EX-1.01 2 a15-9752_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Conflict Minerals Report

For the reporting period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014

 

This Conflict Minerals Report (the “Report”) of International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (collectively, the “Rule”) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

The Rule requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products, and the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified minerals, which are collectively referred to in this Report as the “Conflict Minerals,” are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. The “Covered Countries” for the purposes of the Rule and this Report are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. As described in this Report, Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of certain products that IBM’s operations manufacture or contract to manufacture.

 

Design of IBM’s Conflict Minerals Program

 

IBM’s Conflict Minerals Program is run by a full-time, dedicated team of experienced supply chain professionals within IBM’s Global Procurement organization. The Conflict Minerals Program team members report to IBM’s Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, who has responsibility for IBM’s external supply base for IBM’s products. IBM’s Conflict Minerals team gathers information on the sources of Conflict Minerals in IBM’s supply chain and drives suppliers to source Conflict Minerals from conflict-free sources.

 

Description of IBM’s Products

 

This Report relates to products: (i) for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of that product; (ii) that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by IBM; and (iii) for which the manufacture was completed during the Reporting Period. These products, which are referred to in this Report collectively as the “Covered Products,” include the following product categories that were manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by IBM’s Systems and Technology Group in 2014:

 

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(1) Systems:  a range of general purpose and integrated systems designed and optimized for specific business, public and scientific computing needs. These systems—System z, Power Systems and System x—are typically the core technology in data centers that provide required infrastructure for business and institutions.

 

(2) Storage:  data storage products and solutions that allow clients to retain and manage rapidly growing, complex volumes of digital information. These solutions address critical client requirements for information retention and archiving, security, compliance and storage optimization, including data deduplication, availability and virtualization. The portfolio consists of a broad range of disk and tape storage systems and software, including Flash storage and solutions.

 

(3) Microelectronics:  semiconductor design and manufacturing primarily for use in IBM’s systems and storage products, as well as delivering semiconductors and related services to external clients.

 

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

 

IBM conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) regarding the Conflict Minerals. This good faith RCOI was designed to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and whether any of the Conflict Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources.

 

IBM’s Conflict Minerals Due Diligence Framework

 

IBM’s due diligence measures for Conflict Minerals conform to the framework set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chain of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas, including the related supplements pertaining to downstream companies.

 

Since IBM is not a direct purchaser of ore or unrefined minerals, it is several tiers “downstream” from the smelters or refiners (SORs) of such minerals. SORs are at the point in the supply chain where ores, concentrates and/or scrap material are converted to a metal. IBM, like many downstream companies, does not have direct business relationships with SORs or visibility to the extraction and movement of Conflict Minerals between SORs and upstream entities. This position increases the difficulty of determining the origin of the Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products and, as a result, IBM relies on industry processes and information from its suppliers.

 

Description of Due Diligence Performed

 

IBM’s due diligence reflects the principles of IBM’s Conflict Minerals Standard and IBM’s position in the supply chain as a downstream company (as defined by OCED guidance). IBM’s RCOI and due diligence process, including its efforts to determine the mine or location of origin, leveraged multiple industry processes and tools, and centered on the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) Conflict-Free Smelter Program (CFSP), an initiative in which an independent

 

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third party audits SOR procurement and tolling activities and determines if the SOR demonstrated that all of the Conflict Minerals they processed originated from “conflict-free” sources. The CFSP aims to enable companies to source conflict-free minerals by evaluating the SOR sites’ policies and implementation, and performing a material analysis to demonstrate that the sources of the Conflict Minerals procured by the SOR site are conflict-free.

 

Below is a detailed description of IBM’s due diligence performed for the reporting period as it corresponds to the OECD framework.

 

1. Maintained a strong company management system.

 

·                  Enhanced the IBM Conflict Minerals team within IBM’s Global Procurement organization that has responsibility for implementing IBM’s Conflict Minerals Program.

·                  Continued to host IBM’s Conflict Minerals Standard on IBM’s Conflict Minerals-dedicated public website, www.ibm.com/conflictminerals.

·                  Conveyed Conflict Minerals information to in-scope direct suppliers from the IBM Global Procurement and CFSI websites.

·                  Delivered Conflict Minerals education to suppliers attending IBM Asia Pacific Product Environmental Compliance Seminar in March 2014.

·                  Provided an online grievance mechanism for internal and external parties to confidentially report concerns regarding Conflict Minerals to IBM’s Ombudsman.

·                  Retained records related to Conflict Minerals in conformance with IBM’s records retention policy.

·                  Created a monthly management review process by IBM Global Procurement, IBM’s Legal Department, and other IBM business units to review status, progress, and any areas of concern.

·                  Deployed contractual language requiring suppliers’ products to contain conflict-free sources for any Conflict Minerals.

