0001174947-16-002733.txt : 20160525 0001174947-16-002733.hdr.sgml : 20160525 20160525165444 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001174947-16-002733 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 13p-1 1.01 20151231 1.02 20151231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160525 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160525 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CONMED CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000816956 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845] IRS NUMBER: 160977505 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SD SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16093 FILM NUMBER: 161675224 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 FRENCH ROAD CITY: UTICA STATE: NY ZIP: 13502 BUSINESS PHONE: 315-624-3215 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 FRENCH ROAD CITY: UTICA STATE: NY ZIP: 13502 SD 1 c440784_sd.htm FORM SD

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM SD

 

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

CONMED CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York 0-16093 16-0977505
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) File Number) Identification No.)

 

525 French Road

Utica, New York 13502

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Luke A. Pomilio (315) 797-8375

(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:

 

þ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

 

 

 

 

Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD of CONMED Corporation is for the period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. Unless the context indicates otherwise, “CONMED,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to CONMED Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

During 2015, certain of our operations manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, products for which 3TGs (as defined below) are necessary to their functionality or production (“Covered Products”). The term “3TGs” refers to columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. Accordingly, we have conducted a country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) that was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the 3TGs in the Covered Products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia or Angola); or were from recycled or scrap sources.

 

Information about our RCOI, as well as the steps we have taken to exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of any 3TGs in the Covered Products, is included in our Conflict Minerals Report, which is included as an exhibit to this Form SD. The Specialized Disclosure Form (“Form SD”) and the associated Conflict Minerals Report is searchable under the SEC Filing section at the following link: http://www.conmed.com/conmed-investor.php.

 

Item 1.02 Exhibit

 

A copy of CONMED’s Conflict Minerals Report required is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

 

Section 2 – Exhibits

 

Item 2.01 Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Item 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

May 23, 2016

 

  By:   /s/ Luke A. Pomilio
     
  Name:   Luke A. Pomilio
     
  Title:   Executive Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit   Page Number
         
Exhibit 1.01   Conflict Minerals Report as required by Item 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.   E-1

 

 

 

EX-1.01 2 c440784_ex1-01.htm EXHIBIT 1.01

 

Exhibit 1.01

 

CONMED Corporation

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Year Ended December 31, 2015

 

We have made statements in this Conflict Minerals Report that may constitute forward-looking statements about our plans to take additional actions or to implement additional procedures with respect to our due diligence efforts to determine the origin of conflict minerals included in our products. There can be no assurance that these future events will occur as anticipated. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update them. Our reporting obligations under the conflict minerals rules may change in the future and our ability to implement certain processes or obtain information from our suppliers may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in this report.

 

1. Introduction

 

CONMED Corporation (“CONMED”, the “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is filing this Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

This Conflict Minerals Report describes our reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), the results thereof, and the design of our due diligence measures to determine whether 3TGs in products that CONMED manufactures or contracts to manufacture originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (the “Covered Countries”). The Covered Countries include Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The term “Conflict Minerals” is defined as: columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. For purposes of this CMR, tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold will collectively be referred to as the 3TGs. This report also provides an account of how these due diligence measures were implemented in 2015.

 

This report is available on our website at http://www.conmed.com/conmed-investor.php in the SEC Filings section.

 

2. Company Overview

 

CONMED is a medical technology company that provides surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures. The Company’s products are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology.

 

Products

 

Our product lines consist of orthopedic surgery, general surgery and surgical visualization. Orthopedic surgery consists of sports medicine instrumentation and small bone, large bone and specialty powered surgical instruments and service fees related to the promotion and marketing of sports medicine allograft tissue. General surgery consists of a complete line of endomechanical instrumentation for minimally invasive laparoscopic and gastrointestinal procedures, a line of cardiac monitoring products as well as electrosurgical generators and related instruments. Surgical visualization consists of imaging systems for use in minimally invasive orthopedic and general surgery procedures including vision technologies. 3TGs are in a significant portion of CONMED products due to electronics being a vital component to many of our product offerings. All four 3TGs are found within various electrical components that make up CONMED products, such as capacitors, rectifiers, relays, and electrical connectors.

 

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Conflict Minerals Policy

 

In addition to the measures described above, we have adopted a conflict minerals supply policy. This policy is available on our website at http://www.conmed.com/conmed-investor.php in the Corporate Governance section.

