EX-1.01 2 d754093dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report

Introduction

Our subsidiaries manufacture, market and sell various specialty chemical product lines, including high-quality specialty paints, infrastructure rehab and repair products, protective coatings, roofing systems, sealants and adhesives, focusing on the maintenance and improvement needs of the industrial, specialty and consumer markets. Our family of products includes those marketed under brand names such as API, Betumat, Carboline, CAVE, DAP, Day-Glo, Dri-Eaz, Dryvit, Ekspan, Euclid, EUCO, Fibergrate, Fibergrid, Fibercrete, Flecto, Flowcrete, Grupo PV, Hummervoll, illbruck, Key Resin, Mohawk, Prime Resins, Rust-Oleum, Specialty Polymer Coatings, Stonhard, TCI, Toxement, Tremco, Tuf-Strand, Universal Sealants, Viapol, Watco and Zinsser. As of May 31, 2018, our subsidiaries marketed products in approximately 166 countries and territories and operate manufacturing facilities in approximately 145 locations in the United States, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

After evaluating our diverse product lines, we have determined that the products we manufacture that may contain conflict minerals are our carpet / hard surface floor cleaning, structure drying and dehumidifying hardware products, bridge expansion joints, structural and elastomeric bearings, and relatively small quatities of our nail polish, industrial woodfinishes products, wood protection application systems and assembled applicator systems used for dispensing polyurethanes and epoxies (“Scoped Products”). After conducting a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) of the relevant direct raw material suppliers of our Scoped Products and in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1), we are filing this Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”).

 

Part I.

Due Diligence

 

  A.

RCOI

As part of our endeavors to improve efficiency and to continue to comply with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and its Conflict Minerals provisions (the “Regulations”), we have a Conflict Minerals Policy (our “Policy”), which is publicly available at www.rpminc.com/ConflictMinerals/. Our Policy continues to require an initial procedure whereby all our manufacturing companies must identify which direct raw material suppliers in their supply chains during the relevant reporting period may have supplied them with material containing one or more conflict minerals (“Relevant Suppliers”). When required, a RCOI, as more fully described below, was conducted on all relevant materials from such Relevant Suppliers and the suppliers’ responses were reviewed.

Requests for information were sent to Relevant Suppliers either directly by the responsible representatives associated with the Scoped Products or through Assent Compliance (“Assent”), a third-party provider engaged by RPM. Assent has specific expertise in “conflict-minerals specific” supply-chain data management. Through mid-May 2019, the responsible representatives associated with the Scoped Products and Assent ensured that follow-up communications were directed at Relevant Suppliers who did not respond to initial inquiries, in order to help obtain maximum participation from all Relevant Suppliers. Due to the fact that the contract with Assent did not occur until after RPM began its conflict minerals information gathering for the 2018 reporting period, for this reporting period, RPM used a combination of direct communications by responsible representatives at RPM’s manufacturing companies for some of the Scoped Products and communications through Assent for other products. These communications were all conducted in an attempt to track the requests for information submitted to the Relevant Suppliers.

Regardless of the communication methods used, suppliers were asked to provide responses consistent with the information sought by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s (“CFSI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (hereinafter referred to as the “CMRT”). When an RPM manufacturing company’s responsible representative associated with the Scoped Products received a CMRT or other information from a supplier, that RPM representative uploaded that information to RPM’s internally-generated IT Interface previously developed by RPM. For responses submitted through Assent, Assent maintained that information and analyzed the data using data-management software and other information that is available to them.

 

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The CMRT includes questions about each supplier’s conflict minerals policy and inquiries about each supplier’s RCOI or due diligence procedures related to conflict minerals sourcing. Furthermore, the CMRT requests the identification of known smelters used to process any disclosed conflict minerals.

 

  B.

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

 

  1.

Framework

RPM continues to refer to 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: Based upon lessons learned after the Conflict Minerals process used for the calendar year 2013 and 2014 reporting periods, and based upon professional guidance received from subject-matter experts, in 2015 we revised our Policy to more effectively identify whether (1) we may have any conflict minerals in any of our products, and (2) if so, to identify whether any conflict minerals contained in our products originated from the Democratic Republic of Congo or its adjoining countries (“DRC Region”). The Policy is reviewed annually and revised when required. However, since 2015, any revisions have been largely non-substantive in nature and have not changed the two steps identified above. The Policy is applicable to all 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 publicly available at www.rpminc.com/ConflictMinerals/.

