0001193125-14-219980.txt : 20140530 0001193125-14-219980.hdr.sgml : 20140530 20140530164037 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-219980 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 13p-1 1.01 20131231 1.02 20131231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140530 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140530 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000110621 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAINTS, VARNISHES, LACQUERS, ENAMELS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2851] IRS NUMBER: 020642224 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SD SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14187 FILM NUMBER: 14880835 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2628 PEARL RD STREET 2: P O BOX 777 CITY: MEDINA STATE: OH ZIP: 44258 BUSINESS PHONE: 3302735090 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2628 PEARL RD STREET 2: P O BOX 777 CITY: MEDINA STATE: OH ZIP: 44258 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RPM INTERNATIONAL INC/OH/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20021015 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RPM INC/OH/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: REPUBLIC POWDERED METALS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19711027 SD 1 d735887dsd.htm FORM SD FORM SD

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

 

RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-14187   02-0642224

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission File

Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2628 Pearl Road, P.O. Box 777, Medina, Ohio

 

44258

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Edward W. Moore, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, (330) 273-5090

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 

x Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2013.

 

 

 


Section 1 — Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

The Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2013 filed herewith as Exhibit 1.02 is available at http://www.rpminc.com/ConflictMinerals/.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

See Exhibit 1.02 to this Form SD, incorporated herein by reference.

Section 2 — Exhibits

Item 2.01 Exhibits

Exhibit 1.02 Conflict Minerals Report


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.

 

     

RPM International Inc.

(Registrant)

Date May 30, 2014         /s/ Edward W. Moore
    By:   Edward W. Moore
     

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and

Chief Compliance Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

1.02    Conflict Minerals Report
EX-1.02 2 d735887dex102.htm EX-1.02 EX-1.02

Exhibit 1.02

Conflict Minerals Report

Introduction

Our subsidiaries manufacture, market and sell various specialty chemical product lines, including high-quality specialty paints, protective coatings, roofing systems, sealants and adhesives as well as cleaning and dehumidifying products focusing on the maintenance and improvement needs of both the industrial and consumer markets. Our family of products includes those marketed under brand names such as API, Carboline, DAP, Dri-Eaz, Sapphire, EUCO, Fibergrate, Flecto, Flowcrete, Grupo PV, Hummervoll, Universal Sealants, illbruck, Rust-Oleum, Stonhard, Tremco, Viapol, Watco and Zinsser. Our subsidiaries market products in approximately 150 countries and territories and operate manufacturing facilities in approximately 93 locations in the United States, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

After conducting a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) we do not have actual knowledge that any of our products contain any tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold (“3TG Minerals”) that originated from the Democratic Republic of Congo or its adjoining countries (the “DRC Region”) or 3TG Minerals that were not from scrap or recycled sources. However, the smelters or materials identified by a few suppliers of direct materials for the manufacture of our carpet cleaning equipment, structure drying equipment, powder coating paints and concrete sealer products (the “Scoped Products”) raised questions as to whether those products could potentially contain 3TG Minerals that originated from the DRC Region. Therefore, in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1), we more closely scrutinized the supply chain of those products, and are therefore filing this Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) to describe the due diligence conducted to determine the origin of any 3TG Minerals in the Scoped Products.

Part I. Due Diligence

A. RCOI

In response to regulations under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and its Conflict Minerals provisions (the “Regulations”), we developed a Conflict Minerals Policy (our “Policy”), which is publicly available at www.rpminc.com/worldwide-code-guidelines/ and instituted a RCOI whereby each of our operating companies identified to us all direct material suppliers who provided direct materials during calendar year 2013 that the operating companies believed might possibly contain 3TG Minerals.

We and/or our operating companies sent informational requests to all of the identified direct material suppliers. With the exception of thirteen suppliers who received requests directly from, and who responded directly to, one of our operating companies, all of the identified suppliers who had email addresses received their requests via email, and we submitted and tracked those email requests electronically via a computerized interface (our “IT Interface”) developed by our Information Technology Department. In accordance with our Policy, suppliers who did not have email addresses were contacted by the conflict minerals representative of the operating companies. Our IT Interface email requests directed each supplier to a web-based questionnaire to which each supplier would log-in using a discrete identifying number. Per our Policy, suppliers who were contacted directly by an operating company were asked to answer a questionnaire substantially similar to our web-based questionnaire. The questionnaires, regardless of form, were modeled after the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition’s (“EICC”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template and were designed to ascertain from each supplier:

 

  ¡ what products they supplied during 2013 to each respective operating company;

 

  ¡ which products, if any, contained any 3TG Minerals; and

 

  ¡ in the event that a supplier identified the presence of a 3TG Mineral, information as to where the 3TG Mineral originated or whether there was any reason to believe that the 3TG Mineral originated from the DRC Region.