 

3. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

 

Because conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of products that we manufacture, we are required to conduct in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding those conflict minerals. The RCOI is reasonably designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the DRC, or the Covered Countries, or are from recycled or scrap sources.

 

Our RCOI employed a combination of measures to determine whether the 3TGs necessary for the functionality or production of CONMED products originated from the DRC or any of the Covered Countries. The company’s primary means of determining country of origin of the necessary 3TGs was by conducting a supply chain survey with direct suppliers using the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (“EICC”®) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“GeSI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”). This supply chain survey was implemented with the assistance of a third-party service provider, who is also assisting us with the development and implementation of additional steps that we are undertaking with suppliers in regards to conflict minerals.

 

As an initial step, we identified all first-tier suppliers that provided items to CONMED that were used in final products in 2015. The total number of suppliers in 2015 was 1,458. This list included many suppliers that did not provide any 3TGs. After excluding suppliers that did not provide any 3TGs to CONMED, the list totaled 1,185 suppliers. Any suppliers that appeared on this initial list could be placed out of scope during the supplier survey process. For example, if they were included on the initial list in error and they did not in fact provide components or 3TG components used in our products or, as the CMRT allows, because any 3TGs in those components are unnecessary to the functionality or production of the supplier’s products, they were listed as out of scope.

 

The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide 3TG materials to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a supplier’s “conflict-free” policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters used in products provided to CONMED. In addition, the template contains questions about the origin of 3TGs included in the supplier’s products, as well as supplier due diligence. To ensure our suppliers understand our expectations regarding the sourcing of 3TGs, we and our third-party consultant have provided training to our suppliers through webinars, videos and substantial one-on-one discussions.

 

This year’s program continues to include automated data validation on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions and identify any contradictory answers in the CMRT. All submitted forms are accepted and classified as valid or invalid so that data is still retained. Suppliers were contacted in regards to invalid forms and were encouraged to resubmit a valid form. As of May 6, 2016, we still had 73 invalid supplier submissions that were not yet corrected.

 

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Over 77% of the CONMED suppliers contacted provided a response. Non-responsive suppliers were contacted numerous times by both our third party consultant and CONMED personnel. Of the 922 suppliers that provided a response, approximately 31% reported that their products contained 3TGs necessary to the functionality or production of their products. The majority of CMRTs provided by CONMED suppliers are at the company level and therefore cannot be definitively linked to any specific CONMED product.

 

On the basis of the responses to our RCOI, CONMED is unable to determine that 3TGs necessary to the functionality or production of our products did not originate in the DRC or any of the Covered Countries. Accordingly, CONMED engaged in the due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of those 3TGs, as described in the next section of this Conflict Minerals Report.

 

4.0 Design of Due Diligence Measures

 

Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework established in The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Guidance”) and the related Supplements for gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten.

 

4.1 Management Systems

 

As described above, CONMED has adopted a conflict minerals policy, which is located in the Corporate Governance section of the CONMED Corporation website (http://www.conmed.com/conmed-investor.php).

 

Internal Team

 

CONMED has established a management system regarding the sourcing of 3TGs. Our management system includes both internal and external resources led by a project manager and subject matter experts at each of our manufacturing locations. This group is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals strategy. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on a regular basis. We also use a third-party service provider to assist us with evaluating supply chain information regarding 3TGs and in the development and implementation of additional due diligence steps that we will undertake with suppliers in regard to conflict minerals.

 

Control Systems

 

As we do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, and due to our position in the supply chain and limited insight into deeper levels of the supply chain, we are engaged and actively cooperate with other major manufacturers in the medical device industry regarding 3TG sourcing matters.

 

With regards to our suppliers, controls include, but are not limited to, our Code of Conduct, which outlines expected behaviors for all CONMED employees; our supplier approval and review process, as well as contractual protections, as described further below; and business relationships with our suppliers.

