EX-1.01 2 d937385dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Badger Meter, Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Reporting Period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014

This report for the period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Form SD (the Rule). The Rule was adopted to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Rule imposes reporting obligations on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registrants whose manufactured products contain certain minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products.

If a registrant determines that any columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (Subject Minerals), are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured by the registrant or contracted by the registrant to be manufactured, the registrant must conduct in good faith a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) regarding those Subject Minerals that is reasonably designed to determine whether any of the Subject Minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (Covered Countries) or are from recycled or scrap sources.

If, following the completion of the RCOI, a registrant knows that any of the necessary Subject Minerals originated in a Covered Country and are not from recycled or scrap sources, or has reason to believe that its necessary Subject Minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries and has reason to believe that its necessary Subject Minerals did not come from recycled or scrap sources, then the registrant must exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Subject Minerals that conforms to a nationally or internationally recognized due diligence framework and describe such due diligence in this separate Conflict Minerals Report.

In accordance with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Second Edition, the related supplements on tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold (the Guidance) and the Rule, this report is available on our website at www.badgermeter.com.

Consistent with the provisions of the Rule, this Conflict Minerals Report has not been audited by a third party.

1. Company Overview

This report has been prepared by the management of Badger Meter, Inc. (herein referred to as Badger Meter, the Company, we, us or our). The information includes the activities of all majority-owned subsidiaries that are required to be consolidated.

Badger Meter is a manufacturer and innovator in flow measurement and control products. Our products include water meters and related technologies, meters and related technologies for water and other fluids, gas meter radios and concrete vibrators.


Conflict Minerals Policy

We have adopted the following conflict minerals policy:

Badger Meter is committed to working with our global supply chain to ensure compliance with the SEC’s conflict minerals rules. We have established a conflict minerals compliance program that is designed to follow the framework established by the OECD. Our enterprise is fully engaged in implementing that program.

Our standard purchase order terms and conditions, used with suppliers, have been updated to include conflict mineral due diligence and reporting requirements. Any direct sourcing by Badger Meter of tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold will not be intentionally sourced from conflict sources. As we become aware of instances where minerals in our supply chain potentially finance armed groups, as discussed in the Rule, we will work with our suppliers to find alternate conflict-free sources.

We are committed to promoting economic development in Africa through responsible commercial engagement, driving employee awareness, as well as through our corporate citizenship activities.

Supply Chain

Because Badger Meter does not deal directly with mineral processors like smelters and refiners, we rely on our direct suppliers to provide origin information on all applicable minerals contained in components or materials supplied to us. We also have our suppliers provide any sources of conflict minerals that are supplied to them from their suppliers.

2. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

In order to determine the origin of the Subject Minerals used in the manufacture of our products, Badger Meter conducted a RCOI in good faith. To complete the RCOI, Badger Meter surveyed its suppliers using the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (further described in Section 3 below).

It is not practical to survey the entirety of our supplier base; therefore we restricted our survey to suppliers providing products containing Subject Minerals. We then prioritized our list of suppliers by spending and provided the surveys. The goal was to capture information from the suppliers representing the majority of Badger Meter’s purchases of these products.

Survey Responses

We received responses from 91% of the suppliers surveyed (which represents 99% of our overall purchases). We reviewed these responses to ensure each response was complete and consistent with the reported data and followed up with suppliers whose responses did not meet these criteria to obtain more accurate responses.

A majority of the responses received were provided at a company level, many of which did not specify the smelters or refiners used for components supplied to Badger Meter. For responses that did not specify smelters or refiners, Badger Meter contacted the corresponding suppliers to request complete information.

 

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After reviewing the results of the RCOI, Badger Meter determined that it had reason to believe that, during 2014, Subject Minerals necessary for the functionality or production of its products may have originated from a Covered Country and may not be from recycled or scrap sources. Badger Meter conducted its RCOI in good faith, and it believes that such inquiry was reasonable to allow it to make the determination. Accordingly, Badger Meter proceeded to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the Subject Minerals (further described in Section 3 below).

Additionally, as part of the current sourcing process we are currently conducting a review of a supplier’s conflict mineral status prior to sourcing material from them.

3. Due Diligence Process

Design of Due Diligence

Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform to the framework provided in the Guidance.

Due Diligence Measures Performed

Badger Meter contracted with a third-party company to manage our conflict mineral survey process. The third-party contractor was responsible for contacting suppliers, collecting responses and reviewing the responses for completeness, inconsistencies, errors and applicability. In performing its survey, the contractor used the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, which was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding refiners and smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain.