The questionnaires included questions about each supplier’s conflict minerals policy and inquired about each supplier’s RCOI or due diligence procedures related to conflict minerals sourcing. Furthermore, the questionnaire requested the identification of known smelters used to process any disclosed 3TG Minerals. Supplier responses, regardless of form, were tracked by us and are stored electronically.


From January 28, 2014 through May 15, 2014, over 4,900 initial requests were sent to suppliers to answer questionnaires, and non-responding suppliers were reminded via email approximately every 21 days to respond. Additionally, beginning in February 2014, periodic reports were sent to the conflict minerals representatives of each operating company. Those reports listed which of the respective operating company suppliers had not yet responded, and which had responded and identified any products reported by suppliers as either containing or being “unknown” for the presence of 3TG Minerals. On or about April 1, 2014, the conflict minerals representatives initiated more direct contact methods with their respective company’s suppliers who had not responded to prior email reminders. By May 15, 2014, responses to approximately 70% of the initial requests were submitted to us by suppliers either electronically or through separate correspondence. After a review of the responses, certain individual suppliers that submitted ambiguous or unclear responses were contacted in an attempt to clarify their answers.

We reviewed the responses to our RCOI from all suppliers who indicated the existence of, or provided an answer of “unknown” for the existence of, 3TG Minerals. Based upon this RCOI we determined that further due diligence was only required on the Scoped Products.

B. Due Diligence Conducted on the Scoped Products’ 3TG Minerals Chain of Custody

1. Framework

We referred to the Second Edition of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Due Diligence Framework”) and applied that internationally recognized framework to conduct our due diligence efforts. That framework incorporated and included the RCOI procedures.

2. Due Diligence Measures Performed

In accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Framework we incorporated the following measures during our due diligence of the Scoped Products:

 

  a) Policy: We developed a Policy designed to identify whether any 3TG Minerals in any of our products originated from the DRC Region. This Policy is applicable to all of our subsidiaries and identifies the procedures each subsidiary must incorporate for internal communications as well as communications with their suppliers and customers to ensure compliance with the Regulations. The Policy is publically available at www.rpminc.com/worldwide-code-guidelines/.

 

  b) Internal Management Structure: Compliance with the Policy is supervised by RPM’s Director of Global Compliance and the Policy is administered and implemented by RPM’s Global Strategic Sourcing Team (“GSST”), a committee composed of the senior purchasing agents representing most of our subsidiaries. Details regarding the direct management and internal and external communication requirements under the Policy have been previously described in the Policy, which is publically available, and under the RCOI section above, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

  c) Controls, Transparency, Engagement with Suppliers and Customers: Due to our decentralized operations, the Policy requires that each subsidiary company identify a person responsible to conduct the RCOI and due diligence for the subsidiary company and to communicate with that company’s suppliers and maintain close coordination with the GSST and RPM’s Director of Global Compliance regarding conflict minerals matters. To facilitate those efforts, starting in February through mid-May 2014, the individual responsible for our conflict minerals IT Interface submited periodic reports to each subsidiary company’s conflict minerals representative identifying which of that respective company’s suppliers had responded to questionnaires, which had not, and described relevant RCOI responses to the questionnaires. In order to ensure transparency and accurate reporting to our customers, the subsidiary company representatives are directed to communicate with and share the information received from their suppliers with the customer service, sales or other company employees who may be responding to customer inquiries regarding conflict minerals.


  d) Company Level Grievance Mechanism: As the Policy is applicable to all of our subsidiary companies, any violation of the Policy may be reported by anyone in accordance with our Values & Expectations of 168, which are adopted as our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”). Options for disclosure under the Code include, but are not limited to, contacting RPM’s Hotline where permitted by law. Additionally, the Policy requires the subsidiary company representatives to report any non-responsive suppliers to RPM’s Director of Global Compliance and to the GSST. The Code is publically available at www.rpminc.com/about-rpm/worldwide-code-guidelines/ and instructions for the Hotline are available at www.rpminc.com/hotline/.