 

  b)

Internal Management Structure: Compliance with the Policy is supervised by RPM’s Senior Director of Global Compliance. Details regarding other direct management and internal and external communication requirements are described in the Policy 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 each subsidiary company to first identify whether any of its direct raw material suppliers may have provided it with products containing a conflict mineral during the relevant reporting period. If so, then the subsidiary company must identify a person responsible to conduct the RCOI and due diligence for the subsidiary company and to communicate with that company’s identified suppliers and maintain close coordination with RPM’s Senior Director of Global Compliance regarding conflict minerals matters. Alternatively, for this reporting period, a subsidiary company’s responsible representative could choose to use Assent to assist with the due diligence. Use of Assent to collect information and conduct analysis does not relieve the subsidiary company’s responsible representative of the responsibility to conduct RCOI, if required, and therefore the subsidiary company’s responsible representative is ultimately responsible to coordinate with Assent and to understand the procedures and information provided by Assent. As the Scoped Products are finished products which are not used as direct raw materials by any of our known customers, follow-on engagement with relevant customers was not a factor during the 2018 reporting period.

 

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  d)

Company Level Grievance Mechanism: The Policy is applicable to all our subsidiary companies, and therefore any violation of the Policy may be reported by anyone in accordance with our Values & Expectations of 168, which is RPM’s 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’s responsible representative to report to RPM’s Senior Director of Global Compliance any non-responsive suppliers if that information is not otherwise available to him. The Code is publicly 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 relatively small number of Scoped Products as compared to the rest of our product lines, as well as the relatively small percentage of the global supply of conflict minerals originating from the DRC Region, we continue to believe that the risk that any suppliers are providing any conflict minerals to us that benefit the conflict in the DRC Region is remote. However, pursuant to our Policy and as part of the RCOI process, we and Assent asked Relevant Suppliers to respond to the CMRT questions. Therefore, during the RCOI process, Relevant Suppliers are asked to answer questions designed to determine whether they in fact provide non-recycled/non-scrap tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold (“3TG Minerals”) to our subsidiary companies and if so, whether they know from which smelters their 3TG Minerals have been processed. Relevant Suppliers are also asked to identify 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 process and limit the volume of required communications with any individual supplier who may have provided 3TG Minerals that may be contained in a Scoped Product.

 

  f)

Design to Respond to Identified Risks: Through Assent’s analysis and direct communications by our subsidiary companies’ responsible representative with Relevant Suppliers, we have procedures whereby responses from Relevant Suppliers can be identified if a response rises to the level that causes someone to believe that a 3TG Mineral from the DRC Region could be contained in one of our products. When that occurs, review of the entirety of the due diligence portion of the questionnaire submitted by the Relevant Supplier is evaluated by Assent, an RPM representative or the relevant subsidiary company’s conflict minerals representative, and if needed, the Relevant 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 ultimately considered by management of any applicable subsidiary for actions designed to mitigate any future 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 many Relevant Suppliers of direct materials used to manufacture our Scoped Products. We used the due diligence measures described above with respect to these suppliers. Specifically, we, either directly or through Assent, reviewed the answers to all questions from the original questionnaires answered by those suppliers. As has been the case previously, a few suppliers identified smelters they believed may source from the DRC Region. However, it was difficult to determine whether the response from these suppliers was product-specific and exclusively covered products purchased by us, or whether it applied to the full spectrum of products such suppliers manufacture or sell. In fact, Assent’s initial inquiry to the suppliers requests CMRTs for the entire company. It is not until after a smelter is identified that may not be conflict free and sources from the DRC region, that Assent will inquire further in an attempt to determine whether the smelters in question specifically relate to the raw materials purchased by us. Therefore, it was not possible to determine whether the declarations of possible sourcing from the DRC Region were connected to any of our Scoped Products.

 

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  3.

Independent Private Sector Audit

Based upon SEC guidance, 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 continue to use an internally created IT Interface that we first used for the 2013 reporting period for some of the Scoped Products. However, although it remains the case that only a relatively small number of our products are Scoped Products as RPM grows the number of Scoped Products gradually increases. Therefore, for this reporting period Assent assisted us with RCOI and due diligence for some of the Scoped Products and we are evaluating whether expansion of the use of Assent is an efficient and effective approach for upcoming reporting periods. However, regardless of what processes we use, and as has been historically demonstrated since the 2013 reporting period, the information gathering process and the consolidation of collected information from suppliers is difficult and obtaining meaningful and relevant answers from suppliers is a cumbersome process.

A recurrent issue that we continue to attempt to mitigate is that many suppliers continue to be overburdened with the type, detail and number of inquiries, and therefore they continue to provide a “company-wide” response to specific inquiries (i.e., they provide responses that cover all of their products combined rather than specific responses for the distinct products sold to our subsidiary companies). Consequently, these suppliers have difficulty and are often reluctant to address specific questions related to a particular product purchased from them. For these suppliers, many of which are distributors and not manufacturers, responses indicating that 3TG Minerals are present and may have come from the DRC region only identify that one or more of their products may have Conflict Minerals implications, but such responses do not identify whether any one or more of the materials they supplied to us contains 3TG Minerals. In effect, these suppliers “over report” the existence of a 3TG Mineral and often identify smelters that may have no connection to direct raw materials we purchased from them. Therefore, such responses are not very informative or helpful. As in the past we continue to educate these suppliers and engage the purchasing representatives from our subsidiary manufacturers who have Relevant Suppliers to facilitate that education. However, education alone may be insufficient. In some instances these suppliers are not located within the U.S. and may feel as though the law is wholly inapplicable to them, are not manufacturers, deal with hundreds of suppliers and manufacturers themselves, and/or are unfamiliar with the reporting obligations of publicly traded companies in the U.S.

