EX-1.01 2 a20-20848_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

 

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

 

This is the Conflict Mineral Report for Watts Water Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) for calendar year 2019 as required by Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 13p-1”).  Terms used and not otherwise defined in this Conflict Minerals Report have the definitions provided in Rule 13p-1 and the instructions to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD.   Pursuant to guidance from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company is not required to obtain an independent private sector audit of this report for 2019.  All information contained in this report is unaudited.

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The Company’s strategy is to be a preferred supplier of differentiated products and systems that manage and conserve the flow of fluids and energy into, through and out of buildings in the residential and commercial markets of the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa (APMEA).  The Company classifies its many products into four universal product lines. These product lines are:

 

·                                          Residential & Commercial Flow Control Products- includes products typically sold into plumbing and hot water applications such as backflow preventers, water pressure regulators, temperature and pressure relief valves, and thermostatic mixing valves.  In 2019, residential & commercial flow control products accounted for approximately 52% of the Company’s total sales.

 

·                                          HVAC & Gas Products - includes commercial high-efficiency boilers, water heaters and heating solutions, hydronic and electric heating systems for under-floor radiant applications, custom heat and hot water solutions, hydronic pump groups for boiler manufacturers and alternative energy control packages, and flexible stainless steel connectors for natural and liquid propane gas in commercial food service and residential applications. (HVAC is an acronym for heating, ventilation and air conditioning.)  In 2019, HVAC & gas products accounted for approximately 31% of the Company’s total sales.

 

·                                          Drainage & Water Re-use Products- includes drainage products and engineered rain water harvesting solutions for commercial, industrial, marine and residential applications.  Drainage & water re-use products accounted for approximately 11% of the Company’s total sales in 2019.

 

·                                          Water Quality Products—includes point-of-use and point-of-entry water filtration, conditioning and scale prevention systems for both commercial and residential applications, and water quality instrumentation products. Water quality products accounted for approximately 6% of the Company’s total sales in 2019.

 

The Company has determined that many of the products that the Company manufactured or contracted to manufacture during calendar year 2019 contained one or more of the following minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products: tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (the “conflict minerals”). Specifically, the Company has determined that many of such products have brass or bronze components that contain tin or have electrical components that contain tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold.

 

Accordingly, the Company conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) in accordance with Rule 13p-1.  The Company’s RCOI was reasonably designed to determine whether the conflict minerals contained in its products originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “DRC”) or an adjoining country (together with the DRC, the “Covered Countries”) or came from recycled or scrap sources.  As a result of its RCOI, the Company concluded that it had reason to believe that certain of its necessary conflict minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries.  In accordance with Rule 13p-1 and the instructions to Form SD, the Company undertook due diligence efforts on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in its products that are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.

 

DUE DILIGENCE

 

Design of Due Diligence Framework

 

The Company designed its due diligence measures to be in conformity, in all material respects, with the criteria set

 


 

forth in the internationally-recognized due diligence framework described in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition, 2016 and related supplements for tin, tantalum and tungsten and for gold.

 

Due Diligence Measures Performed

 

The Company is a “downstream” consumer of necessary conflict minerals and is many steps removed from the “upstream” companies that smelt or refine conflict minerals.  The Company does not mine conflict minerals or directly purchase any conflict minerals from conflict mineral smelters or refiners.  The Company also does not have any direct suppliers that are located in any of the Covered Countries. Accordingly, the Company approached its conflict minerals due diligence efforts consistent with its position as a downstream company in the conflict minerals supply chain.

 

Establish Company Management Systems.  As part of its due diligence efforts, the Company established in 2013 an internal, cross-disciplinary conflict minerals working group to guide its conflict minerals compliance efforts and designated a conflict minerals program manager to coordinate its conflict minerals program implementation.  The conflict minerals working group includes the Company’s General Counsel.  The program manager provides periodic reports to the working group regarding the Company’s conflict minerals program performance and efforts.  In 2013, the Company also adopted a global Conflict Minerals Policy applicable to its suppliers of products and materials that form part of a bill of materials for a product sold by the Company.  A copy of this policy is available on the Company’s corporate website at http://www.wattswater.com/Suppliers.  The Company’s Conflict Minerals Policy includes a grievance mechanism, whereby concerns regarding compliance with the Company’s policy may be reported by telephone or online through the Company’s ethics hotline.  The Company has distributed training materials to its suppliers representing approximately 95% of the Company’s total spending on products, components or materials which contain conflict minerals that were necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by the Company during 2019 (the “3TG Suppliers”).  The Company compiled this list of 3TG Suppliers using supplier information provided by sourcing group members from the Company’s subsidiaries and divisions.  The training materials included an explanation of Rule 13p-1’s objective of furthering the humanitarian goal of ending the extremely violent conflict in the DRC, which has been partially financed by the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals originating in the DRC.  The training materials also provide an explanation of a reasonable country of origin inquiry and conflict minerals due diligence.  Finally, the training materials specifically communicate to 3TG Suppliers the Company’s expectation that these 3TG Suppliers support the Company’s public company reporting obligations by complying with the Company’s requests for information regarding the source and origin of any conflict minerals contained in materials or products supplied to the Company. The Company also makes a copy of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Policy available to its 3TG Suppliers.

