0001104659-15-042396.txt : 20150601 0001104659-15-042396.hdr.sgml : 20150601 20150601150630 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-042396 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 13p-1 1.01 20141231 1.02 20141231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150601 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150601 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: 3M CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000066740 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 410417775 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SD SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03285 FILM NUMBER: 15903002 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3M CENTER STREET 2: BLDG. 220-11W-02 CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55144-1000 BUSINESS PHONE: 6517332204 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3M CENTER STREET 2: BLDG. 220-11W-02 CITY: ST. PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55144-1000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 SD 1 a15-12384_1sd.htm SD

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM SD

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

3M COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

File No. 1-3285

 

41-0417775

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

3M Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

55144-1000

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Mark Copman, Vice President

3M Sourcing Operations

(651) 733-1110

(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:

 

x   Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2014.

 

 

 



 

Section 1 — Conflict Minerals Disclosures

 

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

This Specialized Disclosure Report (Form SD) for 3M Company (“3M,” “Company,” “we,” “our”) is provided in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2014.

 

Conflict Minerals are defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite and gold, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (collectively “3TG”).  During calendar year 2014, 3M manufactured and contracted to manufacture products in which 3TG were necessary to the functionality or production of those products.

 

3M therefore conducted a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (RCOI) to determine whether any of those minerals: (1) originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola (together, the “Covered Countries”); or (2) are from recycled or scrap sources.

 

A.            Introduction:

 

1.               3M’s Business: 3M is a diversified technology company with a global presence in the following five businesses:  Industrial; Safety and Graphics; Electronics and Energy; Health Care; and Consumer.  3M is among the leading manufacturers of products for many of the markets it serves.  These businesses have worldwide responsibility for virtually all 3M product lines.

 

2.               3M Supply Chains:  3M supply chains are complex, including thousands of suppliers spread over different tiers in those chains.  Supplied materials are used in products serving numerous industry sectors.  3M is typically many tiers from smelters or refiners that would have information on mines supplying 3TG.  Moreover, to the extent 3TG are present in 3M products the content may be at trace levels.  Supply chains are improving their capacity to obtain and transmit smelter identities, but there can be long delays, incomplete data and extensive supplier follow-up. Obtaining information regarding smelters, refiners and mine location is therefore challenging.

 

3.               3M’s Conflict Minerals Policy: As disclosed in our Form SD filed on June 2, 2014, 3M adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy (“Policy”) in July, 2011.  The Policy applies to all 3M suppliers.  It was updated in November 2012 following the SEC’s adoption of the final conflict minerals rule (“Final Rule”), and is available on our website along with other information on 3M’s conflict minerals program.   3M expects its suppliers to: (a) supply materials that are “DRC conflict free”; (b) adopt a conflict minerals policy consistent with 3M’s; (c) implement management systems to support compliance with their conflict minerals policy; and (d) require their suppliers to take the same steps.

 

4.               3M’s Commitment to Industry Participation in the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI): As a downstream company that does not typically contract directly with 3TG smelters or refiners, 3M actively collaborated with others in the industry through participation in the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), which evolved from the Electronic Industry

 

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Citizenship Coalition-Global e-Sustainability Initiative (EICC-GeSI).  The CFSI is a broad-based initiative to develop control systems regarding smelters and refiners through independently validated audits under CFSI’s Conflict Free Smelter (CFS) program.  Over 200 companies and associations across seven different industries participate in the CFSI.  In furtherance of our commitment to industry collaborative controls and the CFS program in particular, in January 2014 3M made a donation to the CFSI Initial Audit Fund to provide financial assistance to smelters for their first-year audit.  The Fund is intended to eliminate barriers to smelter participation in the CFS program.  In addition, 3M was a member of CFSI throughout 2014.  In 2014 we encouraged supplier and other company membership and participation in CFSI.

 

B.            Description of RCOI:

 

1.               RCOI Elements:  The elements of 3M’s RCOI were identification and prioritization of suppliers, supplier data collection and an assessment of supplier data to determine whether further due diligence was required.  These basic elements did not change from the previous year’s inquiry.