 

  e) Identification and Assessment of Risk in the Supply Chain: Based upon the nature of the products manufactured by our companies, the de minimis quantities of any 3TG Minerals that would be necessary to the functionality and production and contained in any of our products, and the relatively small percentage of the global supply of 3TG Minerals originating from the DRC Region, particularly as applicable to tin which would be the most likely 3TG Mineral to be found in our products, we believe that the risk that any suppliers are providing any 3TG Minerals to us that benefit the conflict in the DRC Region is very remote. However, as a result of our varied and diversified product lines, the global supply chain from which we source, the small amount of 3TG Minerals in our products, and the numerous suppliers with which we transact, it is unduly cumbersome and cost prohibitive at this time for us to conduct risk assessments independently for each supplier providing materials for each product. Consequently, the Policy provides that unless previously approved, an RCOI will be conducted on all supplied direct materials during the year prior to the reporting date. During the RCOI process, all suppliers are simultaneously asked questions to determine whether they know from which smelters their 3TG Minerals have been processed and what, if any, conflict free policies and due diligence procedures they have in place. Questions related to smelters and to their due diligence procedures are required as part of applicable post-RCOI due diligence requirements, and are asked along with the RCOI questions in order to expedite due diligence and limit the volume of required communications with any individual supplier.

 

  f) Design to Respond to Identified Risks: Through various channels identified within the Policy, we have a system whereby responses from suppliers can be “flagged” either at the RPM or at the subsidiary company level if it rises to the level that causes someone to believe that a 3TG Mineral from the DRC Region is present in one of our products. When that occurs, review of the entirety of the due diligence portion of the questionnaire submitted to the relevant supplier is evaluated by an RPM representative or the relevant subsidiary company’s conflict minerals representative and if needed the supplier will be contacted in order to clarify answers and to further identify smelters, the chain of custody of the direct material, and to attempt to determine whether any mineral may have benefited the conflict in the DRC Region. Furthermore, in accordance with the Policy, any non-responsive suppliers may be considered by the GSST and the management of any applicable subsidiary for actions designed to mitigate any risks of non-compliant behavior by a supplier that is related to conflict minerals.

 

  g) Follow-up with Relevant Suppliers: During the RCOI process we received written responses from one or more suppliers of direct materials used to manufacture carpet cleaning equipment, structure drying equipment, powder coating paint and concrete sealer products that raised questions as to whether one or more 3TG Minerals contained within those products may have originated from the DRC Region. As a result, we used the due diligence measures described above with respect to these suppliers. Specifically, we further reviewed the answers to all questions from the original questionnaires answered by those suppliers. Moreover, when the due diligence section of the questionnaire was not clear, we asked additional and specific questions of suppliers in an attempt to identify any smelters used to process their supplied direct materials and to determine whether through their due diligence efforts the suppliers have been able to identify whether the sourced direct materials did in fact originate from the DRC Region, and if so whether they determined whether any sourced minerals benefited the armed conflict in the DRC Region. The additional questions did clarify previously given answers, but ultimately did not lead to a more detailed understanding of the full chain of custody for any of the materials.


3. Independent Private Sector Audit

Based upon the SEC’s guidance provided in its April 29, 2014 Statement on the Effects of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule, an independent private sector audit of the due diligence framework conducted by us is not required for this CMR.

4. Risk Mitigation/Future Due Diligence Measures

We are continuing to develop our IT Interface. Based upon lessons learned during this reporting period, we are considering modifying our IT Interface so that the data within it is directly available to each of the subsidiary companies’ conflict mineral representatives and the companies’ customer service representatives so that they will be able to personally access the information relating to their suppliers within the database. This will improve the transparency of the supplier information available to each subsidiary company and will streamline information flow thereby facilitating the ability of each purchasing agent to communicate with his or her suppliers. Additionally, we will disclose to the GSST the identity of all suppliers who were non-responsive to our questionnaires during this reporting period. With this information, the GSST will be able to identify which suppliers may require specialized training or consultation regarding our commitment to adherence with all U.S. and applicable foreign countries’ regulations pertaining to conflict minerals and the importance that those suppliers cooperate with us to comply with those regulations. The information will also facilitate the GSST’s ability to identify other mitigating factors and remedies in an effort to obtain full cooperation from all of our suppliers.