 

Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain.  To identify and assess risks regarding the source and origin of the conflict minerals in its supply chain, the Company electronically distributed to each of its 3TG Suppliers a questionnaire (“Questionnaire”) based on the questions contained in the standardized conflict minerals reporting template developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”).  The Company surveyed a total of 338 3TG Suppliers.  The Company designed the Questionnaire to obtain information about each 3TG Supplier’s conflict minerals policy and due diligence processes and the origin or source of the conflict minerals contained in the materials and products that the supplier provided to the Company.  The Questionnaire also specifically requested that each 3TG Supplier provide the names of all known smelters or refiners in its supply chain for each applicable conflict mineral.  The Company used both daily automatic reminders and its global sourcing organization to follow up for missing or incomplete conflict minerals information from 3TG Suppliers who had not provided a satisfactory response to the Questionnaire.  The Company translated its Questionnaire to encourage responses from its global supplier base.  The Company also made its Questionnaire available to its 3TG Suppliers in a format that would facilitate its further distribution to companies further up the supply chain from the 3TG Suppliers in order to collect information regarding the source and origin of the conflict minerals supplied to the Company.  The Company evaluated the Questionnaire responses and information provided by its 3TG Suppliers.

 

Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks.  As part of identifying and assessing risk in its supply chain, the Company developed “red flags” designed to identify inconsistencies in its 3TG Suppliers’ responses to the Questionnaire or the risk that suppliers may be sourcing from the Covered Countries.  The Company reviewed Questionnaire responses received by its 3TG Suppliers to identify those presenting red flags.  The Company also followed up with 3TG Suppliers who did not provide an initial response to the Questionnaire.  During 2019, the Company’s conflict minerals program manager aggregated the results of the Company’s 3TG Supplier responses to the Company’s conflict minerals inquiries and shared those results with the Company’s conflict minerals working group as part of the Company’s conflict minerals risk-assessment efforts.

 


 

Independent Third-Party Audit of Smelter/ Refiner Due Diligence Practices. The Company does not have any direct supplier relationships with any tin, tantalum or tungsten smelters or gold refiners.  As a downstream company that is several layers removed in the supply chain from such smelters and refiners, the Company’s 2019 due diligence efforts relied on the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) led by the RMI.

 

Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence.  The Company has filed this Conflict Minerals Report as part of its Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD for calendar year 2019.  The Company has also made a copy of this Conflict Minerals Report for calendar year 2019 publicly available on its corporate website at http://www.wattswater.com/Suppliers.

 

Results of Due Diligence Measures

 

Of the 338 3TG Suppliers the Company surveyed, 84.6% responded by either completing the Questionnaire or providing another form of conflict minerals statement or response regarding the source or origin of the conflict minerals contained in the materials or products supplied to the Company.  Where a 3TG Supplier’s response included the names and locations of smelters and refiners in that supplier’s conflict minerals supply chain, the Company compared those names to the most recent list of known conflict minerals smelters and refiners published by the RMI and to other publicly available information.  Supplier responses identified 300 smelters and refiners included in the RMI Smelter Reference List.  These identified smelters and refiners are listed in Appendix A to this Report.  Of the 300 identified smelters and refiners, 236 were validated as compliant with the RMAP assessment protocols and are listed as “Compliant” on Appendix A.  An additional 5 smelters and refiners are listed on Appendix A as “Active in Audit Process,” meaning that they have committed to undergo a RMAP audit or are participating in one of the following cross-recognized certification programs: RMI Responsible Minerals Assurance Process Gold Standard, RJC Chain-of-Custody Standard, or London Bullion Market Association Responsible Gold Certification or Responsible Jewelry Program Chain-of-Custody Certification.  The remaining 59 smelters and refiners are identified on Appendix A as “Not Determined.”