 

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Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

We obtain various component products from suppliers that we use in manufacturing our products. Due to our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth, breadth, and constant evolution of our supply chain, among other reasons, it is difficult for us to identify actors upstream from our direct suppliers. As part of our supply chain procedures, we require in our supply contracts that our direct suppliers provide information on the origin of the 3TGs contained in components and materials supplied to us – including sources of 3TGs that are supplied to them from all applicable lower tier suppliers. Contracts with our direct suppliers are frequently multi-year term contracts. In those cases, although we generally are unable to unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements prior to expiration of the contract, we work individually with key selected suppliers to insure they provide 3TG sourcing information for all current contracts, and in all new contracts in the future. We have approached existing suppliers to adopt amendments regarding 3TGs, and as we renew contracts or enter into new ones, we will add a clause that requires all applicable suppliers to provide information about the source of 3TGs and information about the smelters from which 3TGs are sourced. In light of existing contract term durations, it will take some time to ensure that all supplier contracts contain what we believe are appropriate “flow-down” clauses. In the meantime, and in parallel, all purchase orders for direct materials used in the composition of our products require that suppliers provide CONMED with Conflict Minerals information on the current Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, or CMRT (as described further below), and that components must be free of Conflict Minerals.

 

Supplier Engagement

 

With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we use a Supplier Approval Process that evaluates our suppliers based on their quality systems and their readiness to provide CONMED all of the required services and support documents. In addition, key suppliers are evaluated on the “Supplier Report Card” as to their performance in all aspects of the supply contract. This review includes, but is not limited to: product quality, supplier performance and ensuring conflict mineral avoidance.

 

Grievance Mechanism

 

Various communication channels exist to serve as grievance mechanisms for early-warning risk awareness. We have multiple longstanding grievance mechanisms whereby employees (internal) and suppliers (external) can report violations of CONMED’s policies. This includes, but is not limited to our whistleblower hotline that is part of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics policy located in the Corporate Governance section of our website at http://www.conmed.com/conmed-investor.php in the Corporate Governance section.

 

Maintain Records

 

We have adopted a policy to retain relevant documentation, including the records of our due diligence process, for a minimum period of five years.

 

4.2 Risk Identification, Assessment and Response

 

In accordance with OECD Guidelines, it is important to understand risk levels associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Smelters that are not certified as DRC-Conflict Free by third party sources such as the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”) or the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) Responsible Gold Programme, pose a significant risk. Where a smelter is not identified as Conflict Free by such sources, we rate the risk as High, Medium or Low. This rating is based on various factors, including whether the smelter/refiner has been identified as a valid smelter/refiner and has an associated Smelter Identification Number (under the CFSI, this is known as a CID), and the smelter’s geographic location, including proximity to the Covered Countries. CONMED maintains a CFSI membership in order to support this evaluation.

 

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We calculate supplier risk based on the chances that a supplier provides 3TGs that may originate from Non-Conflict Free sources. The value of this risk is calculated based on the risk ratings of the smelters declared by that Supplier on their CMRT.

 

Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). Evaluating and tracking the strength of the program can assist in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the supplier’s program are:

 

·Do you have a policy in place that includes DRC conflict-free sourcing?
·Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing?
·Do you verify due diligence information received from your suppliers?
·Does your verification process include corrective action management?

 

When suppliers answer yes, they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program.

 

As part of our risk management plan and to ensure suppliers understand our expectations, we have, through a third party, provided video and written training on conflict minerals and the CMRT. This includes instructions on completing the form, and one-on-one email and phone discussions with supplier personnel.

 

As described in our Conflict Minerals Policy, we engage any of our suppliers whom we have reason to believe are supplying us with 3TGs from sources that may support conflict in the DRC or any of the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance. If we are not satisfied with the results, we will then take steps to terminate a contract and find replacement suppliers.

 

Additionally, in designing and implementing our strategy to respond to the supply chain risks that we identified, CONMED analyzed various industry approaches and consulted with other companies in our industry.

 

Tracing materials back to their mine of origin is a complex aspect of responsible sourcing in our supply chain. We have determined that seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain represents the most reasonable effort we can make to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our supply chain. This was done by adopting methodology outlined by the CFSI’s joint industry programs and outreach initiatives and requiring our suppliers to conform with the same standards to meet the OECD Guidelines, and report to us using the CMRT. Through this industry joint effort, we made reasonable determination of the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our supply chain. We also requested that all of our suppliers support the initiative by following the sourcing initiative and working to align their declared sources with the “Known” and “Conflict Free” lists of sourced metals.