Part II. Scoped Product Descriptions and Information Known Regarding Chain of Custody of Scoped Products

As a result of the due diligence conducted on the Scoped Products as described in Part I, the following relevant information is provided:

A. Carpet Cleaning Equipment and Structure Cleaning Equipment

1. 3TG Minerals: Tin, Tantalum, Gold and Tungsten are all relevant to this product.

2. Smelters and Origin: List understood by RPM to be known smelters for these products.

 

Metal

  

Smelter Reference List

   Standard Smelter Name    Smelter Facility Location
Gold    AGR Matthey    Western Australian Mint
trading as The Perth Mint
   AUSTRALIA
Gold    Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd.    Aida Chemical Industries
Co. Ltd.
   JAPAN
Gold    Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    Allgemeine Gold- und
Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
   GERMANY
Gold    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    Almalyk Mining and
Metallurgical Complex
(AMMC)
   UZBEKISTAN
Gold    AngloGold Ashanti Mineração Ltda    AngloGold Ashanti
Mineração Ltda
   BRAZIL
Gold    AngloGold Ashanti Mineração Ltda    AngloGold Ashanti
Mineração Ltda
   BRAZIL
Gold    Argor-Heraeus SA    Argor-Heraeus SA    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Asahi Pretec Corp    Asahi Pretec Corporation    JAPAN
Gold    Asaka Riken Co Ltd    Asaka Riken Co Ltd    JAPAN
Gold    Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi
Ve Ticaret A.S.
   TURKEY
Gold    Aurubis AG    Aurubis AG    GERMANY
Gold    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(Central Bank of the
Philippines)
   PHILIPPINES


Gold    Boliden AB    Boliden AB    SWEDEN
Gold    Caridad    Caridad    MEXICO
Gold    Cendres & Métaux SA    Cendres & Métaux SA    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Chimet SpA    Chimet SpA    ITALY
Gold    Chugai Mining    Chugai Mining    JAPAN
Gold    Codelco    Codelco    CHILE
Gold    Daejin Indus Co. Ltd    Daejin Indus Co. Ltd    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    DaeryongENC    DaeryongENC    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Do Sung Corporation    Do Sung Corporation    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Dowa    Dowa    JAPAN
Gold    Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd    Dowa    JAPAN
Gold    FSE Novosibirsk Refinery    FSE Novosibirsk Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY
Gold    Heraeus Germany    Heraeus Precious Metals
GmbH & Co. KG
   GERMANY
Gold    Heraeus Hong Kong    Heraeus Ltd Hong Kong    HONG KONG
Gold    Heraeus Ltd Hong Kong    Heraeus Ltd Hong Kong    HONG KONG
Gold    Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    Heraeus Precious Metals
GmbH & Co. KG
   GERMANY
Gold    Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd    Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co.,
Ltd.
   JAPAN
Gold    Istanbul Gold Refinery    Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY
Gold    Japan Mint    Japan Mint    JAPAN
Gold    Jiangxi Copper Company Limited    Jiangxi Copper Company
Limited
   CHINA
Gold    JM Canada    Johnson Matthey Limited    CANADA
Gold    JM USA    Johnson Matthey Inc    UNITED STATES
Gold    Johnson Matthey Inc    Johnson Matthey Inc    UNITED STATES
Gold    Johnson Matthey Limited    Johnson Matthey Limited    CANADA
Gold    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-
Ferrous Metal Processing
Plant
   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    JSC Uralectromed    JSC Uralectromed    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd    JX Nippon Mining &
Metals Co., Ltd
   JAPAN
Gold    Kazzinc Ltd    Kazzinc Ltd    KAZAKHSTAN
Gold    Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    Kennecott Utah Copper
LLC
   UNITED STATES
Gold    Kojima Chemicals Co. Ltd    Kojima Chemicals Co. Ltd    JAPAN
Gold    Korea Metal Co. Ltd    Korea Metal Co. Ltd    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    KYRGYZSTAN
Gold    L’ azurde Company For Jewelry    L’ azurde Company For
Jewelry
   SAUDI ARABIA
Gold    LS-Nikko Copper Inc    LS-Nikko Copper Inc    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Materion    Materion    UNITED STATES
Gold    Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd    Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd    JAPAN
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd    Metalor Technologies
(Hong Kong) Ltd
   HONG KONG
Gold    Metalor Technologies SA    Metalor Technologies SA    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Metalor USA Refining Corporation    Metalor USA Refining
Corporation
   UNITED STATES
Gold    Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A.    Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A.    MEXICO
Gold    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    Mitsubishi Materials
Corporation
   JAPAN
Gold    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    Mitsui Mining and Smelting
Co., Ltd.
   JAPAN