 

After reviewing the smelter and refiner information received from its suppliers through its RCOI and due diligence efforts, the Company determined that, in a majority of cases, the smelter and refiner information the Company received was provided by its 3TG Suppliers at a company level or divisional level, meaning that this information may not apply specifically to the products, components or materials purchased by the Company from these suppliers.  In addition, some of the Company’s suppliers who responded to the Company’s Questionnaire did not provide smelter or refiner information, so the Company’s supply chain may contain additional smelters and refiners that have not yet been identified.  Accordingly, the Company concluded that it did not receive sufficient information from its 3TG Suppliers to determine with certainty all of the facilities used to process the conflict minerals contained in its products, the country of origin of the conflict minerals contained in its products or the location of the mines from which such conflict minerals originated.

 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

 

The Company’s four universal product lines containing conflict minerals are described in detail as follows:

 

·                                          Residential & Commercial Flow Control Products.  The Company’s products typically sold into plumbing and hot water applications, such as backflow preventers; water pressure regulators; temperature and pressure relief valves; automatic control valves; gate, globe and check valves; thermostatic mixing valves; flow measurement valves; air separators; flow control valves; hydronic and steam heating products; tempering valves; manifolds; dielectric unions; gauges; strainers; water heater installation products and related accessories.

 

·                                          HVAC and Gas Products.  The Company’s HVAC and electronic control products and related accessories, such as:

·                  commercial high-efficiency boilers and water heaters, hydronic pump groups for boiler manufacturers and alternative energy control packages;

·                  controls and accessories for boiler, steam and mixing; heat pumps; solar thermal systems; under-the-floor radiant heating applications; thermostats; zone heating and cooling controls; setpoint controls and snow melting controls; valves; actuators; timers; remote access controls; sensors and wire.

·                  certain products in the Company’s gas appliance connector product line offerings for commercial

 


 

food service and residential applications that are not made of stainless steel, including the Company’s portable outdoor gas connectors, foodservice moveable gas connectors, SnapFast bar locks, Safety Quick fittings and couplings.

·                  warm wire, heat weave mats, fittings, couplings and mini ball and balancing valves and manifolds.

 

·                                          Drainage & Water Re-Use Products.  The Company’s drainage products and engineered rain water harvesting solutions for commercial, industrial, marine and residential applications, such as Raincycle® commercial rainwater harvesting systems; floor, trench and parking drains; floor sinks; pipe fusion systems; couplings; floor cleanouts; alarms and electronic components of pH monitoring systems.

 

·                                          Water Quality Products.  The Company’s point-of-use and point-of-entry water filtration, reverse osmosis, conditioning and scale prevention systems for both commercial and residential applications that contain valves, pumps, adapters and electronic components, and electronic instrumentation and accessories used for monitoring water quality in a variety of applications.

 

IMPROVEMENTS TO DUE DILIGENCE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019

 

To improve its conflict minerals due diligence efforts for calendar year 2019, the Company took the following actions:

 

·                                          conducted on-site audits of the Company’s Taiwan-based suppliers, which are representative of the Company’s Asia supply base as a whole with respect to the methods, volume and sources of 3TG material purchases, to review material purchase records and material certifications;

·                                          provided additional training to the Company’s internal sourcing personnel to further improve Questionnaire software utilization skillsets, data analytics capabilities, and engagement with 3TG Suppliers in the Company’s RCOI process; and

·                                          reviewed and updated the Company’s supplier contact information in order to engage more fully with key personnel at its largest conflict minerals suppliers.

 


 

Appendix A

 

Metal(*)

 

Smelter Reference List (*)

 

Smelter Country (*)

 

RMAP Status

Gold

 

8853 S.p.A.

 

ITALY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Advanced Chemical Company

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

African Gold Refinery

 

UGANDA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

 

UZBEKISTAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Asahi Pretec Corp.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

 

CANADA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

 

TURKEY

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

AU Traders and Refiners

 

SOUTH AFRICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Aurubis AG

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Bangalore Refinery

 

INDIA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

 

PHILIPPINES

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Boliden AB

 

SWEDEN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Caridad

 

MEXICO

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

 

CANADA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Cendres + Metaux S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Compliant

Gold

 

CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.

 

INDIA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Chimet S.p.A.

 

ITALY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Chugai Mining

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Dowa

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Gold

 

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Emirates Gold DMCC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

 

ZIMBABWE

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Fujairah Gold FZC

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

 

INDIA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Geib Refining Corporation

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

 


 

Gold

 

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

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

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

International Precious Metal Refiners

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Istanbul Gold Refinery

 

TURKEY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Italpreziosi

 

ITALY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Japan Mint

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

JSC Uralelectromed

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Gold

 

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Kaloti Precious Metals

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Kazzinc

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

 

POLAND

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

 

KYRGYZSTAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

L’azurde Company For Jewelry

 

SAUDI ARABIA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

L’Orfebre S.A.