 

We believe that the inquiries and investigations described above represent a reasonable effort to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our Covered Products. This includes: (1) seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain through requesting that our suppliers complete the CMRT, (2) verifying those smelters and refiners with the expanding CFSI lists, (3) conducting the due diligence review, and (4) obtaining additional documentation and verification, as applicable.

 

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

 

We support independent third-party audits through our participation in the Conflict Free Smelter Initiative (“CFSI”). We do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, and we do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain.

 

4.4 Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

CONMED reports annually on supply chain due diligence by filing a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC. CONMED’s Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report can be found in the SEC Filings section of the CONMED site at http://www.conmed.com/conmed-investor.php.

 

5. Due Diligence Results

 

As described above, as part of our supply chain due diligence process, we identified suppliers likely to utilize 3TGs in the products that they provide to us. We utilized the CMRT to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide 3TGs used in products supplied to us by those suppliers for incorporation into our products.

 

The quality of the responses that we received from our surveyed suppliers also continue to be varied. Many responses provided by suppliers (via the CMRT) included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as smelters or refiners. The CMRTs submitted by suppliers that do not list at least one smelter for each 3TG claimed on the CMRT are considered invalid and our third party provider follows up on these, urging suppliers to resubmit with increased smelter information. There are still suppliers unable to provide the smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to us.

 

For all responses that indicated a smelter, our third party consultant compared the facilities listed to the list of smelters maintained by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”). If a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as “Conflict-Free,” our third party consultant confirmed that the name was listed by CFSI as a “Conflict-Free” smelter. No violations were identified. As of May 6, 2016, we have validated 320 smelters or refiners and we are working to validate the additional smelter/refiner entries from the submitted CMRTs. Attachment A lists the smelters and refiners that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains. We have not listed in Attachment A any smelters or refiners that we have not been able to validate. Attachment A also includes an aggregated list of the countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source conflict minerals, based on information provided by suppliers and CFSI. CONMED supports the refinement and expansion of the list of participating smelters through our membership in the CFSI program.

 

Based on the smelter lists provided by suppliers via the CMRTs and publically available information, we have identified 23 smelters sourcing from the Covered Countries that are certified conflict-free and 193 other smelters of which the source is not disclosed but are certified conflict-free smelters.

 

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Many responses received either provided data at a company or subsidiary level and chose not to provide information at the component level, or did not specify the smelters or refiners used for components supplied to CONMED. Accordingly, we are unable to determine, in those cases, whether any of the 3TGs reported by the suppliers were contained in components or parts supplied to us, or to validate that any of the smelters or refiners identified are actually in our supply chain.

 

We expect any of our suppliers that we have reason to believe are supplying us with 3TGs from sources that may support conflict in the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance. During 2015, we have found no instances where it was necessary to terminate a contract or find a replacement supplier. 

 

6. Steps to Improve Future Due Diligence and Supply Chain Risk Mitigation

 

We intend to take the following steps to improve our due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary 3TGs in our products could benefit armed groups in the DRC or Covered Countries:

 

a.Include a conflict minerals flow-down clause in all new or renewed supplier contracts.

 

b.Engage with suppliers and direct them to training resources to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses.

 

·All suppliers that were non-responsive will be further contacted to encourage reply.

 

·All suppliers that did not know the origin of the 3TGs in products will be further encouraged to examine their supply chain and enact due diligence measures as per the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines.

 

c.Engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TGs from sources that support conflict in the DRC or any of the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that do not support such conflict.

 

d.Continue our participation in the CFSI.

 

e.Monitor industry best practices, and continue to work with a third-party service provider to enhance our due diligence and supply chain management process, as appropriate. This includes requesting Conflict Free sourcing by our suppliers as further described in our Conflicts Mineral Policy and in the contractual provisions described above in our Supply Chain section under Management Systems.

 

f.Consider replacing suppliers that remain non-responsive, or that are unable to enact due diligence measures as per the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines.

 

g.Working with suppliers to move to the latest CMRT where new smelter IDs are constantly being added.

 

h.Requiring the use of smelter identification numbers. Supplier responses will not be considered complete without identification numbers.

 

i.Suppliers will also be requested to inform CONMED of the correlation between these smelters and the products and parts they supply to CONMED.