 

2.               Prioritized Supplier Inquiry:  In view of 3M’s extensive supply chains, 3M determined that a reasonably designed and good faith inquiry should focus on higher priority suppliers consistent with the Conflict Free Smelter Initiative (CFSI) Reasonable Practices Guidance (subsequently renamed Five Practical Steps to Support SEC Conflict Minerals Disclosure).  3M designated over 50 employees globally as “Conflict Minerals Advisors” (CMAs).  The CMAs and many other knowledgeable 3M personnel identified products containing 3TG necessary to the functionality or production of those products (“Necessary 3TG”).  This process resulted in many product families and individual products being screened out from further inquiry, as not containing Necessary 3TG.  3M then prioritized its review of those products containing Necessary 3TG and the corresponding supply chains taking into account various factors such as estimated content of 3TG, type of mineral, amount of spend, the nature of the supply chain, and supplier location.

 

3.               Data Collection Via Web-Enabled Supplier Inquiry:   Once the relevant higher priority suppliers (“Supplier Group”) were identified, 3M asked the Supplier Group to provide information about the Necessary 3TG in their products based on the industry standard CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT), formerly known as the EICC-GeSI CFSI reporting template.  This request was web-enabled using 3M’s Supplier Regulatory eEnablement (SREE) system.  That system issued three automatic follow-up reminders to those in the Supplier Group who had not responded to the information request.  Additional e-mail reminders were sent to those in the Supplier Group who had not responded, and follow-up phone calls were made with prioritized suppliers.

 

C.  Results of RCOI

 

Downstream companies such as 3M are not likely to have direct information on the sources of minerals upstream of the smelters or refiners (SORs) in their supply chains.  Instead, downstream companies rely on available information regarding SORs identified through supplier inquiry.  Accordingly, 3M reviewed supplier responses resulting from the inquiry described in Paragraph B.3 above as well as information from capacity-building interactions and efforts with suppliers to

 

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elicit responses and encourage development of conflict minerals programs.  These supplier responses and our capacity-building efforts affirmed information on supply chain maturity gathered through participation in the CFSI program and other industry associations. Although 3M received more SOR names from the Supplier Group for the 2014 reporting year as compared to those received from the Supplier Group for the 2013 reporting year, which indicated progress, the multi-tiered supply chains were still building capacity to pass 3TG-related inquiries and information on SORs up and down those supply chains.  As a downstream company typically several tiers from SORs, 3M relied on information from direct suppliers, many of them smaller and private companies.  These direct suppliers were continuing to build their conflict minerals programs and capacities to transmit conflict mineral information during 2014.

 

D.  Conclusion

 

Based on its RCOI 3M has reason to believe that a portion of its Necessary 3TG may have originated in the Covered Countries and has reason to believe that those Necessary 3TG may not be from recycled or scrap sources.  Accordingly, 3M conducted further due diligence on the source and chain of custody of Necessary 3TG contained in products supplied by the Supplier Group.  After conducting the due diligence described in the attached Conflict Minerals Report, 3M determined that based on SOR information provided by the Supplier Group and information available to 3M as a member of CFSI, the SORs identified as sourcing from those Covered Countries have all been validated as using conflict free sourcing practices under the Conflict Free Smelter program.

 

In accord with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 3M has filed this Specialized Disclosure Form (Form SD) and the associated Conflict Minerals Report and both reports are posted to a publicly available Internet site at http://investors.3m.com/financials/sec-filings/default.aspx and are listed under the filing type “SD.” The reference to 3M’s website is provided for convenience only, and its contents are not incorporated by reference into this Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report nor deemed filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Item 1.02          Exhibit

 

The Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

 

Section 2 — Exhibits

 

Item   2.01     Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1.01 – Conflict Minerals Report for the period January 1 to December 31, 2014, as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.

 

3M COMPANY

 

/s/ Paul A. Keel

 

June 1, 2015

 

 

 

By: Paul A. Keel,

 

(Date)

 

 

 

Senior Vice President, Supply Chain

 

 

 

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EX-1.01 2 a15-12384_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

 

Exhibit 1.01

 

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF 3M COMPANY

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

INTRODUCTION

 

This Conflict Minerals Report for 3M Company (“3M”, “Company,” “we,” “our”) is provided in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2014.

 

Conflict Minerals are defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite and gold, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (collectively “3TG”).  As a result of the Company’s reasonable country of origin inquiry for the period January 1 to December 31, 2014 described in the attached Form SD, 3M has reason to believe that a portion of the 3TG necessary to the functionality or production of products (“Necessary 3TG”) that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the period between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014 may have originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola (together, the “Covered Countries”) and has reason to believe that those Necessary 3TG may not be from recycled or scrap sources.