Gold    Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    Moscow Special Alloys
Processing Plant
   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.    Nadir Metal Rafineri San.
Ve Tic. A.Ş.
   TURKEY
Gold    Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    Navoi Mining and
Metallurgical Combinat
   UZBEKISTAN
Gold    Nihon Material Co. LTD    Nihon Material Co. LTD    JAPAN
Gold    Ohio Precious Metals LLC.    Ohio Precious Metals LLC.    UNITED STATES
Gold    OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet)    OJSC “The Gulidov
Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous
Metals Plant” (OJSC
Krastvetmet)
   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    OJSC Kolyma Refinery    OJSC Kolyma Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    OPM    Ohio Precious Metals LLC.    UNITED STATES
Gold    PAMP SA    PAMP SA    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Pan Pacific Copper Co. LTD    Pan Pacific Copper Co.
LTD
   JAPAN
Gold    Perth Mint (Western Australia Mint)    Western Australian Mint
trading as The Perth Mint
   AUSTRALIA
Gold    Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    Prioksky Plant of Non-
Ferrous Metals
   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold    PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    PT Aneka Tambang
(Persero) Tbk
   INDONESIA
Gold    PX Précinox SA    PX Précinox SA    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd    Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd    SOUTH AFRICA
Gold    Royal Canadian Mint    Royal Canadian Mint    CANADA
Gold    Sabin Metal Corp.    Sabin Metal Corp.    UNITED STATES
Gold    SAMWON METALS Corp.    SAMWON METALS Corp.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Schone Edelmetaal    Schone Edelmetaal    NETHERLANDS
Gold    SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria SA    SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria
SA
   SPAIN
Gold    Shandong Gold Mining (Laizhou)    The Refinery of Shandong
Gold Mining Co., Ltd
   CHINA
Gold    Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd    Shandong Zhaojin Gold &
Silver Refinery Co. Ltd
   CHINA
Gold    Smelter Not Listed    Mitsubishi Materials
Corporation
   JAPAN
Gold    Smelter Not Listed    Kennecott Utah Copper    UNITED STATES
Gold    Smelter not yet identified    Heraeus USA    UNITED STATES
Gold    Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    Solar Applied Materials
Technology Corp.
   TAIWAN
Gold    Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.    Sumitomo Metal Mining
Co. Ltd.
   JAPAN
Gold    Suzhou Xingrui Noble    Suzhou Xingrui Noble    CHINA
Gold    Tanaka Kikinnzoku Kogyo K.K.    Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo
K.K.
   JAPAN
Gold    The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China    The Great Wall Gold and
Silver Refinery of China
   CHINA
Gold    The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd    The Refinery of Shandong
Gold Mining Co. Ltd
   CHINA
Gold    Tokuriki Honten Co. Ltd    Tokuriki Honten Co. Ltd    JAPAN
Gold    Tokuriki Tokyo Melters Assayers    Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd    JAPAN
Gold    Torecom    Torecom    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold    Umicore Brasil Ltda    Umicore Brasil Ltda    BRAZIL
Gold    Umicore SA    Umicore SA Business Unit
Precious Metals Refining
   BELGIUM
Gold    Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    Umicore SA Business Unit
Precious Metals Refining
   BELGIUM
Gold    United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    United Precious Metal
Refining, Inc.
   UNITED STATES