 

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Part II.

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.3TG Minerals: Tin, Tantalum, Gold and Tungsten were all identified by Relevant Suppliers.

B.Smelters and Origin: Smelters Identified to by Relevant Suppliers.1

 

Gold   Abington Reldan Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Abington Reldan Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   African Gold Refinery   UGANDA
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO   KAZAKHSTAN
Gold   Al Etihad Gold LLC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.   GERMANY
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   UZBEKISTAN
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao   BRAZIL
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração   BRAZIL
Gold   Argor-Heraeus S.A.   SWITZERLAND
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corporation   JAPAN
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Limited   CANADA
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.   TURKEY
Gold   AU Traders and Refiners   SOUTH AFRICA
Gold   Aurubis AG   GERMANY
Gold   Bangalore Refinery   INDIA
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the P   PHILIPPINES
Gold   Bauer Walser AG   GERMANY
Gold   Boliden AB   SWEDEN
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   GERMANY
Gold   Caridad   MEXICO
Gold   CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation   CANADA
Gold   Cendres + Métaux SA   SWITZERLAND

 

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Assent provided relevant Smelter Validation Reports and under those reports it identified what it categoraizes as “non-legitimate” entries which are defined as “entries that have not been verified to be legitimate smelters/refiners or legitimate data.” Smelter entries provided by our suppliers to Assent that are categorized as non-legitimate entreis are not listed in this CMR.

 

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Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   ITALY
Gold   Chugai Mining   JAPAN
Gold   Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH   GERMANY
Gold   Do Sung Corporation   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH   GERMANY
Gold   DODUCO GmbH   GERMANY
Gold   Dowa   JAPAN
Gold   DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Elemetal Refining, LLC   UNITED STATES
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold   Faggi Enrico S.p.A.   ITALY
Gold   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   ZIMBABWE
Gold   FSE Novosibirsk Refinery   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.   INDIA
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA
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   HeeSung Metal Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   GERMANY
Gold   Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong   CHINA
Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY
Gold   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous SmelTing Co., Ltd   CHINA
Gold   HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   TURKEY
Gold   Italpreziosi   ITALY
Gold   Japan Mint   JAPAN
Gold   Jiangxi Copper Company Limited   CHINA
Gold   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plan   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   JSC Uralelectromed   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

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Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Kaloti Precious Metals   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold   Kazakhmys SmelTing LLC   KAZAKHSTAN
Gold   Kazzinc   KAZAKHSTAN
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spólka Akcyjna   POLAND
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Korea Metal Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   KYRGYZSTAN
Gold   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   L’ azurde Company For Jewelry   SAUDI ARABIA
Gold   Lingbao Gold Company Limited   CHINA
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   L’Orfebre S.A.   ANDORRA
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Marsam Metals   BRAZIL
Gold   Materion   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   SINGAPORE
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   SWITZERLAND
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   MEXICO
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN
Gold   Mitsui Mining and SmelTing Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA
Gold   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   MALAYSIA
Gold   Morris and Watson   NEW ZEALAND
Gold   Morris and Watson Gold Coast   AUSTRALIA
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   TURKEY
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   UZBEKISTAN
Gold   NH Recytech Company   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   AUSTRIA
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN

 

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Gold   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   PAMP S.A.   SWITZERLAND
Gold   Pease & Curren   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   CHILE
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   INDONESIA
Gold   PX Précinox SA   SWITZERLAND
Gold   QG Refining, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   SOUTH AFRICA
Gold   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Remondis Argentia B.V.   NETHERLANDS
Gold   Republic Metals Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CANADA
Gold   SAAMP   FRANCE
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   ITALY
Gold   SAFINA A.S.   CZECH REPUBLIC
Gold   Sai Refinery   INDIA
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Samwon Metals Corp.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY
Gold   Schone Edelmetaal B.V.   NETHERLANDS
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   SPAIN
Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   TAIWAN
Gold   So Accurate Group, Inc.   UNITED STATES
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   TAIWAN
Gold   State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology   LITHUANIA
Gold   Sudan Gold Refinery   SUDAN
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   ITALY
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   JAPAN

 