 

The Company therefore conducted due diligence on the source and chain of custody of Necessary 3TG as described below.

 

DUE DILIGENCE MEASURES

 

A.            Design of Our Due Diligence Measures

 

Our CMR Conflict Minerals due diligence process has been designed to conform in all material respects 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, Second Edition (2013) (the “OECD Guidance”), as applicable for 3TG and downstream companies (as the term ‘downstream companies’ is defined in the OECD Guidance).  Our due diligence measures included:

 

1.               Establish strong Company management systems;

2.               Identify and assess risks in the supply chain;

3.               Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks;

4.               Carry out independent third-party audit of the supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain;  and

5.               Report on supply chain due diligence.

 



 

B.            Due Diligence Performed

 

1.              Establish Strong Company Management Systems

 

Conflict Minerals Policy

 

3M adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy, which is posted on our website.

 

Internal Management System

 

3M’s management system for conflict minerals includes an executive sponsor who is 3M’s Senior Vice President, Supply Chain.  In addition, the Company designated a Conflict Minerals Steering Team, comprised of representatives from Sourcing Operations, Medical Department Regulatory Services, EHS and Sustainability Operations, and 3M Legal Affairs.  The Conflict Minerals Steering Team has responsibility for developing and implementing 3M’s conflict minerals compliance strategy, as well as for reviewing the progress and effectiveness of the program going forward.  The Steering Team is led by a Conflict Minerals Program Manager from 3M Sourcing Operations.  Senior Sourcing, Finance and Audit management were briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts.

 

Control System and Supply Chain Transparency

 

3M gathers information using the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) sent to the Supplier Group via our web-enabled Supplier Regulatory eEnablement (SREE) system to determine the chain of custody of the Necessary 3TG included in our products.

 

Supplier Engagement

 

After our supplier inquiry for the 2013 reporting year, 3M e-mailed those in the Supplier Group that were unresponsive using 3M’s Supplier Corrective Action and Response (SCAR) process.  3M also e-mailed those in the Supplier Group that indicated they did not have key aspects of a conflict minerals program by sending an educational bulletin.

 

3M distributed its expectations for suppliers in connection with our inquiry for the 2014 reporting year in the SREE e-mail that included the CMRT.  The SREE e-mail included links to 3M’s Conflict Minerals website, which includes our Conflict Minerals Policy and 3M training on how to respond to the CMRT.  This website also directs suppliers to training resources available through the CFSI.  3M also sent educational bulletins where supplier responses indicated a need for additional information.

 

3M’s U.S. Sourcing contract templates and purchase order terms & conditions require suppliers to provide upon request, information on the smelters and refiners in relevant supply chains, and other information 3M might require.

 

3M’s Conflict Minerals website states that 3M encourages our suppliers to responsibly source 3TG from the Covered Countries through SORs validated as DRC Conflict Free.

 



 

Grievance Mechanism

 

We have a grievance mechanism whereby employees and suppliers can report concerns regarding 3M’s business conduct and other matters, at 3M-ethics.com.  We have procedures in place for follow-up in the event any conflict minerals issues are raised through our grievance mechanism.

 

Maintain Records

 

We have a record retention policy applicable to conflict minerals-related documentation that provides for retention for a minimum of ten years.

 

2.              Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain

 

In 2014 3M used a web-based system to distribute the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) to the Supplier Group in order to identify Smelters or Refiners (“SORs”) and gather information on our supply chain.

 

The SREE system issued three automatic follow-up reminders to those in the Supplier Group who had not responded to the information request.  Additional e-mail reminders were sent to those in the Supplier Group who did not respond, and follow-up phone calls were made with some suppliers.  Supplier responses were reviewed by 3M Sourcing Operations and some responses were also reviewed by employees identified as Conflict Minerals Advisors.  If supplier responses indicated that Necessary 3TG contained in products provided to 3M may have originated from the Covered Countries, then such responses were sent to the Conflict Minerals Steering Team for further review and determination of follow-up steps.