Gold    Valcambi SA    Valcambi SA    SWITZERLAND
Gold    Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint    Western Australian Mint
trading as The Perth Mint
   AUSTRALIA
Gold    Xstrata Canada Corporation    Xstrata Canada Corporation    CANADA
Gold    Yokohama Metal Co Ltd    Yokohama Metal Co Ltd    JAPAN
Gold    Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of
Zhongjin Gold Corporation
   CHINA
Gold    Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd    Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd    CHINA
Tantalum    Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry    Conghua Tantalum and
Niobium Smeltry
   CHINA
Tantalum    Duoluoshan    Duoluoshan    CHINA
Tantalum    Exotech Inc.    Exotech Inc.    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    F&X    F&X    CHINA
Tantalum    Gannon & Scott    Gannon & Scott    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals    Global Advanced Metals    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    H.C. Starck GmbH    H.C. Starck GmbH    GERMANY
Tantalum    Hi-Temp    Hi-Temp    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd.    JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous
Metals Co. Ltd.
   CHINA
Tantalum    Kemet Blue Powder    Kemet Blue Powder    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    Mitsui Mining & Smelting    Mitsui Mining & Smelting    JAPAN
Tantalum    Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    Ningxia Orient Tantalum
Industry Co., Ltd.
   CHINA
Tantalum    Plansee    Plansee    AUSTRIA
Tantalum    RFH    RFH    CHINA
Tantalum    Solikamsk Metal Works    Solikamsk Metal Works    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum    Taki Chemicals    Taki Chemicals    JAPAN
Tantalum    Tantalite Resources    Tantalite Resources    SOUTH AFRICA
Tantalum    Telex    Telex    UNITED STATES
Tantalum    Ulba    Ulba    KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum    Zhuzhou Cement Carbide    Zhuzhou Cement Carbide    CHINA
Tin    CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.    CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA
Co. Ltd.
   CHINA
Tin    Cookson    Cookson    UNITED STATES
Tin    Cooper Santa    Cooper Santa    BRAZIL
Tin    CV DS Jaya Abadi    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Duta Putra Bangka    CV Duta Putra Bangka    INDONESIA
Tin    CV JusTindo    CV JusTindo    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Makmur Jaya    CV Makmur Jaya    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Nurjanah    CV Nurjanah    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Prima Timah Utama    CV Prima Timah Utama    INDONESIA
Tin    CV Serumpun Sebalai    CV Serumpun Sebalai    INDONESIA
Tin    CV United Smelting    CV United Smelting    INDONESIA
Tin    EM Vinto    EM Vinto    BOLIVIA
Tin    EM Vinto    EM Vinto    BOLIVIA
Tin    Fenix Metals    Fenix Metals    POLAND
Tin    Funsur    Minsur    PERU
Tin    Geiju Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd.    Geiju Non-Ferrous Metal
Processing Co. Ltd.
   CHINA
Tin    Gejiu Zi-Li    Gejiu Zi-Li    CHINA
Tin    Gold Bell Group    Gold Bell Group    CHINA
Tin    Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd    Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co.
Ltd
   CHINA
Tin    Jiangxi Nanshan    Jiangxi Nanshan    CHINA
Tin    Kai Unita Trade Limited Liability Company    Kai Unita Trade Limited
Liability Company
   CHINA
Tin    Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co    Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co    CHINA
Tin    Liuzhou China Tin    Liuzhou China Tin    CHINA
Tin    Malaysia Smelting Corp    Malaysia Smelting
Corporation (MSC)
   MALAYSIA