 

2. Identified and assessed risks in the supply chain.

 

·                  Requested IBM’s in-scope direct suppliers to identify SORs and related Conflict Minerals information through the use of the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT).

·                  Gathered CMRTs from in-scope direct suppliers and reviewed the information provided in the CMRTs against IBM’s validation guidelines for reasonableness of process, accuracy and level of completion.

·                  Reviewed the in-scope direct suppliers’ CMRTs for completeness and accuracy and contacted those suppliers for corrections or clarifications, when needed.

·                  Escalated suppliers to IBM Global Procurement when CMRTs were delinquent or incomplete.

·                  Assessed RCOI information derived from the CFSP and third-party research to ascertain whether any Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products may have originated in the Covered Countries.

·                  Compared SORs identified by the in-scope direct suppliers against the CFSP list of valid SORs to determine the conflict-free status of the SORs in IBM’s supply chain.

·                  Requested updated CMRTs from in-scope direct suppliers.

 

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·                  Engaged a third-party consultant to research SORs sourcing Conflict Minerals from Covered Countries and worked with CFSI to gather additional facts regarding these SORs’ sources and to help drive the SORs into the CFSP.

 

3. Designed and implemented a strategy to respond to identified risks.

 

·                  Reported to IBM’s Global Procurement management on progress of CMRT collection and progress of driving identified SORs toward CFSP listing.

·                  Formed action plans to manage potential areas of concern and execute solutions on an on-going basis.

·                  Monitored Conflict Minerals developments and SOR status through participation in CFSI.

·                  Participated in four SOR site visits to Indonesia in conjunction with CFSI members to encourage participation in CFSP.

·                  Contributed funds to, and participated in, the 2014 China Gold Conference in Beijing, China and established channels for smelter outreach and future participation in CFSP.

·                  Identified non-CFSP listed SORs that may be sourcing from the Covered Countries, and worked to gain their participation in CFSP; contacted other select SORs without a conflict-free designation to encourage their participation in CFSP or other independent third-party audit program.

 

4. Supported the implementation of independent third-party audits of supply chain due diligence.

 

·                  Supported CFSI tools development and initiatives through participation in CFSI workgroups.

·                  Worked in concert with CFSI to enhance SOR outreach to drive CFSP participation.

·                  Provided funding for CFSP Initial Audit Fund, a voluntary program managed by the CFSI designed to encourage CFSP-eligible smelters to participate.

 

5. Reported on supply chain due diligence.

 

·                  Pursuant to the Rule, filed Form SD and IBM’s 2013 Conflict Minerals Report (CMR).

·                  Published the 2013 CMR on IBM’s Conflict Minerals-dedicated public website, www.ibm.com/conflictminerals.

·                  Included Conflict Minerals information in IBM’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report.

 

Reporting Period Determination and Findings

 

After exercising the due diligence described above, IBM was unable to determine whether or not all of the Covered Products qualify as “DRC conflict free,” as defined under the Rule.

 

Based on the information that was provided by IBM’s in-scope direct suppliers and otherwise obtained through the due diligence process described herein, IBM believes that the facilities that may be used to process the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products are listed in Appendix A. Furthermore, IBM has reasonably determined from information provided by the CFSP and otherwise obtained through the due diligence that countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals from the listed SORs are listed in Appendix B.

 

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For calendar year 2014, IBM requested CMRTs from 324 in-scope direct suppliers and at year-end, we received responses from 95% of those suppliers (the remaining 5% of CMRTs were in process). The CMRTs yielded the information included in this Report and its appendixes. To provide a measure of overall progress of the program the following charts illustrate the change in the percentage of SORs in the upstream IBM supply chain assessed as conflict free for Conflict Minerals (comparing 2013 and 2014 SOR CFSP listing).

 

Conflict
Mineral

 

2013 Assessed
Conflict Free SORs
vs. Total SORs
identified in IBM
CMRT

 

2013 Assessed
Conflict Free
SOR Percentage

 

2014 Assessed
Conflict Free
SORs vs. Total
SORs identified in
IBM CMRT

 

2014 Assessed
Conflict Free
SOR Percentage

 

Tantalum

 

21 of 24

 

88

%

43 of 45

 

96

%

Tin

 

7 of 58

 

12

%

22 of 68

 

32

%

Tungsten

 

0 of 21

 

0

%

9 of 39

 

23

%

Gold

 

30 of 86

 

35

%

56 of 112

 

50

%

Total

 

58 of 189

 

31

%

130 of 264

 

49

%

 

IBM’s Next Steps to Mitigate Conflict Minerals Risk

 

IBM expects to take the following steps, among others, to improve its due diligence measures and to further mitigate the risk that the necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:

 

·                  By participating in the CFSI, contribute to the continued development of collaborative tools and resources for companies to use to help assess their supply chains and avoid inclusion of Conflict Minerals in the extended supply chain.