 

3.              Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Risks

 

3M designed a strategy to respond to risks.  The Conflict Minerals Program Manager will report to the Company’s Conflict Minerals Steering Team and its executive sponsor and provide periodic updates to relevant executives of any findings where a supplier in the Supplier Group identifies a SOR processing Necessary 3TG for 3M products that sources from the Covered Countries. The 3M Conflict Minerals Steering Team and executive sponsor or other relevant executives will determine appropriate follow-up actions, if any, to mitigate risks.   Follow-up actions may include the Company’s Supplier Corrective Action and Response (SCAR) process.  As part of the SCAR process the Company may decide to find alternate sources of supply or terminate existing supplier relationships, as appropriate.  For the year 2014, 3M found no instances where it was necessary to find replacement sources of supply or terminate a supplier relationship.

 

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

 

3M relies on the CFSI’s Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) Program and similar gold refining industry auditing programs to perform third-party audits of SORs.  We will validate whether any 3TG sourced from the Covered Countries is conflict-free based on the information provided by our Supplier Group and on the information available on the CFSI’s website.

 



 

5.              Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

This Report and our Form SD will be filed with the SEC and be publicly available at http://investors.3m.com/financials/sec-filings/default.aspx and listed under the filing type “SD.”  The reference to 3M’s website is provided for convenience only, and its contents are not incorporated by reference into this Report and Form SD nor deemed filed with the SEC.

 

RESULTS OF DUE DILIGENCE

 

Based on our Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) described in our Form SD and the other aspects of our due diligence program described above, 3M evaluated the Supplier Group responses to the CMRT-based supplier inquiry.  Based on its RCOI, 3M has reason to believe that a portion of its Necessary 3TG may have originated in the Covered Countries and has reason to believe that those Necessary 3TG may not be from recycled or scrap sources.

 

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 our company’s system is based, we support an industry initiative that audits smelters’ and refiners’ due diligence activities. That industry initiative is the EICC and GeSI’s Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative. The data on which we relied for certain statements in this declaration was obtained through our membership in the CFSI, using the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry report for member “mmco”.

 

Following our Year 2014 inquiry and identification of SORs, we contacted SORs within our supply chain not yet validated as DRC Conflict Free and not actively pursuing validation, and encouraged them to join the CFS Program and become validated as DRC Conflict Free.

 

Information on Smelters or Refiners

 

The CMRT requested that the Supplier Group provide 3M with information on the SORs that the Supplier Group and its suppliers use to supply Necessary 3TG to 3M.  Because 3M typically does not have a direct relationship with the facilities used to process 3TG, we must rely on information provided by the Supplier Group. Some responses from the Supplier Group indicated that they were unable to provide SOR information at this time.  Other suppliers in the Supplier Group provided information on all SORs used by the supplier but could not provide information linking specific SORs used to process Necessary 3TG with products provided to 3M.  The CMRT responses provided to us by the Supplier Group resulted in the collective identification of 592 SORs.  Based on smelter identification numbers set forth in the Supplier Group responses or provided on the CFSI website, we verified 176 unique SORs from among those SORs identified to us by the Supplier Group that may have been used to process Necessary 3TG in 3M products, and these unique SORs are listed in Annex I below.  Of these unique SORs, 106 were validated conflict-free under the CFS program or a similar program for gold refiners.

 

Efforts to Determine the Country of Origin or Mine of Origin

 

In order to determine country or mine of origin, 3M must: (a) seek information about 3TG SORs in our supply chains through use of the CMRT questions; and (b) rely on the CFS Program and its independent audits of SORs, as well as information from that effort made available by CFSI to its members.  3M’s Supplier Group did not provide information on mines of origin for Necessary 3TG used in 3M products manufactured during 2014.  3M does not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the mines or the countries of origin of the Necessary 3TG in its products or whether the Necessary 3TG are from recycled or scrap sources.  However, based on SOR information provided by the Supplier Group through the CMRT responses, as well as CFSI information available

 



 

to its members, the countries of origin of 3TG associated with SORs identified to 3M by the Supplier Group are believed to include the countries listed in Annex II below. While some countries listed on Annex II are Covered Countries, the SORs identified as sourcing from those Covered Countries have all been validated as using conflict free sourcing practices under the Conflict Free Smelter program.

 

STEPS TO IMPROVE DUE DILIGENCE

 

3M will be alert for facts and circumstances that may require SOR-related risk mitigation.  In addition, 3M also expects that more SORs will become validated as “DRC Conflict Free” through the CFS Program and similar programs which will increase overall transparency and accessibility to information on geographic location of SOR mines of origin.