After determining the full list of smelters and refiners (as reported by our suppliers) involved in processing the minerals used in materials and components supplied to Badger Meter, we cross-checked those smelters and refiners against lists published by various third-party audit programs, such as the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict-Free Smelter Program, as well as the U.S. Department of Commerce’s list of all known mineral processing facilities worldwide, published in September 2014.

Where we could not verify that a particular smelter or refiner was conflict-free based on third-party audit programs, we directed our suppliers to ensure that all smelters and refiners in their supply chains are either verified as conflict-free or publicly committed to becoming so. Suppliers and smelters or refiners who refuse to move toward conflict-free status run the risk of being removed from our supply chain.

4. Due Diligence Results

As a result of the due diligence measures described above, Badger Meter believes that, to the best of its knowledge, the smelters and refiners listed in Annex I to this report may have processed the Subject Minerals in products manufactured by Badger Meter. Because a majority of the responses received were provided at a company level, we are unable to associate specific smelters or refiners with specific components supplied to—and therefore specific products manufactured by—Badger Meter.

Badger Meter does not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of the Subject Minerals used in its products. However, based on the information provided by the suppliers, smelters and refiners in Badger Meter’s supply chain, as well as other publicly available sources of information, Badger Meter believes that the countries of origin of its Subject Minerals include the countries listed in Annex II to this report. Badger Meter also believes that some of the Subject Minerals in its products may have come from scrap or recycled sources.

 

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Of the 594 smelters and refiners Badger Meter identified as part of its supply chain during calendar year 2014, none reported sourcing Subject Minerals that were mined in the Covered Countries. Of those, 136 were verified as conflict-free under the Conflict-Free Smelter Program, and an additional 15 were verified as active but not yet compliant under the Conflict-Free Smelter Program. Based on the country-of-origin information received from the suppliers, smelters and refiners in its supply chain, Badger Meter has no reason to believe the remaining 443 facilities sourced Subject Minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.

Based on the results described above, all products manufactured by Badger Meter that are subject to the Rule are considered “DRC conflict undeterminable.” These products are considered “undeterminable” because Badger Meter has been unable to determine the exact origin of the Subject Minerals used in such products.

Badger Meter has provided its determination as of the date of this report. Subsequent events, such as the inability or unwillingness of any supplier, smelter or refiner to comply with Badger Meter’s Conflict Minerals Policy, may affect our future determinations under Rule 13p-1.

5. Steps Taken to Mitigate Risk

Since the end of the period covered in our most recent Conflict Minerals Report, which was filed with the SEC on June 2, 2014, we have taken the following steps to improve our due diligence regarding the Subject Minerals in our supply chain:

 

    Included conflict mineral language in new or renewed purchase orders;

 

    Began confirming conflict mineral status with all suppliers on a yearly basis;

 

    Encouraged undeterminable suppliers to audit their supply chain to ensure no usage of conflict minerals; and

 

    Ceased purchasing from suppliers who advise that conflict minerals are used in their product, and are unable to supply products that are free of conflict minerals.

In addition, we plan to take the following steps to continue improving our supply chain due diligence during the current reporting period:

 

    Continue working with suppliers to help them understand Badger Meter’s expectations regarding due diligence over the Subject Minerals in our supply chain, including our suppliers’ due diligence over their own supply chains.

 

    Communicate our expectation to our suppliers that they transition their supply chain toward smelters and refiners verified as conflict-free by the Conflict-Free Smelter Program.

 

    For suppliers who cannot immediately transition to a conflict-free supply chain, request that those suppliers develop, communicate and implement a plan to source from conflict-free smelters and refiners in the future.

 

    Contact smelters and refiners in our supply chain who are not verified as conflict-free by the Conflict-Free Smelter Program and encourage them to become compliant.

 

    Utilize industry programs to encourage the adoption and improvement of relevant tools and standards.

 

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6. Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this Conflict Minerals Report may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “think,” “should,” “could” and “objective” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements are based on our then-current views and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties. Some risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements include, among other things, our suppliers’ willingness and ability to comply with our conflict minerals-related compliance requests, the degree to which we are able to determine our suppliers’ use of conflict-free smelters and refiners, the impact of industry-wide initiatives like the Conflict-Free Smelter Program, smelters’ and refiners’ willingness and ability to comply with the Conflict-Free Smelter Program, our effectiveness in managing the conflict minerals RCOI and due diligence processes, and the costs of our compliance. All of these factors are beyond our control to varying degrees. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained in this Conflict Minerals Report and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made in this document are made only as of the date of this document and we assume no obligation, and disclaim any obligation, to update any such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

 

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Annex I

List of Smelters and Refiners

 

Mineral

  

Smelter/Refiner

  

