EX-1.1 2 powi-20250512xex1d1.htm EX-1.1 FYE 2024 - POWI - FORM SD - EX 1.01

EXHIBIT 1.01

POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Year Ended December 31, 2024

Introduction

This is the Conflict Minerals Report of Power Integrations, Inc. (“Power Integrations,” “we,” “our,” and “us”) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2024, presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank Act”) Section 1502. The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict minerals are defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (collectively, “3TG”) for the purposes of this assessment. These requirements apply to registrants whatever the geographic origin of the conflict minerals and whether or not they fund armed conflict.

Company Overview

Power Integrations designs, develops and markets analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (“ICs”) and other electronic components and circuitry used in high-voltage power conversion. Our products are used in power converters that convert electricity from a high-voltage source to the type of power required for a specified downstream use. In most cases, this conversion entails, among other functions, converting alternating current to direct current or vice versa, reducing or increasing the voltage, and regulating the output voltage and/or current according to the customer’s specifications. We also offer high-voltage gate drivers—either standalone ICs or circuit boards containing multiple ICs, electrical isolation components and other circuitry—used to operate high-voltage switches such as insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTS) and silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETS. Power Integrations primarily relies on its contract manufacturers and direct suppliers for the manufacturing of its high-voltage analog ICs and IGBT drivers and modules.

Conflict Minerals Policy

Power Integrations’ policy statement regarding conflict minerals has been made available on its website since March 2013. The policy in place during the reporting period was as follows:

On August 22, 2012, the SEC adopted the conflict minerals rule pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, requiring all publicly traded companies to disclose the use of “conflict minerals” necessary to the functionality or production of their products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured.

The term “conflict minerals” refers to:

Coltan (columbite-tantalite) and its derivatives (Tantalum)
Cassiterite and its derivatives (Tin)
Wolframite and its derivatives (Tungsten)
Gold

that may or may not originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo (the “DRC”) or adjoining countries (the “Covered Countries”).

Power Integrations has considered the Rule’s requirements, related guidance from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”), the Responsible Business Alliance and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative and is committed to complying with this legislation.

3TG minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of the products contracted to manufacture by Power Integrations. However, Power Integrations does not purchase these minerals directly from the smelters or mines. Power Integrations relies on its manufacturing partners for the manufacturing of its products. The requirement to source such minerals from the list of conformant smelters and refiners per www.responsible‌mineralsinitiative.org/conformant-smelter-refiner-lists has been communicated to all manufacturing partners including the direct suppliers and distributors through the use of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.

Power Integrations requires its manufacturing partners including the direct suppliers and distributors to have a purchasing policy/supplier selection program to ensure that all products manufactured or sold by Power Integrations that contain tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold are conflict-free or sourced from the list of conformant smelters and refiners.

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CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

Products Containing Conflict Minerals:

Based upon Power Integrations’ internal assessment, the products we sell contain 3TG minerals. Tantalum may be present in some capacitors, high-power resistors and sensors used in IGBT drivers. Tin is used in solder paste, printed circuit board surface metallization and external lead plating. Tungsten is either used in via contacts, as a sputter target or in the gas tungsten hexafluoride during the manufacturing process, while gold is typically used for wire bonding that provides electrical connection between the silicon chip and the external leads of integrated circuits, for printed circuit board surface metallization, and in the plating for jumpers and connectors.

Inquiry Process:

Power Integrations has adopted the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template developed by the RMI. All contract manufacturers either receive and sign a “Manufacturing Partnership Manual” agreement that informs our suppliers about the conflict minerals requirements or the RMI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. We send the RMI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to all contract manufacturers and printed circuit board assembly suppliers and distributors (“Supplier Survey”), and we resend it whenever there is a revision.

Power Integrations performs the following related to the Supplier Surveys:

Evaluates the responses from the suppliers and provides training when necessary;
Compares the smelters and refiners identified by the direct suppliers against the reasonable country of origin (“RCOI”) list provided by the RMI’s independent third-party smelter audit program;
Reviews the Supplier Surveys for completeness and follows up on incomplete information or information that would lead us to believe material is not DRC conflict-free for all products; and
Summarizes all responses from the Supplier Surveys.