 

ANDORRA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Gold

 

LT Metal Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Marsam Metals

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Materion

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

 

SINGAPORE

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Metalor Technologies S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

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

 

MEXICO

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

 

INDIA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

 

MALAYSIA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Morris and Watson

 

NEW ZEALAND

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

 


 

Gold

 

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

 

TURKEY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

 

UZBEKISTAN

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

NH Recytech Company

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

 

AUSTRIA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

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

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Gold

 

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Gold

 

PAMP S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Pease & Curren

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

 

CHILE

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Gold

 

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

PX Precinox S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Compliant

Gold

 

QG Refining, LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

 

SOUTH AFRICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

REMONDIS PMR B.V.

 

NETHERLANDS

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Royal Canadian Mint

 

CANADA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

SAAMP

 

FRANCE

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Sabin Metal Corp.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Safimet S.p.A

 

ITALY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

SAFINA A.S.

 

CZECHIA

 

Active in Audit Process

Gold

 

Sai Refinery

 

INDIA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Samduck Precious Metals

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Samwon Metals Corp.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.

 

SPAIN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Sovereign Metals

 

INDIA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

 

LITHUANIA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Sudan Gold Refinery

 

SUDAN

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Gold

 

T.C.A S.p.A

 

ITALY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Tony Goetz NV

 

BELGIUM

 

Not Determined

 


 

Gold

 

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Torecom

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

 

THAILAND

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

 

BELGIUM

 

Compliant

Gold

 

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Valcambi S.A.

 

SWITZERLAND

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)

 

AUSTRALIA

 

Compliant

Gold

 

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Yamakin Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Gold

 

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Gold

 

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

 


 

Metal(*)

 

Smelter Reference List (*)

 

Smelter Country (*)

 

RMAP Status

Tantalum

 

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

CP Metals Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

D Block Metals, LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Exotech Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

 

THAILAND

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

KEMET Blue Metals

 

MEXICO

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

LSM Brasil S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

 

INDIA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

NPM Silmet AS

 

ESTONIA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

PRG Dooel

 

NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

QuantumClean

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Telex Metals

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

 

KAZAKHSTAN

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tantalum

 

Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

 


 

Metal(*)

 

Smelter Reference List (*)

 

Smelter Country (*)

 

RMAP Status

Tin

 

Alpha

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

 

VIET NAM

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

Dowa

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tin

 

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

 

VIET NAM

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

EM Vinto

 

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Estanho de Rondonia S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

Fenix Metals

 

POLAND

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Luna Smelter, Ltd.

 

RWANDA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

 

MALAYSIA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Metallic Resources, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Metallo Belgium N.V.

 

BELGIUM

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

 

SPAIN

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Minsur

 

PERU

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

 

MALAYSIA

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

 

VIET NAM

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

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

 

THAILAND

 

Compliant

Tin

 

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

 

PHILIPPINES

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.

 

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Pongpipat Company Limited

 

MYANMAR

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited

 

INDIA

 

Active in Audit Process

Tin

 

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

PT Bangka Serumpun

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

PT Mitra Stania Prima

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

PT Refined Bangka Tin

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

PT Timah Tbk Kundur

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

 


 

Tin

 

PT Timah Tbk Mentok

 

INDONESIA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Rui Da Hung

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Soft Metais Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Super Ligas

 

BRAZIL

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

VIET NAM

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Thaisarco

 

THAILAND

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Tin Technology & Refining

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

 

VIET NAM

 

Not Determined

Tin

 

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tin

 

Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

 


 

Metal(*)

 

Smelter Reference List (*)

 

Smelter Country (*)

 

RMAP Status

Tungsten

 

A.L.M.T. Corp.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

ACL Metais Eireli

 

BRAZIL

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.

 

BRAZIL

 

Active in Audit Process

Tungsten

 

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

 

VIET NAM

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Tungsten

 

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Tungsten

 

Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

 

GERMANY

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Hydrometallurg, JSC

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

 

JAPAN

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

Not Determined

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Active in Audit Process

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Active in Audit Process

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Fallon

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Kennametal Huntsville

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

KGETS Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.

 

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)

 

VIET NAM

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Moliren Ltd.

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Niagara Refining LLC

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

 

PHILIPPINES

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

VIET NAM

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Unecha Refractory metals plant

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG

 

AUSTRIA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

 


 

Tungsten

 

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

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

 

CHINA

 

Compliant

Tungsten

 

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

CHINA

 

Compliant