Location

Tin    5N Plus    Germany, United Kingdom
Tantalum    A&M Minerals Ltd.    United Kingdom
Tungsten    A.L.M.T. Tungsten Corp.    Japan, China
Gold, Tin    Academy Precious Metals (China) Co., Ltd.    China
Gold    Advanced Chemical Company    United States
Gold    AIDA Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    Japan
Tin    AIM    Canada
Tungsten    Air Liquide Far Eastern (ALFE)    South Korea
Tungsten, Tin    Air Products    United States, China
Gold    Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO    Kazakhstan
Tin, Tungsten    Alldyne Powder Technologies    United States
Gold    Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    Germany
Tungsten    Alluter Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.    China
Gold, Tantalum    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    Uzbekistan
Tin    Almit    China
Tin    Alpha    United States
Tungsten, Tin    Alta Group    United States
Tungsten, Gold    Altlantic Metals    United States
Tin    Amalgamated Metal Corporation PLC    Indonesia, United Kingdom
Tin    Amalgamet Inc.    Peru
Tin    American Iron and Metal    Canada
Tin    Ami Bridge Enterprise Co., Ltd.    Taiwan
Tin    An Xin Xuan Xin Yue You Se Jin Shu Co. Ltd.    China
Gold    AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração    Brazil
Tantalum    Anhui Herrman Impex Co., Ltd    China
Gold    Anhui Tongling non-ferrous Pioneer Metals Corporation    China
Tin    Anhui Xinke New Materials Co.,Ltd    China
Tin    Aoki Labatories Ltd    China
Gold    Argor-Heraeus SA    Switzerland
Gold    Asahi Pretec Corporation    Japan

 

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Gold Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. Japan
Tungsten Ata Group United States
Gold, Tantalum Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Turkey
Tungsten ATI Metalworking Products United States
Tin Atlantic Metals United States
Tin Atotech Germany
Tin, Gold Aurubis AG United States, Germany
Tin Ausmelt Limited Australia
Tungsten Axis Material Limited Japan
Gold Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co.,Ltd China
Tin Balver Zinn Josef Jost Gmbh & Co.Kg Germany
Gold Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) Philippines
Tin Baoshida Swissmetall Switzerland
Gold Bauer Walser AG Germany
Tin Beijing Oriental Guide Welding Materials Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten, Tin Beijing Zenith Materials China
Tin Best Metals Argentina, Brazil
Gold Boliden AB Sweden
Tin Britannia Refined Metals Ltd. United Kingdom
Tungsten Buffalo Tungsten China
Tin Butterworth Smelter Malaysia
Gold C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG Germany
Gold Caridad Mexico
Gold CCR Refinery – Glencore Canada Corporation Canada
Gold Cendres + Métaux SA Switzerland
Tin CFC Cooperativa dos Fundidores de Cassiterita da Amazonia Ltda. Brazil
Tantalum Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. China
Gold Changzhou Chemical Research Institute Co. Ltd. China
Tin Chengfeng Metals Co. Pte. Ltd. China
Tungsten Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. China
Tin Chenzhou Yun Xiang mining limited liability company China
Gold Cheong Hing Hong Kong
Gold Chia Tai Metal Products China

 

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Gold Chimet S.p.A. Italy
Tin China Hongqiao China
Gold China National Gold Group Corporation China
Tungsten China National Nonferrous Industry Corp. China
Tin China New Materials China
Tin China Rare Metal Materials Company China
Tantalum China Shenzhen Morgan Sputtering Targets & Technology Co., Ltd. China
Gold China Sino-Platinum Metals Co.,Ltd China
Tin China Tin Group Co., LTD China
Tungsten Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Gold Chugai Mining Japan
Gold, Tin Chugai Mining Co.,Ltd Japan
Tin CNMC(Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. China
Gold Codelco Chile
Gold Colt Refining United States
Tantalum Companhia Industrial Fluminense Brazil
Tin Complejo Metalurgico Vinto S.A. Bolivia
Tantalum Conghua Tantalum & Niobium Smeltery China
Tin Cookson Malaysia, United States
Tin, Gold Cooper Santa Brazil
Tin CSC Pure Technologies Russia
Tin CV Gita Pesona Indonesia
Tin CV Justindo Indonesia
Tin CV Makmur Jaya Indonesia
Tin CV Nurjanah Indonesia
Tin CV Prima Timah Utama Indonesia
Tin CV Serumpun Sebalai Indonesia
Tin CV United Smelting Indonesia
Tungsten CWB Materials United States
Tin Da Tong Co., Ltd China
Tin Dae Chang Ind Co Ltd South Korea
Gold Daejin Indus Co., Ltd South Korea
Tin Daejung Chemical Metals Co. Ltd South Korea
Gold Daeryoung E&C South Korea