 

·                  Remain aware of developments in Conflict Minerals due diligence processes by participation in the CFSI and apply that knowledge to IBM’s Conflict Minerals risk assessment and mitigation actions.

 

·                  Work in concert with CFSI members and in-scope direct suppliers to contact SORs to better understand their sourcing circumstances and gain their commitment to a CFSP assessment or another recognized validation scheme.

 

·                  Seek resolution for the identified SORs in IBM’s supply chain that are not currently on CFSI’s list of recognized SORs and drive additional identified SORs in IBM’s supply chain into the CFSP.

 

·                  Improve CMRT response completeness from in-scope direct suppliers through IBM’s review and feedback to suppliers using the most current smelter information.

 

·                  Drive in-scope direct suppliers to provide product-specific CMRTs instead of company-level CMRTs, as company-level CMRTs may include SORs not used in the supply chain

 

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for Covered Products; use of product-specific CMRTs by suppliers will enable IBM to have a more precise list of SORs used in the Covered Products.

 

·                  Continue to influence upstream sourcing practices to require the usage of CFSP-compliant SORs, including the use of conflict-free contract clauses.

 

IBM’s Support of CFSI

 

As outlined in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, the internationally recognized standard on which IBM’s due diligence is based, we support an industry initiative that audits the due diligence activities of SORs. That industry initiative is the EICC and GeSI’s Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative. The data on which we relied for certain statements in this Report was obtained through our membership in the CFSI, using the RCOI report for IBM’s member ID:  MIBM.

 

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Appendix A

 

Smelters or Refiners (SORs) that may be used to process the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products.

 

SOR Status:  “CFSP Listed” indicates SOR is publically listed on the CFSP web site and considered conflict-free as of the date indicated based on the criteria used by CFSI to assess SORs.  “Unknown” indicates SOR is either in process for CFSP assessment or has not started the process as of the date indicated.

 

Metal

 

Name of SOR

 

Country Location of
SOR

 

CFSP Status
Dec 31, 2014

Tantalum

 

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

D Block Metals, LLC

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Duoluoshan

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Exotech Inc.

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

FIR Metals & Resource., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

 

Thailand

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar

 

Germany

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg

 

Germany

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

 

Germany

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Inc.

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Ltd.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

 

Germany

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., LTD

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co, Ltd

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Metals

 

Mexico

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Powder

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Tantalum

 

LSM Brasil S.A.

 

Brazil

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Metallurgical Products India (Pvt.) Ltd.

 

India

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

Brazil

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Mitsui Mining & Smelting

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Molycorp Silmet A.S.

 

Estonia

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Phoenix Metal Ltd

 

Rwanda

 

Unknown

Tantalum

 

Plansee SE Liezen

 

Austria

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Plansee SE Reutte

 

Austria

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

QuantumClean

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

 

Russian Federation

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Taki Chemicals

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

 

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Metal

 

Name of SOR

 

Country Location of
SOR

 

CFSP Status
Dec 31, 2014

Tantalum

 

Telex

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Ulba

 

Kazakhstan

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material CO.,LTD

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tantalum

 

Zhuzhou Cement Carbide

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

Alpha

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Cooper Santa

 

Brazil

 

Unknown

Tin

 

CV Gita Pesona

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

CV Nurjanah

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

CV Serumpun Sebalai

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

CV United Smelting

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Dowa

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

EM Vinto

 

Bolivia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.

 

Brazil

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Fenix Metals

 

Poland

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

Gejiu Zi-Li

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas LTDA

 

Brazil

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

 

Malaysia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

Melt Metais e Ligas S/A

 

Brazil

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Metallo Chimique

 

Belgium

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

Brazil

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

Minsur

 

Peru

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Tin

 

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

 

Thailand

 

Unknown

Tin

 

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

 

Philippines

 

Unknown

Tin

 

OMSA

 

Bolivia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Alam Lestari Kencana

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Bangka Kudai Tin

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Bangka Putra Karya

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Bangka Tin Industry

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Bukit Timah

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT DS Jaya Abadi

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT HANJAYA PERKASA METALS

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Inti Stania Prima

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT JusTindo

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

 

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Metal

 

Name of SOR

 

Country Location of
SOR

 

CFSP Status
Dec 31, 2014

Tin

 

PT Karimun Mining

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Mitra Stania Prima

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Panca Mega Persada

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Prima Timah Utama

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT REFINED BANGKA TIN

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Seirama Tin investment

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Tambang Timah

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Timah (Persero), Tbk

 

Indonesia

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

PT WAHANA PERKIT JAYA

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Rui Da Hung

 

Taiwan

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Soft Metais, Ltda.