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Gold   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Tony Goetz NV   BELGIUM
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   KAZAKHSTAN
Gold   Torecom   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold   Umicore Brasil Ltda.   BRAZIL
Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   THAILAND
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   BELGIUM
Gold   Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   BELGIUM
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Gold   Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia   ZAMBIA
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   SWITZERLAND
Gold   Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint   AUSTRALIA
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY
Gold   Yamakin Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CHINA
Gold   Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery   CHINA
Tantalum   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Tantalum   Avon Specialty Metals Ltd   UNITED KINGDOM
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry   CHINA
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Duoluoshan   CHINA
Tantalum   E.S.R. Electronics   UNITED STATES
Tantalum   Exotech Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   JAPAN
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili bran   CHINA
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   THAILAND
Tantalum   H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar   GERMANY
Tantalum   H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg   GERMANY
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   GERMANY

 

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Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   JAPAN
Tantalum   H.C. Starck SmelTing GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   GERMANY
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Hi-Temp   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CHINA
Tantalum   Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   MEXICO
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Powder   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   BRAZIL
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and SmelTing Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Tantalum   Molycorp Silmet A.S.   ESTONIA
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   ESTONIA
Tantalum   Plansee SE Liezen   AUSTRIA
Tantalum   Plansee SE Reutte   AUSTRIA
Tantalum   Power Resources Ltd.   MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF
Tantalum   QuantumClean   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tantalum   RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Solikamsk   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
Tantalum   Telex Metals   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Tranzact, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tantalum   Ulba   KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA

 

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Tantalum   Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tantalum   Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide   CHINA
Tin   Alpha   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   VIET NAM
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   China Yunnan Tin Co Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Cooper Santa   BRAZIL
Tin   CV Ayi Jaya   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Dua Sekawan   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Gita Pesona   INDONESIA
Tin   CV JusTindo   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Nurjanah   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Prima Timah Utama   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Serumpun Sebalai   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Tiga Sekawan   INDONESIA
Tin   CV United SmelTing   INDONESIA
Tin   CV Venus Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA
Tin   Dowa   JAPAN
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minera   VIET NAM
Tin   Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM
Tin   Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group)   SPAIN
Tin   EM Vinto   BOLIVIA
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   BRAZIL
Tin   Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH   GERMANY
Tin   Fenix Metals   POLAND
Tin   Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Zi-Li   CHINA
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal 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
Tin   Jiangxi Nanshan   CHINA
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   CHINA

 

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Tin   Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co   CHINA
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   Malaysia SmelTing Corporation (MSC)   MALAYSIA
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   BRAZIL
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   BELGIUM
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   SPAIN
Tin   Metallo-Chimique N.V.   BELGIUM
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL
Tin   Minsur   PERU
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN
Tin   Modeltech Sdn Bhd   MALAYSIA
Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   THAILAND
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   PHILIPPINES
Tin   OMSA   BOLIVIA
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.   BOLIVIA
Tin   Phoenix Metal Ltd.   RWANDA
Tin   Pongpipat Company Limited   MYANMAR
Tin   PT Alam Lestari Kencana   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   INDONESIA
Tin   PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Babel Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Bangka Kudai Tin   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Bangka Prima Tin   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Bangka Serumpun   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Bangka Tin Industry   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera   INDONESIA
Tin   PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Bukit Timah   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Cipta Persada Mulia   INDONESIA
Tin   PT DS Jaya Abadi   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Fang Di MulTindo   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Inti Stania Prima   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Karimun Mining   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Menara Cipta Mulia   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   INDONESIA

 

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Tin   PT Panca Mega Persada   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Premium Tin Indonesia   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Prima Timah Utama   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Seirama Tin investment   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Sukses Inti Makmur   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Sumber Jaya Indah   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Tambang Timah   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Tinindo Inter Nusa   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Tirus Putra Mandiri   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Tommy Utama   INDONESIA
Tin   PT Wahana Perkit Jaya   INDONESIA
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   Rui Da Hung   TAIWAN
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   Super Ligas   BRAZIL
Tin   Thaisarco   THAILAND
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM
Tin   VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC   VIET NAM
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   BRAZIL
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng   CHINA
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tin   Yunnan Tin Company Limited   CHINA
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. Tungsten Corp.   JAPAN
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   BRAZIL
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   VIET NAM
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu FerroTungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals SmelTing Co., Ltd.   CHINA

 

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Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   H.C. Starck GmbH   GERMANY
Tungsten   H.C. Starck SmelTing GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   GERMANY
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji   CHINA
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin   CHINA
Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN
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
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., Lt   CHINA
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd.   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tungsten   Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC   VIET NAM
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   PHILIPPINES
Tungsten   Pobedit, JSC   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten   Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM
Tungsten   South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City   CHINA
Tungsten   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM
Tungsten   Unecha Refractory metals plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten   Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   AUSTRIA
Tungsten   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CHINA

 

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Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA
Tungsten   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA

 

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