 

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Tin Daewoo International South Korea
Gold Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. China
Tungsten Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tin De wei copper company Malaysia
Tungsten Degutea South Korea
Tin Dickmann s.r.l. Italy
Tin Ding Pacific China
Gold Do Sung Corporation South Korea
Gold Doduco Germany
Tin Dong Guan Shen Mao Soldering Tin CO.,LTD China
Tin Dong-bu steel South Korea
Tin Dongguan Humen Shunmao Tin Co., Ltd. China
Tin Dongguan Qiandao Tin Co., Ltd. China
Tin dongrong China
Gold, Tin Dowa Japan
Tin Dr.-Ing. Max Schloetter GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Tin Duksan Hi-Metal South Korea
Tantalum Duoluoshan China
Gold Duoxin China
Tin Dyfenco China, Taiwan
Tin Ebara-Udylite China
Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. Japan
Tin Electroloy Metal PTE LTD China
Tin Eon-tech (Suzhou) Corporation China
Gold ESG Edelmetallservice GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Tin Estanho de Rondônia S.A. Brazil
Tantalum Ethiopian Minerals Development Share Company Ethiopia
Tungsten Evraz Stratcor, Inc. China
Tin Eximetal S.A. Argentina
Tantalum Exotech Inc. United States
Tantalum F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. China
Gold Faggi Enrico S.p.A. Italy
Tin Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH Germany
Tin Fenix Metals Poland
Tin Ferro Alloys de México, S.A. de C.V. Brazil

 

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Tin Foshan Nanhai Songgang Hongyang Tin Industry Co., Ltd. China
Gold, Tin FSE Novosibirsk Refinery Russia
Tin Fuji Metal Mining Thailand
Tungsten Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum, Tungsten Fujian Nanping China
Tin Fujian Zijin copper Co.Ltd China
Tin Funsur Brazil, Peru
Tin Furukawa Company, Ltd. Japan
Tantalum, Gold Gannon & Scott United States
Gold Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. China
Tin Gebrueder Kemper GMBH Germany
Gold Geib Refining Corporation United States
Tin Gejiu Jinge Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. China
Tin Gibbs Wire & Steel Co United States
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Aizu Japan
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Boyertown United States
Tungsten Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. United States
Tungsten Golden Egret China
Tin Gomat-e-K. Germany
Tin Goodway Indonesia
Tin Grant Manufacturing and Alloying United States
Tin Greatgum Enterprise Co.,Ltd Taiwan
Gold Grillo Handel Germany
Tungsten Guangdong Guangzhou Guangsheng Non-Ferrous Import & Export Co. Ltd China
Tin GuangDong Jiatian Stannum Products Co., Ltd China
Gold Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited China
Gold Guangdong MingFa Precious Metal Co.,Ltd China
Tungsten Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. China
Tin Guangxi Liuzhou Huaxi Group Limited China

 

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Tin GuangXi PING GUI Flying Saucer Ltd Co China
Tin Guangxi Zhongshan Gold Bell Smelting Corp.Ltd China
Tantalum GuangZHou Jin Ding China
Tin Guangzhou Special Copper & Electronics material Co.,LTD China
Tin Guangzhou Tianshuo Electroni Technology.Co.Ltd China
Tantalum Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch China
Gold Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. China
Tin H. KRAMER & CO United States
Tantalum, Tungsten H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. Thailand, Germany, United States, Japan
Tin H.J.Enthoven & Sons is a division of H.J.Enthoven Ltd United Kingdom
Tin Hana High Metal Co., Ltd China, Malaysia
Tin Hanbaek nonferrous metals South Korea
Tin, Gold Handok South Korea
Gold Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. China
Gold Haojin Kamfort China
Gold, Tin Harima Smelter Japan
Gold Harmony Gold Refinery South Africa
Tin HeChi Metallurgical Chemical factory China
Gold, Tin Heesung Catalysts Corp. South Korea
Gold Heimerle + Meule GmbH Germany, Austria
Gold Henan Sanmenxia Lingbao Jinyuan Mining Co., Ltd. China
Gold Henan Zhongyuan Gold Smelter Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. China
Tin Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong China
Gold Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Tin HeTai Gold Mineral GuangDong Ltd. Co. China
Tin High Quality Technology Co.,Ltd China
Tin High-Power Surface Technology China
Tin High-Tech Co., Ltd. Taiwan Taiwan
Gold Hisikari Mine Japan
Tin, Tungsten Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Yasugi Works Japan

 