 

3M expects to improve its due diligence to further mitigate the risk that Necessary 3TG benefit armed groups in the DRC or any of its adjoining countries by taking the following steps:

 

·                  Follow-up with those in the Supplier Group that were unresponsive or did not provide sufficient information in 2014, thereby improving both supplier response rates and the quality of supply chain information available to 3M.

 

·                  Follow-up with those in the Supplier Group that indicated in their response to our 2014 inquiry that they did not have certain key aspects of a conflict minerals program, to obtain updated information.

 

·                  Continue our supplier engagement and capacity building efforts through our supplier inquiry and by directing suppliers to training resources available through industry associations and the CFSI, in order to improve response rates and information quality.

 

·                  Continue our company membership in CFSI.

 

·                  Encourage supplier and other company membership and participation in CFSI, which will strengthen industry collaboration to increase leverage on smelters and refiners to join the CFS program and thereby become validated as DRC Conflict Free.

 

·                  Contact smelters and/or refiners to join the CFS program and become validated as DRC Conflict Free.

 

·                 Encourage responsible sourcing by suppliers of 3TG in the Covered Countries through smelters or refiners validated as DRC Conflict Free.

 

Cautionary Statement about 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,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” and “estimates,” “targets,” “anticipates,” 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. 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.

 



 

ANNEX I

 

Mineral

 

Smelter or Refiner Name

 

Country Location of Smelter or Refiner

Gold

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

 

GERMANY

Gold

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

 

UZBEKISTAN

Gold

 

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Minerção

 

BRAZIL

Gold

 

Argor-Heraeus SA

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold

 

Asahi Pretec Corporation

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Asaka Riken Co Ltd

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

 

TURKEY

Gold

 

Aurubis AG

 

GERMANY

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

 

Caridad

 

MEXICO

Gold

 

CCR Refinery — Glencore Canada Corporation

 

CANADA

Gold

 

Cendres & Métaux SA

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold

 

Chimet S.p.A.

 

ITALY

Gold

 

Chugai Mining

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Daejin Indus Co. Ltd

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

 

Do Sung Corporation

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

 

Dowa

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

FSE Novosibirsk Refinery

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

 

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

 

GERMANY

Gold

 

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong

 

HONG KONG

Gold

 

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

 

GERMANY

Gold

 

Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

 

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Istanbul Gold Refinery

 

TURKEY

Gold

 

Japan Mint

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited

 

CHINA

Gold

 

Johnson Matthey Inc

 

UNITED STATES

Gold

 

Johnson Matthey Ltd

 

CANADA

Gold

 

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

 

JSC Uralectromed

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 



 

Gold

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Kazzinc Ltd

 

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

 

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

 

UNITED STATES

Gold

 

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Korea Metal Co. Ltd

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

 

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

 

KYRGYZSTAN

Gold

 

L’ azurde Company For Jewelry

 

SAUDI ARABIA

Gold

 

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

 

Materion

 

UNITED STATES

Gold

 

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd

 

HONG KONG

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

 

SINGAPORE

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies SA

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold

 

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

 

UNITED STATES

Gold

 

Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A.

 

MEXICO

Gold

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

 

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

 

TURKEY

Gold

 

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

 

UZBEKISTAN

Gold

 

Nihon Material Co. LTD

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Ohio Precious Metals, LLC

 

UNITED STATES

Gold

 

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

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

 

OJSC Kolyma Refinery

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

 

PAMP SA

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold

 

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

 

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

 

INDONESIA

Gold

 

PX Précinox SA

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold

 

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold

 

Royal Canadian Mint

 

CANADA

Gold

 

Sabin Metal Corp.

 

UNITED STATES

Gold

 

SAMWON METALS Corp.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

 

Schone Edelmetaal

 

NETHERLANDS

Gold

 

SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA

 

SPAIN

Gold

 

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd

 

CHINA

Gold

 

So Accurate Group, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES

Gold

 

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 



 

Gold

 

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

 

TAIWAN

Gold

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China

 

CHINA

Gold

 

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd

 

CHINA

Gold

 

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Torecom

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

 

Umicore Brasil Ltda

 

BRAZIL

Gold

 

Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

 

BELGIUM

Gold

 

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES

Gold

 

Valcambi SA

 

SWITZERLAND

Gold

 

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

 

AUSTRALIA

Gold

 

YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD.