 

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7. Independent Audit

 

In accordance with the requirements of Rule 13p-1 and the public statement issued by the SEC on April 29, 2014, which has been confirmed by SEC staff as applicable in the current reporting period, we are not required to obtain an independent private sector audit of this Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

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Attachment A

 

Metal   Standard Smelter Name   Smelter Facility
Location
  Conflict
Free?
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   UNITED STATES    
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO   KAZAKHSTAN    
Gold   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    
Gold   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.   GERMANY   Yes
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   UZBEKISTAN    
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração   BRAZIL   Yes
Gold   Argor-Heraeus SA   SWITZERLAND   Yes
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corporation   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Limited   CANADA   Yes
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES   Yes
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.   TURKEY    
Gold   Aurubis AG   GERMANY   Yes
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   PHILIPPINES   Yes
Gold   Bauer Walser AG   GERMANY    
Gold   Boliden AB   SWEDEN   Yes
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   GERMANY   Yes
Gold   Caridad   MEXICO    
Gold   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   CANADA   Yes
Gold   Cendres + Métaux SA   SWITZERLAND    
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   ITALY   Yes
Gold   Chugai Mining   JAPAN    
Gold   Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    
Gold   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Do Sung Corporation   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    
Gold   DODUCO GmbH   GERMANY   Yes
Gold   Dowa   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Elemetal Refining, LLC   UNITED STATES   Yes
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   Yes
Gold   Faggi Enrico S.p.A.   ITALY    

 

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Gold   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   ZIMBABWE    
Gold   Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES    
Gold   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM   CHINA    
Gold   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited   CHINA    
Gold   Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   GERMANY   Yes
Gold   Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong   CHINA   Yes
Gold   Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   Yes
Gold   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited   CHINA   Yes
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   TURKEY   Yes
Gold   Japan Mint   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Company Limited   CHINA   Yes
Gold   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Gold   JSC Uralelectromed   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Kaloti Precious Metals   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    
Gold   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   KAZAKHSTAN    
Gold   Kazzinc   KAZAKHSTAN   Yes
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   UNITED STATES   Yes
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna   POLAND    
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Korea Metal Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    
Gold   Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   KYRGYZSTAN    
Gold   L' azurde Company For Jewelry   SAUDI ARABIA    
Gold   Lingbao Gold Company Limited   CHINA    
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   Yes
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA    

 

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Gold   Materion   UNITED STATES   Yes
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.   MALAYSIA    
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   SINGAPORE   Yes
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Metalor Technologies SA   SWITZERLAND   Yes
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES   Yes
Gold   METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V   MEXICO   Yes
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA   Yes
Gold   Morris and Watson   NEW ZEALAND    
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.   TURKEY   Yes
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   UZBEKISTAN    
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   AUSTRIA   Yes
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Gold   OJSC Kolyma Refinery   RUSSIAN FEDERATION    
Gold   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Gold   PAMP SA   SWITZERLAND   Yes
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   INDONESIA   Yes
Gold   PX Précinox SA   SWITZERLAND   Yes
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   SOUTH AFRICA   Yes
Gold   Republic Metals Corporation   UNITED STATES   Yes
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CANADA   Yes
Gold   SAAMP   FRANCE    
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   UNITED STATES    
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    
Gold   SAMWON Metals Corp.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    

 

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Gold   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY    
Gold   Schone Edelmetaal B.V.   NETHERLANDS   Yes
Gold   SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA   SPAIN   Yes
Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   TAIWAN   Yes
Gold   So Accurate Group, Inc.   UNITED STATES    
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   TAIWAN   Yes
Gold   Sudan Gold Refinery   SUDAN    
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   ITALY   Yes
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Tony Goetz NV   BELGIUM    
Gold   Torecom   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    
Gold   Umicore Brasil Ltda.   BRAZIL   Yes
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   THAILAND   Yes
Gold   Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   BELGIUM   Yes
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   UNITED STATES   Yes
Gold   Valcambi SA   SWITZERLAND   Yes
Gold   Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint   AUSTRALIA   Yes
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY    
Gold   Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CHINA   Yes
Gold   Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Avon Specialty Metals Ltd   UNITED KINGDOM    
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES   Yes

 