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Tantalum Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. United States
Gold Hon Shen Co. Ltd Taiwan
Gold HonHai Precision Co., Ltd. Taiwan
Tin Huanggang City Tongding Metallic Material Co.Ltd China
Tin Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd China
Gold, Tungsten Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd. China
Gold Hutti Gold Mines Limited (HGML) India
Gold Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd South Korea
Tin Hyundai-Steel South Korea
Tin Independence Mining Co China
Tin Industria Brasileira de Ferro Ligas Ltda Brazil
Gold Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited China
Tin IPS France
Gold Ishifuku Metal Industry Co . Ltd Japan
Tin Ishikawa Metal Co.,Ltd. Japan
Gold Istanbul Gold Refinery Turkey
Tungsten Izawa Metal Co., Ltd Japan
Gold Japan Mint Japan
Tungsten Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. Japan
Gold Japan Pure Chemical Japan
Tin Jau Janq Enterprise Co., Ltd. Taiwan
Tin Jean Goldschmidt International Belgium
Gold Jia Lung Corp Taiwan
Tin Jiangsu united tinplate Co., Ltd. China
Gold Jiangxi Copper Company Limited China
Tungsten Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. China
Tin Jiangxi Shunda Huichang Kam Tin Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Gold Jin Jinyin refining company limited China
Tin JinDa Metal .Co.Ltd China

 

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Gold Jinfeng Gold Mine Smelter China
Tin Jingxi chemistry group China
Gold Jinlong Copper Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Jinzhou Xingye Smelt Duty Corp.,ltd. China
Tantalum JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. China
Gold Johnson Matthey Inc. United States
Gold Johnson Matthey Limited Canada
Gold JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant Russia
Gold JSC Uralelectromed Russia
Tin Ju Tai Industrial Co.,Ltd. China
Tin Jun Yuan Co., Ltd China
Gold JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. Japan
Tin Kai Union Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. China
Tin Kai Unita Trade Limited Liability Company China
Tungsten Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd. China
Gold Kazzinc Kazakhstan
Tantalum KEMET Blue Metals Mexico
Tantalum KEMET Blue Powder United States
Tungsten Kennametal Fallon United States
Tungsten Kennametal Huntsville United States
Gold Kennecott Utah Copper LLC United States
Tin Ketabang China, Indonesia, United Kingdom
Tin Kewei Tin Co.,ltd China
Tin Kihong T&G Indonesia
Tantalum King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. China
Tin Kiyomine Metal Industry Japan
Tin Kohoku kogyo Co.,Ltd Japan
Gold Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. Japan
Tin Koki Products Co. Ltd. Thailand
Gold Korea Metal Co., Ltd. South Korea
Tin Kovohutě Příbram Nástupnická, A.S. Czech Republic
Tin Kovohuty Dolný Kubín, s.r.o Slovakia
Tin Ku Ping Enterprise Co., Ltd. Taiwan

 

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Tin Kuan Shuo Ind. Co., Ltd. Taiwan
Tin Kunming High-tech Industrial Developing Area China
Tin Kunshan Chengli Tin Co., Ltd. China
Tin Kuntai China
Tin Kupol Russia
Tungsten Kyoritsu Gokin Co., Ltd. Japan
Gold Kyrgyzaltyn JSC Kyrgyzstan
Gold L’ azurde Company For Jewelry Saudi Arabia
Tin Leshan EP Technology Co., Ltd. China
Tin Levitra can, Shenzhen Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. China
Tin Leybold Co.,Ltd. Japan
Gold Lingbao Gold Company Limited China
Tin Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd. China
Gold London Bullion Market Association United Kingdom, Japan
Tantalum LSM Brasil S.A. Brazil
Gold LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. South Korea
Tantalum Luoyang Kewei Molybdenum & Tungsten Co. LTD China
Gold Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. China
Tin Lupon Enterprise Co., Ltd Taiwan
Tin Ma On Shunguang Smelting Plant China
Tin Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. Brazil
Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) Malaysia
Tungsten Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tin Marco Metales de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Bolivia
Tin Materials Eco-Refining CO.,LTD Japan
Gold Materion United States
Gold Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. Japan
Tin Matsuo solder Co., Ltd. Japan
Tin Matsushima Metal Co. Japan
Tin MCP HEK GmbH Germany
Tin MCP Mining & Chemical Products Ltd. UK United Kingdom
Tin Mecomsa, S.A. de C.V. Peru
Tin Melt Metais e Ligas S/A Brazil
Tin Mengzi Bofa Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. China

 