Tin    Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    Malaysia Smelting
Corporation (MSC)
   MALAYSIA
Tin    Metallo Chimique    Metallo Chimique    BELGIUM
Tin    Mineração Taboca S.A.    Mineração Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL
Tin    Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd.    Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co.
Ltd.
   CHINA
Tin    Minsur    Minsur    PERU
Tin    Minsur    Funsur    PERU
Tin    Minsur S.A. Tin Metal    Minsur    PERU
Tin    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    Mitsubishi Materials
Corporation
   JAPAN
Tin    Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works    Novosibirsk Integrated Tin
Works
   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin    OMSA    OMSA    BOLIVIA
Tin    PT Alam Lestari Kencana    PT Alam Lestari Kencana    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Babel Inti Perkasa    PT Babel Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari    PT Babel Surya Alam
Lestari
   INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Kudai Tin    PT Bangka Kudai Tin    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Putra Karya    PT Bangka Putra Karya    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera    PT Bangka Timah Utama
Sejahtera
   INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bangka Tin Industry    PT Bangka Tin Industry    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera    PT Belitung Industri
Sejahtera
   INDONESIA
Tin    PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari    PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Bukit Timah    PT Bukit Timah    INDONESIA
Tin    PT DS Jaya Abadi    PT DS Jaya Abadi    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri    PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Fang Di MulTindo    PT Fang Di MulTindo    INDONESIA
Tin    PT HP Metals Indonesia    PT HP Metals Indonesia    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Koba Tin    PT Koba Tin    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Mitra Stania Prima    PT Mitra Stania Prima    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Refined Banka Tin    PT Refined Banka Tin    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Sumber Jaya Indah    PT Sumber Jaya Indah    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Tambang Timah    PT Tambang Timah    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Timah    PT Timah    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Timah Nusantara    PT Timah Nusantara    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    INDONESIA
Tin    PT Yinchendo Mining Industry    PT Yinchendo Mining
Industry
   INDONESIA
Tin    Smelter Not Listed    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA
Tin    Taboca    Mineração Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL
Tin    Thaisarco    Thaisarco    THAILAND
Tin    White Solder Metalurgia    White Solder Metalurgia    BRAZIL
Tin    Yunnan Chengfeng    Yunnan Chengfeng    CHINA
Tin    Yunnan Chengfeng    Yunnan Chengfeng    CHINA
Tin    Yunnan Tin Company Limited    Yunnan Tin Company
Limited
   CHINA
Tungsten    A.L.M.T. Corp.    A.L.M.T. Corp.    JAPAN
Tungsten    ATI Tungsten Materials    ATI Tungsten Materials    UNITED STATES
Tungsten    Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co Ltd    Chaozhou Xianglu
Tungsten Industry Co Ltd
   CHINA
Tungsten    China Minmetals Corp    China Minmetals
Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd
   CHINA
Tungsten    China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd    China Minmetals
Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd
   CHINA
Tungsten    Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd    Chongyi Zhangyuan
Tungsten Co Ltd
   CHINA
Tungsten    Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.    Dayu Weiliang Tungsten
Co., Ltd.
   CHINA


Tungsten    Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.    Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co.,
Ltd.
   CHINA
Tungsten    Ganzhou Grand Sea W & Mo Group Co Ltd    Ganzhou Grand Sea W &
Mo Group Co Ltd
   CHINA
Tungsten    Global Tungsten & Powders Corp    Global Tungsten & Powders
Corp
   UNITED STATES
Tungsten    HC Starck GmbH    HC Starck GmbH    GERMANY
Tungsten    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co    Hunan Chenzhou Mining
Group Co
   CHINA
Tungsten    Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd.    Hunan Chun-Chang
Nonferrous Smelting &
Concentrating Co., Ltd.
   CHINA
Tungsten    Japan New Metals Co Ltd    Japan New Metals Co Ltd    JAPAN
Tungsten    Jiangxi Rare Earth & Rare Metals Tungsten Group Corp    Jiangxi Rare Earth & Rare
Metals Tungsten Group
Corp
   CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Co Ltd    Jiangxi Tungsten Industry
Group Co Ltd
   CHINA
Tungsten    Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co Ltd    Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten
Products Co. Ltd.,Ganzhou
Huaxin Tungsten Products
Ltd,JTGC,China National
Nonferrous,China National
Nonferrous Metals Imp. &
Exp. Jiangxi Corporation
Ltd.,CNIECJX,Jiangxi
Tungsten Co Ltd
   CHINA
Tungsten    Kennametal Inc.    Kennametal Inc.    UNITED STATES
Tungsten    Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co Ltd    Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten
Co Ltd
   VIETNAM
Tungsten    Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG    Wolfram Bergbau und
Hütten AG
   AUSTRIA
Tungsten    Wolfram Company CJSC    Wolfram Company CJSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten    Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd    Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd    CHINA
Tungsten    Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co Ltd    Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide
Group Co Ltd
   CHINA

B. Powder Coating Paint and Conrete Sealer Products

1. 3TG Mineral: The relevant 3TG mineral identified by suppliers was tin.

2. Smelters and Origin: List understood by RPM to be known smelters for these products.

 

Metal

  

Smelter Reference List

   Standard Smelter Name    Smelter Facility Location
Tin    Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    Malaysia Smelting
Corporation (MSC)
   MALAYSIA
Tin    Minsur S.A. Tin Metal    Minsur    PERU
Tin    Thailand Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd.    Thaisarco    THAILAND
Tin    YTCL    Yunnan Tin Company
Limited
   CHINA