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Yokohama Metal Co Ltd

 

JAPAN

Gold

 

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

 

CHINA

Gold

 

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd

 

CHINA

Tantalum

 

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

 

CHINA

Tantalum

 

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

 

UNITED STATES

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar

 

GERMANY

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

 

GERMANY

Tantalum

 

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tantalum

 

Kemet Blue Powder

 

UNITED STATES

Tantalum

 

LSM Brasil S.A.

 

BRAZIL

Tantalum

 

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

BRAZIL

Tantalum

 

Mitsui Mining & Smelting

 

JAPAN

Tantalum

 

Molycorp Silmet A.S.

 

ESTONIA

Tantalum

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tantalum

 

Taki Chemicals

 

JAPAN

Tantalum

 

Ulba

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 



 

Tantalum

 

Zhuzhou Cement Carbide

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Alpha

 

UNITED STATES

Tin

 

China Rare Metal Materials Company

 

CHINA

Tin

 

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin

 

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Cookson

 

UNITED STATES

Tin

 

Cooper Santa

 

BRAZIL

Tin

 

CV JusTindo

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

CV Makmur Jaya

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

CV Nurjanah

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

CV Serumpun Sebalai

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

CV United Smelting

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

EM Vinto

 

BOLIVIA

Tin

 

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.

 

BRAZIL

Tin

 

Fenix Metals

 

POLAND

Tin

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Gejiu Zi-Li

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Jiangxi Nanshan

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Kai Unita Trade Limited Liability Company

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas LTDA

 

BRAZIL

Tin

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

 

MALAYSIA

Tin

 

Melt Metais e Ligas S/A

 

BRAZIL

Tin

 

Metallo Chimique

 

BELGIUM

Tin

 

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

BRAZIL

Tin

 

Minsur

 

PERU

Tin

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

JAPAN

Tin

 

Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tin

 

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

 

THAILAND

Tin

 

OMSA

 

BOLIVIA

Tin

 

PT Alam Lestari Kencana

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Bangka Kudai Tin

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Bangka Putra Karya

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Bangka Tin Industry

 

INDONESIA

 



 

Tin

 

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Bukit Timah

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT DS Jaya Abadi

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Fang Di MulTindo

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT HP Metals Indonesia

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Karimun Mining

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Koba Tin

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Mitra Stania Prima

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Prima Timah Utama

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Refined Banka Tin

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Tambang Timah

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Timah (Persero), Tbk

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Timah Nusantara

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

PT Yinchendo Mining Industry

 

INDONESIA

Tin

 

Rui Da Hung

 

TAIWAN

Tin

 

Soft Metais, Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

Tin

 

Thaisarco

 

THAILAND

Tin

 

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

Tin

 

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tin

 

Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten

 

A.L.M.T. Corp.

 

JAPAN

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

 

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck GmbH

 

GERMANY

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Fallon

 

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Huntsville

 

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 



 

ANNEX II

 

Countries (A-L)

 

Countries (M-Z)

Angola*

 

Madagascar

Argentina

 

Malaysia

Australia

 

Mongolia

Austria

 

Mozambique

Belgium

 

Myanmar

Bolivia

 

Namibia

Brazil

 

Netherlands

Burundi*

 

Nigeria

Canada

 

Peru

Central African Republic*

 

Portugal

Chile

 

Republic of Congo*

China

 

Republic of Korea

Colombia

 

Russia

Côte D’Ivoire

 

Rwanda*

Czech Republic

 

Sierra Leone

Democratic Republic of the Congo*

 

Singapore

Djibouti

 

Slovakia

Egypt

 

South Africa

Estonia

 

South Sudan*

Ethiopia

 

Spain

France

 

Suriname

Germany

 

Switzerland

Guyana

 

Taiwan

Hungary

 

Tanzania*

India

 

Thailand

Indonesia

 

Uganda*

Ireland

 

United Kingdom

Israel

 

United States

Japan

 

Vietnam

Kazakhstan

 

Zambia*

Kenya

 

Zimbabwe

Laos

 

 

Luxembourg

 

 


*Smelters identified as sourcing from these countries have all been validated as using conflict free sourcing practices under the Conflict Free Smelter Program.