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Tin Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia
Tantalum Metal Do Co. Ltd. Japan
Tin Metallic Resources, Inc. United States
Tin Metallo-Chimique N.V. Belgium
Tantalum Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. India
Gold Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. China
Gold Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. Singapore
Gold Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. China
Gold Metalor Technologies SA Switzerland
Gold Metalor USA Refining Corporation United States
Gold Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. De C.V Mexico
Tin Metec (Trader) Thailand
Tin Metech Alu Ind Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia
Tin, Tantalum Mineração Taboca S.A. Brazil
Tin Ming Li Jia smelt Metal Factory China
Tin Minsur Peru
Tin Misue Tin Smelter and Refinery Peru
Tin Mits-Tec (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. China
Tin, Tungsten Mitsubishi Electric Metecs Co., Ltd. Japan
Gold, Tin Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Japan
Gold Mitsui & Co. Precious Metals Inc. Hong Kong Branch China
Tin Mitsui High-Tec(Shanghai) Co., Ltd China
Tin Mitsui kinzoku Co Ltd takehara seirenjyo Japan
Tantalum Mitsui Mining & Smelting Japan
Gold Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. Japan
Gold MK Electronics Australia, South Korea
Tantalum Molycorp Silmet A.S. Estonia
Gold Morigin Company Japan
Gold Morris and Watson New Zealand
Gold Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant Russia
Tin Multiple Xin precision metal electroplating factory China
Gold N.E. Chemcat Corporation Japan
Gold Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. Turkey
Tin Nan Kang City Kjin Long Mine industry Co.,Ltd. China

 

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Tin Nancang Metal Material Co.,Ltd China
Tungsten Nanchang Cemented Carbide Limited Liability Company China
Tin Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. China
Gold Nathan Silver Japan
Tin Nathan Trotter & Co INC. United States
Gold Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat Uzbekistan
Gold Neomax Hitachi Japan
Tin Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company Vietnam
Gold Nihon Material Co., Ltd. Japan
Gold Niihama Nickel Refinery Japan
Tin Nikkei Singapore Aluminium Pte Ltd Singapore
Tin Ningbo Jintian copper (Group ) Company Limited China
Gold Ningbo Kangqiang China
Tin Ningbo Yinzhou Tin Bronze Bronze Belt Co.,Ltd China
Tantalum, Tungsten NingHua XingLuoKeng TungSten Mining CO.,LTD China
Tantalum Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum Niotan United States
Tantalum Nitora Metals AG Switzerland
Gold Nittetsu Mining Japan
Tungsten North American Tungsten Canada
Tin Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd. Russia
Tungsten Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC Vietnam
Tantalum Nuvoton Technology Corp. Taiwan
Tin O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Thailand
Tin O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. Philippines
Tin Oetinger Aluminium Germany
Gold Ohio Precious Metals, LLC United States
Gold Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Japan
Gold OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet) Russia
Gold OJSC Kolyma Refinery Russia
Tin OMSA Bolivia
Tin Oxbow Metales Mèxico S. de R.L de C.V Bolivia
Gold Pamp Sa Switzerland

 

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Tin Pan Jit International Inc. Taiwan
Gold Pan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd. Japan
Tin PAN-Metallgesellschaft Baumgärtner Germany
Tin Pemali Tine Mine Indonesia
Gold Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd China
Tin Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation Philippines
Tantalum Plansee SE Liezen Austria
Tantalum Plansee SE Reutte Austria
Tungsten Pobedit, JSC Russia
Gold Pogo Gold Mining United States
Tin Poongsan Corporation South Korea
Tin Posco South Korea
Gold Precious Metal Sales Corp. United States
Gold Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals Russia
Tin Pro Wu Xianggui Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. China
Tin Productos Minerales del Norte S.A. de C.V. Bolivia
Tin ProtekDevice United States
Tin PT Alam Lestari Kencana Indonesia
Gold PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk Indonesia
Tin PT Artha Cipta Langgeng Indonesia
Tin PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya Indonesia
Tin PT Babel Inti Perkasa 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, Tungsten PT Indra Eramulti Logam Industri Indonesia

 

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Tin PT Inti Stania Prima Indonesia
Tin PT Karimun Mining Indonesia
Tin PT Koba Tin Indonesia
Tin PT Mitra Stania Prima Indonesia
Tin PT Panca Mega Persada Indonesia
Tin PT Prima Timah Utama Indonesia
Tin PT Refined Bangka Tin Indonesia
Tin PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa Indonesia
Tin PT Seirama Tin investment Indonesia
Tin PT Sumber Jaya Indah Indonesia
Tin PT Supra Sukses Trinusa Indonesia
Tin PT Tambang Timah Indonesia
Tin PT Timah Indonesia
Tin PT Tinindo Inter Nusa Indonesia
Tin PT Yinchendo Mining Industry Indonesia
Tin Pure Technologies United States
Gold PX Précinox SA Switzerland
Gold Pynmax Taiwan
Tin Qian Dao Tin Products China
Gold Qiankun Gold and Silver China
Tin Qualitek delta philippines inc. Philippines
Tantalum QuantumClean United States
Tin Rahman Hydraulic Tin Berhad Malaysia
Gold Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. South Africa
Tin Redring Solder (M) Sdn Bhd Malaysia
Tin Redsun Metal Ind. Co.,Ltd. / Wen Cheng Lead Wire Co., Ltd. Taiwan
Tantalum RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd China
Tin Richard Stenzhorn GmbH Germany
Gold Royal Canadian Mint Canada
Tin Rui Da Hung Taiwan
Tin S Company Thailand
Tin SA Minsur Peru
Gold Sabin Metal Corp. United States
Gold Safimet Spa. (Gold refiners) Italy