Results of Inquiry

As of the date of this filing, based on the RCOI responses and analysis of such responses, as it applies to the calendar year ended December 31, 2024, Power Integrations cannot ascertain the source mine and country of origin of all relevant conflict minerals or 3TG minerals and/or their derivatives that are necessary to the functionality or production of our products. Therefore, we have continued to proceed with additional due diligence procedures for the purpose of determining the status of our products as it pertains to the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals.

Due Diligence Measures

Power Integrations’ conflict minerals policy and the associated due-diligence program are based on the OECD five-step framework known as OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.

The following steps outline the due diligence measures taken to determine the country of origin:

1.Policy and Management System

Conflict Minerals Policy - The policy establishes Power Integrations’ expectations of its suppliers to source the required minerals from the list of conformant smelters and refiners that may be found at http://www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/smelter-links/smelter-database/. The policy resides on our website under “Operations and Sustainability” and can be accessed directly from https://www.power.com/products/product-documents/conflict-minerals-policy-statement/. The policy is periodically reviewed and updated, as necessary.

Management System - The policy is formally documented in Power Integrations’ Regulatory Compliance Policy. Direct suppliers (contract manufacturers) are required to provide information on the smelters or refiners in their supply chain using the RMI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.

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2.Risk Assessment

Power Integrations adopted the RMI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. Power Integrations’ quality assurance department:

Reviews and ascertains the products that contain 3TG minerals;
Identifies the direct suppliers that provide products containing conflict minerals;
Evaluates the responses via the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template from the suppliers for all products;
Compares the smelters and refiners identified by the direct suppliers against the smelter list provided by the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative’s independent third-party smelter audit program; and
Summarizes all responses from the Supplier Surveys.

Based on the results of this process, Power Integrations has been able to determine the smelters from which certain of its conflict minerals originate, which are listed at the end of this report under “Smelters Reported by the Direct Suppliers.” There are 87 gold, 31 tantalum, 43 tin and 32 tungsten smelters identified.  

3.Mitigate Risk

Power Integrations understands that the global supply chain of conflict minerals is complex and that disclosure of mineral sources is often considered confidential. To reduce potential supply chain risk, Power Integrations communicated the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act to its direct suppliers and required its direct suppliers to train their smelters and to recommend that their smelters and refiners participate in an independent assessment through the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”).

4.Audit of Smelters/Refiners

As a company member of RMI, Power Integrations leveraged the due diligence conducted on smelters and refiners by the RMAP. Efforts to determine mine or location of origin through RMI are described on the RMI website at www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org.

5.Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

The Form SD Specialized Disclosure and the Conflict Minerals Report constitute Power Integrations’ annual report on its conflict minerals due diligence. The Form SD to which this report is attached as Exhibit 1.01 for the calendar year ended December 31, 2024 is filed with the SEC.

Additional Steps

Power Integrations maintains an ongoing effort to mitigate the risk that armed groups could benefit from our use of conflict minerals. Power Integrations continues to encourage its direct suppliers to train their smelters and to recommend that their smelters and refiners participate in an independent assessment through the RMAP.

Limitations on Due Diligence

This Conflict Minerals Report is based on the due-diligence activities performed to date in good faith by Power Integrations and is based on the infrastructure and information available at the time of the filing of this report. There are factors that could affect the accuracy of the information. These factors include, but are not limited to, incomplete supplier data or available smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers or smelters, evolving definition and confirmation of smelters, incomplete information from industry or other third-party sources, continuing guidance regarding the SEC final rules, and other issues.

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SMELTERS REPORTED BY THE DIRECT SUPPLIERS

Mineral

Smelter

Country

Smelter ID

Gold

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

United States of America

CID002708

Gold

Advanced Chemical Company

United States of America

CID000015

Gold

Agosi AG

Germany

CID000035

Gold

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID000019

Gold

Alexy Metals

United States of America

CID003500

Gold

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

Uzbekistan

CID000041

Gold

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

Brazil

CID000058

Gold

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

Switzerland

CID000077

Gold

Asahi Pretec Corp.

Japan

CID000082

Gold

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

Canada

CID000924

Gold

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

United States of America

CID000920

Gold

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID000090

Gold

Aurubis AG

Germany

CID000113

Gold

Bangalore Refinery

India

CID002863

Gold

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

Philippines

CID000128

Gold

Boliden AB

Sweden

CID000157

Gold

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

Germany

CID000176

Gold

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

Canada

CID000185

Gold

Chimet S.p.A.