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Tantalum   Duoluoshan   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   E.S.R. Electronics   UNITED STATES    
Tantalum   Exotech Inc.   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   JAPAN   Yes
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch   CHINA    
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   THAILAND   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar   GERMANY   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg   GERMANY   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   GERMANY   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG   GERMANY   Yes
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   MEXICO   Yes
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Powder   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tantalum   King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA   Yes
Tantalum   Mineração Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining & Smelting   JAPAN   Yes
Tantalum   Molycorp Silmet A.S.   ESTONIA   Yes
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Plansee SE Liezen   AUSTRIA   Yes
Tantalum   Plansee SE Reutte   AUSTRIA   Yes
Tantalum   QuantumClean   UNITED STATES   Yes

 

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Tantalum   Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tantalum   RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Tantalum   Taki Chemicals   JAPAN   Yes
Tantalum   Telex Metals   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tantalum   Tranzact, Inc.   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   KAZAKHSTAN   Yes
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tantalum   Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide   CHINA   Yes
Tin   Alpha   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tin   An Thai Minerals Company Limited   VIETNAM    
Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   VIETNAM    
Tin   Chenzhou Yun Xiang mining limited liability company   CHINA    
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tin   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tin   Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tin   CV Ayi Jaya   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   CV Dua Sekawan   INDONESIA    
Tin   CV Gita Pesona   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   CV Serumpun Sebalai   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   CV Tiga Sekawan   INDONESIA    
Tin   CV United Smelting   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   Dowa   JAPAN   Yes
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   VIETNAM    
Tin   Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group)   SPAIN   Yes
Tin   EM Vinto   BOLIVIA   Yes
Tin   Estanho de Rondônia S.A.   BRAZIL    
Tin   Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH   GERMANY    
Tin   Fenix Metals   POLAND   Yes
Tin   Gejiu Fengming Metalurgy Chemical Plant   CHINA    
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   CHINA    
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes

 

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Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tin   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant   CHINA    
Tin   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tin   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tin   Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tin   Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tin   Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   MALAYSIA   Yes
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S/A   BRAZIL   Yes
Tin   Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.   MALAYSIA    
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tin   Metallo-Chimique N.V.   BELGIUM   Yes
Tin   Mineração Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tin   Minsur   PERU   Yes
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN   Yes
Tin   Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIETNAM    
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   THAILAND   Yes
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   PHILIPPINES   Yes
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.   BOLIVIA   Yes
Tin   Phoenix Metal Ltd.   RWANDA    
Tin   PT Alam Lestari Kencana   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Bangka Kudai Tin   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Bangka Prima Tin   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Bangka Tin Industry   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Bukit Timah   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Cipta Persada Mulia   INDONESIA   Yes

 

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Tin   PT DS Jaya Abadi   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Fang Di MulTindo   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Inti Stania Prima   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Justindo   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Karimun Mining   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Panca Mega Persada   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Prima Timah Utama   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Seirama Tin Investment   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Sukses Inti Makmur   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Sumber Jaya Indah   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Tirus Putra Mandiri   INDONESIA    
Tin   PT Tommy Utama   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   PT Wahana Perkit Jaya   INDONESIA   Yes
Tin   Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tin   Rui Da Hung   TAIWAN   Yes
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tin   Thaisarco   THAILAND   Yes
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIETNAM    
Tin   VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC   VIETNAM   Yes
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.   BRAZIL   Yes
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tin   Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.   JAPAN   Yes
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   BRAZIL    
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   VIETNAM   Yes

 

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Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   H.C. Starck GmbH   GERMANY   Yes
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG   GERMANY   Yes
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin   CHINA    
Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   Yes
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   Yes
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   UNITED STATES    
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   UNITED STATES   Yes
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd   RUSSIAN FEDERATION    
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   UNITED STATES   Yes

 

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Tungsten   Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC   VIETNAM   Yes
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangin Industrial Co., Inc.   PHILIPPINES   Yes
Tungsten   Pobedit, JSC   RUSSIAN FEDERATION    
Tungsten   Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.   VIETNAM    
Tungsten   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   VIETNAM   Yes
Tungsten   Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   VIETNAM   Yes
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG   AUSTRIA   Yes
Tungsten   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes
Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA    
Tungsten   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   Yes

 

Based upon the RCOI data made available from the CFSI, the countries of origin of the conflict minerals sourced and processed by the CFS-compliant smelters and refiners identified as potentially being in CONMED’s product supply chains may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Côte D'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Djibouti, DRC, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

 

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