 

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Tungsten Saganoseki Smelter & Refinery Japan
Tin Samatron Co.,Ltd. South Korea
Gold Samduck Precious Metals South Korea
Tin Samtec United States
Gold Samwon Metals Corp. South Korea
Tin Sasaki Solder Industry Co.,Ltd Japan
Gold Schone Edelmetaal Netherlands
Tin Selayang Solder sdn Bhd Malaysia
Gold SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA Spain
Tin Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Bolivia, Malaysia, Peru, Thailand
Tin SGS Bolivia
Gold Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. China
Gold Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co., Ltd China
Tin ShangHai YueQiang Metal Products Co., LTD China
Tin Shantou Xilong Chemical Factory Co., Ltd China
Tin Shaoxing Tianlong Tin Materials Co., Ltd. China
Tin Shen Mao Solder (M) Sdn. Bhd. Taiwan
Gold Shen Zhen Thousand Island Ltd. China
Tin Shenmao Technology Inc Taiwan
Gold, Tin Shenzhen Chemicals & Light Industry Co., Ltd. China
Tin Shenzhen City Jin Chun Tin Products Co Ltd China
Gold Shenzhen fujun material technology co.,ltd China
Gold Shenzhen Heng Zhong Industry Co.,Ltd. China
Tin Shenzhen keaixin Technology China
Tin Shenzhen new jin spring solder products Co., LTD China
Tin Shenzhen Rui Xiang Hao Inductrial Co., Ltd China
Gold Shenzhen Tiancheng Chemical Co Ltd China
Gold ShenZhen urban pubic bureau of China China
Tin Shenzhen Yi Cheng Industrial China
Tungsten Sichuan Metals & Materials Imp & Exp Co China
Tungsten Sincemat Co Ltd China
Tin Singapore LME Tin Singapore

 

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Tin Sinitron, Shenmao Solder (M) Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia
Tin Sizer Metals Pte Ltd Singapore
Tin Smic Senju Malaysia Malaysia
Gold SMM, Toyo Smelter & Refinery Japan
Gold So Accurate Group, Inc. United States
Gold SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals Russia
Tin Soft Metais Ltda. Brazil
Gold Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. Taiwan
Tantalum Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO Russia
Tin SOLNET METAL Taiwan
Tin STANCHEM Sp. j. (trader) Indonesia
Gold Strain DS Force Shop Japan
Tin Strait Metal Technology Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia
Tin Süddeutsche Metallhandels-gesellschaft mbH Germany
Gold Sumisho Materials Corporation Japan
Gold, Tungsten Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. Japan, Russia, Germany
Tin Sun Surface Technology Co.,Ltd China
Tungsten Sunaga Tungsten Japan
Tin Sundwiger Messingwerk GmbH & Co.KG Germany
Tin Suntain Co.Ltd Taiwan
Tin Suzhou Cangsong Metal Product Co., Ltd China
Tin Suzhou Co. Ltd. China
Gold Suzhou Xingrui Noble Metal Material Co. Ltd. China
Tin Tae Seung China
Tungsten TaeguTec Ltd. South Korea
Tin Taiwan in high-tech Co. Taiwan
Tin Taiwan Total Co. Ltd. Taiwan
Tungsten Taiyo Nippon Sanso Trading (Shanghai) Co., LTD China
Gold Taizhou Delta Electronics Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum Taki Chemicals Japan
Tin Talcang City Nankang Metal Materila Co., Ltd China
Tantalum Talison Minerals Pty Ltd Australia
Tungsten Tamano Smelter, Hibi Kyodo Smelting Co., Ltd Japan
Gold Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. Japan

 