Italy

CID000233

Gold

Chugai Mining

Japan

CID000264

Gold

Coimpa Industrial LTDA

Brazil

CID004010

Gold

Dowa

Japan

CID000401

Gold

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

Korea, Republic of

CID000359

Gold

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant

Japan

CID000425

Gold

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant

Japan

CID003424

Gold

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant

Japan

CID003425

Gold

GG Refinery Ltd

Tanzania, United Republic Of

CID004506

Gold

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

China

CID002243

Gold

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

Germany

CID000694

Gold

Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG

Germany

CID000711

Gold

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

China

CID000707

Gold

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

China

CID000801

Gold

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID000807

Gold

Istanbul Gold Refinery

Turkey

CID000814

Gold

Italpreziosi

Italy

CID002765

Gold

Japan Mint

Japan

CID000823

Gold

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

China

CID000855

Gold

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID000937

Gold

Kazzinc

Kazakhstan

CID000957

Gold

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

United States of America

CID000969

Gold

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

Poland

CID002511

Gold

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID000981

Gold

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

Korea, Republic of

CID002605

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SMELTERS REPORTED BY THE DIRECT SUPPLIERS

Mineral

Smelter

Country

Smelter ID

Gold

LS MnM Inc.

Korea, Republic of

CID001078

Gold

LT Metal Ltd.

Korea, Republic of

CID000689

Gold

Materion

United States of America

CID001113

Gold

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID001119

Gold

Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.

South Africa

CID003575

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

China

CID001149

Gold

Metalor Technologies S.A.

Switzerland

CID001153

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

Singapore

CID001152

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

China

CID001147

Gold

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

United States of America

CID001157

Gold

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

Mexico

CID001161

Gold

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Japan

CID001188

Gold

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID001193

Gold

MKA PAMP S.A.

Switzerland

CID001352

Gold

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

India

CID002509

Gold

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

Turkey

CID001220

Gold

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

Uzbekistan

CID001236

Gold

NH Recytech Company

Korea, Republic of

CID003189

Gold

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID001259

Gold

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID001325

Gold

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

Chile

CID002919

Gold

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

Indonesia

CID001397

Gold

PX Precinox S.A.

Switzerland

CID001498

Gold

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

South Africa

CID001512

Gold

Royal Canadian Mint

Canada

CID001534

Gold

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.

Spain

CID001585

Gold

Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.

China

CID001916

Gold

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

China

CID001622

Gold

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

China

CID001736

Gold

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

Taiwan, Province of China

CID001761

Gold

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID001798

Gold

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.

Korea, Republic of

CID002918

Gold

T.C.A S.p.A

Italy

CID002580

Gold

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

Japan

CID001875

Gold

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID001938

Gold

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

Belgium

CID001980

Gold

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

United States of America

CID001993

Gold

Valcambi S.A.

Switzerland

CID002003

Gold

WEEEREFINING

France

CID003615

Gold

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)

Australia

CID002030

Gold

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

Germany

CID002778

Gold

Yamakin Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID002100

Gold

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID002129

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SMELTERS REPORTED BY THE DIRECT SUPPLIERS

Mineral

Smelter

Country

Smelter ID

Gold

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

China

CID002224

Tantalum

AMG Brasil

Brazil

CID001076

Tantalum

D Block Metals, LLC

United States of America

CID002504

Tantalum

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

China

CID000460

Tantalum

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

China

CID002505

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

Japan

CID002558

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

United States of America

CID002557

Tantalum

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

China

CID002492

Tantalum

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

China

CID002512

Tantalum

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

China

CID002842

Tantalum

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

China

CID000914

Tantalum

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

China

CID000917

Tantalum

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

China

CID002506

Tantalum

KEMET de Mexico

Mexico

CID002539

Tantalum

Materion Newton Inc.

United States of America

CID002548

Tantalum

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

India

CID001163

Tantalum

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

Brazil

CID001175

Tantalum

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID001192

Tantalum

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

China

CID001277

Tantalum

NPM Silmet AS

Estonia

CID001200

Tantalum

QuantumClean

United States of America

CID001508

Tantalum

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

Brazil

CID002707

Tantalum

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID001869

Tantalum

TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.

