dowa |
JAPAN |
Tin |
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company |
VIET NAM |
Tin |
Elmet S.L.U. |
SPAIN |
Tin |
Empresa Metalúrgica Vinto |
BOLIVIA |
Tin |
Empressa Nacional de Fundiciones (ENAF) |
BOLIVIA |
Tin |
Estanho de Rondonia S.A. |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH |
GERMANY |
Tin |
Fenix Metals |
POLAND |
Tin |
Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.” |
CHINA |
Tin |
Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant |
CHINA |
Tin |
Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company |
CHINA |
Tin |
Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company |
CHINA |
Tin |
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC |
CHINA |
Tin |
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Global Advanced Metals Pty Ltd |
AUSTRALIA |
Tin |
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant |
CHINA |
Tin |
Hayes Metals |
NEW ZEALAND |
Tin |
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
IMPAG AG |
SWITZERLAND |
Tin |
INDONESIAN STATE TIN CORPORATION MENTOK SMELTER |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Kundur Smelter |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) |
MALAYSIA |
Tin |
MATSUSHIMA KINZOKU |
JAPAN |
Tin |
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Metallic Resources, Inc. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin |
Metallo Belgium N.V. |
BELGIUM |
Tin |
Metallo Chimique |
BELGIUM |
Tin |
Metallo Spain S.L.U. |
SPAIN |
Tin |
Metallo-Chimique N.V. |
BELGIUM |
Tin |
Mineracao Taboca S.A. |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Minsur |
PERU |
Tin |
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation |
JAPAN |
Tin |
Modeltech Sdn Bhd |
MALAYSIA |
Tin |
Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Nathan Trotter & Co., Inc. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin |
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company |
VIET NAM |
Tin |
Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tin |
Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd. |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tin |
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
THAILAND |
Tin |
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. |
PHILIPPINES |
Tin |
Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. |
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) |
Tin |
Phoenix Metal Ltd. |
RWANDA |
Tin |
Pongpipat Company Limited |
MYANMAR |
Tin |
Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited |
INDIA |
Tin |
PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Babel Inti Perkasa |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Bangka Prima Tin |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Bangka Serumpun |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Bangka Tin Industry |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Bukit Timah |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Cipta Persada Mulia |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT DS Jaya Abadi |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Inti Stania Prima |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Justindo |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Karimun Mining |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Koba Tin |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Menara Cipta Mulia |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Mitra Stania Prima |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT O.M. Indonesia |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Panca Mega Persada |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Pelat Timah Nusantara |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Premium Tin Indonesia |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Prima Timah Utama |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Rajehan Ariq |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Refined Bangka Tin |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Sukses Inti Makmur |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Sumber Jaya Indah |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Tambang Timah |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Timah Tbk Kundur |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Timah Tbk Mentok |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Tirus Putra Mandiri |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT Tommy Utama |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
PT WAHANA PERKIT JAYA |
INDONESIA |
Tin |
REDRING SOLDER (M) SDN BHD |
MALAYSIA |
Tin |
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Rui Da Hung |
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tin |
Soft Metais Ltda. |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Super Ligas |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
VIET NAM |
Tin |
Thai Solder Industry Corp., Ltd. |
THAILAND |
Tin |
Thailand Smelting & Refining Co Ltd |
THAILAND |
Tin |
Thaisarco |
THAILAND |
Tin |
Tin Technology & Refining |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin |
Toboca/ Paranapenema |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company |
VIET NAM |
Tin |
Uni Bros Metal Pte Ltd |
SINGAPORE |
Tin |
VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC |
VIET NAM |
Tin |
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. |
BRAZIL |
Tin |
Xianghualing Tin Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tin |
A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. |
JAPAN |
Tungsten |
ACL Metais Eireli |
BRAZIL |
Tungsten |
Advanced Chemical Company |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten |
Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. |
BRAZIL |
Tungsten |
Allied Material Corporation |
JAPAN |
Tungsten |
ALMT Sumitomo Group |
JAPAN |
Tungsten |
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. |
VIET NAM |
Tungsten |
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
CP Metals Inc. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten |
Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
GEM Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten |
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG |
GERMANY |
Tungsten |
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH |
GERMANY |
Tungsten |
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Hydrometallurg, JSC |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten |
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN |
Tungsten |
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Jiangxi Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant" |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten |
Kennametal Fallon |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten |
Kennametal Huntsville |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten |
KGETS Co., Ltd. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Tungsten |
Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. |
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tungsten |
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC) |
VIET NAM |
Tungsten |
Mehra Ferro-Alloys Pvt Ltd. |
INDIA |
Tungsten |
Moliren Ltd. |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten |
Niagara Refining LLC |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten |
NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten |
Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC |
VIET NAM |
Tungsten |
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. |
PHILIPPINES |
Tungsten |
Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. |
VIET NAM |
Tungsten |
South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
VIET NAM |
Tungsten |
Tungsten Diversified Industries LLC |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten |
Unecha Refractory metals plant |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten |
Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
VIET NAM |
Tungsten |
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG |
AUSTRIA |
Tungsten |
Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Tungsten |
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. |
VIETNAM |
Tungsten |
Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
VIETNAM |
Tungsten |
Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. |
CHINA |
Tungsten |
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this report may be “forward-looking” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “expects,” “future,” “plans,” and “intends,” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements relating to our future plans, and any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions, which may not prove to be accurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include: failure to carry out these plans in a timely manner or at all; lack of cooperation or progress by our suppliers, their respective suppliers and smelters; or lack of progress by smelter or refiner validation programs for conflict minerals (including the possibility of inaccurate information, fraud and other irregularities). These statements are not guarantees and are subject to risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they are made and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except as required by federal securities laws.