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Tantalum Tantalite Resources South Africa
Tin TCC steel South Korea
Tin Technic Inc. United States
Tungsten Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. Vietnam
Tantalum Telex Metals United States
Tin Tennant Metal Pty Ltd. Australia
Tin Thai Solder Industry Corp.,Ltd. Thailand
Tin Thaisarco Thailand
Gold The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China China
Tin The Miller Company United States
Tin The Nankang Nanshan Tin Co., Ltd. China
Gold The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. China
Tin Thermox Performance Materials GmbH United Kingdom
Tin Thousand Island Metal Foil Co.,Ltd China
Gold Three Mountain Gold (Laizhou) Co. Ltd. China
Gold Tiancheng Chemical China
Tin Tianjin Yishang chemical trade Co.,LTD China
Tin Tianshui Longbo Business &Trade Co.,Ltd. China
Tin Tin Products Manufacturing Co. Ltd. China
Gold Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. Japan
Tin Tong Ding Metal Company. Ltd. China
Gold Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. China
Gold Torecom South Korea
Tungsten Tosoh Smd (Shanghai) Co., Ltd China, Japan
Tin Traxys France
Tungsten Triumph Group, Inc United States
Tantalum Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC Kazakhstan
Tungsten ULVAC, Inc. Japan
Gold Umicore Brasil Ltda. Brazil
Gold Umicore Precious Metals Thailand Thailand
Gold Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining Belgium
Tin Uni Bros Metal Pte Ltd Singapore
Tin Uniforce Metal Industrial Corp. Taiwan
Gold Union Bank of Switzerland Switzerland

 

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Tungsten United Microelectronic Corporation Taiwan
Gold United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. United States
Tin Untracore Co.,Ltd. Thailand
Gold Valcambi SA Switzerland
Tungsten Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. Vietnam
Tungsten Voss Metals Company, Inc. United States
Tin VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC Vietnam
Tin Welley Solder Corp Taiwan
Tin Well-Lin Enterprise Co Ltd Taiwan
Tin Wen Cheng Lead Wire Co., Ltd. Taiwan
Gold Wenzhou Yihua Connector Co. China
Gold Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint Australia
Tin Westfalenzinn Germany
Tin Westmetall GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Tin WFM Brons Netherlands
Tin White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. Brazil
Tin Wieland Werke AG Germany
Tin Wildshaw Ltd United Kingdom
Tin Wilhelm Westmetall Germany
Tungsten Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG Austria
Tungsten Wolfram Company CJSC Russia
Tungsten Wort Wayne Wire Die United States
Tungsten W-Si Target China
Tin Wu Xi Shi Yi Zheng Ji Xie She Bei Company China
Gold Wuxi Middle Treasure Materials China
Tin Wuxi Yunxi Sanye Solder Factory China
Tin Xia Yi Metal Industries (shares) Ltd. Taiwan
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tin Xiang Hua Ling Tin Mine China
Tin Xin Wang Copper Smelter China
Tin Xingye Copper International Group Limited China
Tungsten Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Gold Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. Japan

 

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Tin Yao Zhang Enterprise Co., Ltd. Taiwan
Tin Ye Chiu Metal smelting Sdn Bhd Malaysia, China
Tin Yeonhab Precision Co., Ltd. South Korea
Tantalum Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. China
Tin Yifeng Tin Industry (Chenzhou) Co Ltd China
Gold Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. Japan
Gold Yoo Chang Metal Inc. South Korea
Gold Yuh-Cheng Material Corporation Taiwan
Tin Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. China
Gold Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. China
Tin Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited China
Tin Yun’xin Non-ferrous Electroanalysis Ltd. China
Tin Zhang Yao Malaysia
Tin Zhangjiagang Fu Lin Co., Ltd China
Tungsten Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd China
Tin Zhangzhou Macro Real Non-Ferrous Metals China
Tin Zhangzhou Xiangcheng Hongyu Building Co., Ltd. China
Gold ZhaoJin Mining Industry Co.,Ltd. China
Gold Zhe Jiang Guang Yuan Noble Metal Smelting Factory China
Tin Zhejiang Huangyan Xinqian Electrical Equipment Fittings Factory China
Gold Zhejiang Suijin China
Gold Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation China
Tin Zhuhai Horyison Solder Co.,Ltd China
Tantalum Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide China
Gold Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery China
Tin Zong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd. Taiwan

 

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Annex II

List of Countries of Origin for Subject Minerals

 

Argentina Netherlands
Australia New Zealand
Austria Peru
Belgium Philippines
Bolivia Poland
Brazil Russia
Canada Saudi Arabia
Chile Singapore
China Slovakia
Czech Republic South Africa
Estonia South Korea
Ethiopia Spain
France Sweden
Germany Switzerland
India Taiwan
Indonesia Thailand
Italy Turkey
Japan United Kingdom
Kazakhstan United States
Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan
Malaysia Vietnam
Mexico

 

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