Thailand

CID002544

Tantalum

TANIOBIS GmbH

Germany

CID002545

Tantalum

TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID002549

Tantalum

TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

Germany

CID002550

Tantalum

Telex Metals

United States of America

CID001891

Tantalum

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

Kazakhstan

CID001969

Tantalum

XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED

China

CID000616

Tantalum

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

China

CID002508

Tantalum

Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

China

CID001522

Tin

Alpha

United States of America

CID000292

Tin

Aurubis Beerse

Belgium

CID002773

Tin

Aurubis Berango

Spain

CID002774

Tin

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

China

CID000228

Tin

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

China

CID003190

Tin

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

China

CID001070

Tin

CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda

Brazil

CID003486

Tin

CRM Synergies

Spain

CID003524

Tin

Dowa

Japan

CID000402

Tin

EM Vinto

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

CID000438

Tin

Estanho de Rondonia S.A.

Brazil

CID000448

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SMELTERS REPORTED BY THE DIRECT SUPPLIERS

Mineral

Smelter

Country

Smelter ID

Tin

Fenix Metals

Poland

CID000468

Tin

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

China

CID000538

Tin

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

China

CID003116

Tin

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.

China

CID001231

Tin

Luna Smelter, Ltd.

Rwanda

CID003387

Tin

Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

Brazil

CID002468

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

Malaysia

CID001105

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad (Port Klang)

Malaysia

CID004434

Tin

Metallic Resources, Inc.

United States of America

CID001142

Tin

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

Brazil

CID001173

Tin

Minsur

Peru

CID001182

Tin

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Japan

CID001191

Tin

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

Philippines

CID002517

Tin

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

Thailand

CID001314

Tin

Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

CID001337

Tin

Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited

India

CID003409

Tin

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

Indonesia

CID002503

Tin

PT Cipta Persada Mulia

Indonesia

CID002696

Tin

PT Mitra Stania Prima

Indonesia

CID001453

Tin

PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo

Indonesia

CID003449

Tin

PT Rajehan Ariq

Indonesia

CID002593

Tin

PT Timah Tbk Kundur

Indonesia

CID001477

Tin

PT Timah Tbk Mentok

Indonesia

CID001482

Tin

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

Brazil

CID002706

Tin

Rui Da Hung

Taiwan, Province of China

CID001539

Tin

Super Ligas

Brazil

CID002756

Tin

Takehara PVD Materials Plant / PVD Materials Division of MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.

Japan

CID004403

Tin

Thaisarco

Thailand

CID001898

Tin

Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.

China

CID002180

Tin

Tin Technology & Refining

United States of America

CID003325

Tin

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

Brazil

CID002036

Tin

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

China

CID002158

Tungsten

A.L.M.T. Corp.

Japan

CID000004

Tungsten

China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.

China

CID002641

Tungsten

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

China

CID000258

Tungsten

Cronimet Brasil Ltda

Brazil

CID003468

Tungsten

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

China

CID002315

Tungsten

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

China

CID002494

Tungsten

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

United States of America

CID000568

Tungsten

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

China

CID000218

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

Germany

CID002541

Tungsten

Hubei Green Tungsten Co.,Ltd

China

CID003417

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SMELTERS REPORTED BY THE DIRECT SUPPLIERS

Mineral

Smelter

Country

Smelter ID

Tungsten

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

China

CID000766

Tungsten

Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch

China

CID002513

Tungsten

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

Japan

CID000825

Tungsten

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

China

CID002551

Tungsten

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

China

CID002321

Tungsten

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

China

CID002318

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

China

CID002317

Tungsten

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

China

CID002316

Tungsten

Kenee Mining Corporation Vietnam

Vietnam

CID004619

Tungsten

Kennametal Fallon

United States of America

CID000966

Tungsten

Kennametal Huntsville

United States of America

CID000105

Tungsten

Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.

Taiwan, Province of China

CID003407

Tungsten

Lianyou Resources Co., Ltd.

Taiwan, Province of China

CID004397

Tungsten

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

China

CID002319

Tungsten

Masan High-Tech Materials

Vietnam

CID002543

Tungsten

Niagara Refining LLC

United States of America

CID002589

Tungsten

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

Philippines

CID002827

Tungsten

Shinwon Tungsten (Fujian Shanghang) Co., Ltd.

China

CID004430

Tungsten

TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

Germany

CID002542

Tungsten

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG

Austria

CID002044

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

China

CID002320

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

China

CID002082

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