 

Brazil

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Thaisarco

 

Thailand

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.

 

Brazil

 

CFSP Listed

Tin

 

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tin

 

Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

 

Japan

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

 

Vietnam

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck GmbH

 

Germany

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

 

Germany

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

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

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

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

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Fallon

 

United States

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Huntsville

 

United States

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

 

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Metal

 

Name of SOR

 

Country Location of
SOR

 

CFSP Status

Dec 31, 2014

Tungsten

 

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

 

Vietnam

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.

 

Vietnam

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Vietnam

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd

 

Vietnam

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

 

Austria

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Wolfram Company CJSC

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

CFSP Listed

Tungsten

 

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Advanced Chemical Company

 

United States

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd.

 

Japan

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

 

Germany

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

 

Uzbekistan

 

Unknown

Gold

 

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração

 

Brazil

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Argor-Heraeus SA

 

Switzerland

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Asahi Pretec Corporation

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Asaka Riken Co Ltd

 

Japan

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

 

Turkey

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Aurubis AG

 

Germany

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

 

Philippines

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Bauer Walser AG

 

Germany

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Boliden AB

 

Sweden

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

 

Germany

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Caridad

 

Mexico

 

Unknown

Gold

 

CCR Refinery — Glencore Canada Corporation

 

Canada

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Cendres + Métaux SA

 

Switzerland

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Chimet S.p.A.

 

Italy

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Chugai Mining

 

Japan

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Daejin Indus Co. Ltd

 

Korea, Republic of

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Do Sung Corporation

 

Korea, Republic of

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Doduco

 

Germany

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Dowa

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

 

Zimbabwe

 

Unknown

Gold

 

FSE Novosibirsk Refinery

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

 

Germany

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong

 

Hong Kong

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

 

Germany

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd

 

Korea, Republic of

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Istanbul Gold Refinery

 

Turkey

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Japan Mint

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Johnson Matthey Inc

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

 

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Metal

 

Name of SOR

 

Country Location of
SOR

 

CFSP Status
Dec 31, 2014

Gold

 

Johnson Matthey Ltd

 

Canada

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Gold

 

JSC Uralelectromed

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Gold

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Kazzinc Ltd

 

Kazakhstan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna

 

Poland

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Korea Metal Co. Ltd

 

Korea, Republic of

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

 

Kyrgyzstan

 

Unknown

Gold

 

L’ azurde Company For Jewelry

 

Saudi Arabia

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Lingbao Gold Company Limited

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd.

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

 

Korea, Republic of

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Materion

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd

 

Hong Kong

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

 

Singapore

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies SA

 

Switzerland

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V

 

Mexico

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd

 

India

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Gold

 

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

 

Turkey

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

 

Uzbekistan

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Nihon Material Co. LTD

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Ohio Precious Metals, LLC

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

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

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Gold

 

OJSC Kolyma Refinery

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Gold

 

PAMP SA

 

Switzerland

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

Gold

 

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

 

Indonesia

 

Unknown

Gold

 

PX Précinox SA

 

Switzerland

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd

 

South Africa

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Republic Metals Corporation

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Royal Canadian Mint

 

Canada

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Sabin Metal Corp.

 

United States

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Samduck Precious Metals

 

Korea, Republic of

 

Unknown

Gold

 

SAMWON METALS Corp.

 

Korea, Republic of

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Schone Edelmetaal

 

Netherlands

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA

 

Spain

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Taiwan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

So Accurate Group, Inc.

 

United States

 

Unknown

Gold

 

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

 

Russian Federation

 

Unknown

 

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Metal

 

Name of SOR

 

Country Location of
SOR

 

CFSP Status
Dec 31, 2014

Gold

 

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

 

Taiwan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd

 

Japan

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co.,Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Torecom

 

Korea, Republic of

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Umicore Brasil Ltda

 

Brazil

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

 

Thailand

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

 

Belgium

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

 

United States

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Valcambi SA

 

Switzerland

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

 

Australia

 

CFSP Listed

Gold

 

YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD.

 

Japan

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Yokohama Metal Co Ltd

 

Japan

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

 

China

 

Unknown

Gold

 

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd

 

China

 

Unknown

 

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Appendix B

Countries of Origin for Conflict Minerals associated with the SORs listed in Appendix A.

 

Level 1, 2, and 3 Source Definitions are from the CFSP Audit Protocols.

 

Level 1 countries are not identified as conflict regions or plausible areas of smuggling or export of conflict minerals from these regions

 

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Côte D’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

 

Level 2 countries are known or plausible countries for smuggling, export out of region or transit of conflict minerals

 

Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa

 

Level 3 countries are defined as the DRC and its nine adjoining countries

 

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

 

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