EX-1.01 2 d935829dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report

Introduction

The subsidiaries of RPM International Inc. (“RPM”) 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, Expanko, Fibergrate, Fibregrid, Fibrecrete, Flecto, Flowcrete, Grupo PV, Hummervoll, illbruck, Kemtile, Key Resin, Mohawk, Prime Resins, Rust-Oleum, Specialty Polymer Coatings, Stonhard, Strathmore, TCI, Toxement, Tremco, Tuf-Strand, Universal Sealants, Viapol, Watco and Zinsser. As of May 31, 2019, our subsidiaries marketed products in approximately 171 countries and territories and operated manufacturing facilities in approximately 156 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. Approximately 35% of our sales are generated in international markets through a combination of exports to and direct sales in foreign countries. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2019, we recorded net sales of $5.6 billion.

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 equipment, structure drying and dehumidifying equipment, bridge expansion joints, structural and elastomeric bearings, and relatively small quantities of our nail polish, industrial wood finishes 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 of 1934, as amended (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 through Assent Compliance (“Assent”), a third-party provider engaged by RPM. Assent has specific expertise in “conflict-minerals specific” supply-chain data management. Assent ensured that appropriate communications were directed at Relevant Suppliers.

Through Assent, Relevant Suppliers were asked to provide responses consistent with the information sought by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (hereinafter referred to as the “CMRT”). Further, the CMRT includes questions about each Relevant Supplier’s conflict minerals policy and inquiries about each such 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. Assent maintained and analyzed the Relevant Suppliers’ responses using data-management software and other information available to it.

 

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  B.

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

 

  1.

Framework

We continue to refer to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD 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 tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold (“3TG Minerals”) in any of our products and (2) if so, to identify whether any 3TG 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 use to ensure that they accurately identify whether it has any 3TG Minerals in its products, and if so how to appropriately communicate with RPM to ensure that Assent obtains the information necessary for the RCOI process. The Policy is publicly available at www.rpminc.com/ConflictMinerals/.

 

  b)

Internal Management Structure: Compliance with the Policy is supervised by one of RPM’s Directors of Global Compliance. Details regarding other direct management and internal and external communication requirements are described in the Policy which is 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 3TG Minerals during the relevant reporting period. If so, then the subsidiary company must provide relevant information about that supplier to RPM. Once obtained, RPM forwards the data to Assent to conduct the RCOI and any relevant due diligence. If 3TG Minerals are identified during Assent’s inquiries, then the subsidiary company’s responsible representative coordinates with Assent to review the procedures and further information obtained by Assent. As the Scoped Products are finished products which are not known to be used as direct raw materials by any of our customers, follow-on engagement with customers was not a factor during the 2019 reporting period.

 

  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 The Values & Expectations of 168, which is 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’s responsible representative to report to one of RPM’s Directors of Global Compliance any non-responsive suppliers if that information is not otherwise available to him or her. 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/.

 

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  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, through the use of Assent we 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 3TG Minerals to our subsidiary companies and if so, whether they know which smelters processed their 3TG Minerals. 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 the due diligence process and limit the volume of required communications with any individual supplier that may have provided 3TG Minerals that may be contained in a Scoped Product.

 

  f)

Design to Respond to Identified Risks: Through Assent’s analysis, 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, 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 is 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. 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, the initial inquiry to each supplier requests CMRTs for all supplier products. It is not until after a smelter is identified as possibly being not conflict free and sourcing from the DRC region, that further inquiries are made in an attempt to determine whether the smelter(s) in question specifically relates to the raw materials purchased by us. In each such case, the supplier was unable to confirm whether the materials we purchased were sourced from the smelter identified as possibly not being conflict-free. Therefore, it was not possible for us to determine whether the declarations of possible sourcing from the DRC Region were connected to any of our Scoped Products.

 

  3.

Independent Private Sector Audit

Based upon what is known to be the latest 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

To increase efficiency and effectiveness, during this reporting period we did not use our internally created IT Interface first used in 2013, and instead used a third-party data gathering and management tool to track and manage the responses of our operating companies. Scoped Products were then sent to Assent for the conduct of the RCOI and required due diligence. Although it remains the case that only a relatively small number of our products are Scoped Products, as we grow, the number of Scoped Products has gradually increased. 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.

 

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A recurring issue that we continue to attempt to mitigate is that many suppliers continue to be overburdened with the type, detail and number of related 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 our subsidiary companies 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 3TG Minerals 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. 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.

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

  8853 S.p.A.   ITALY

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

  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

  Argor-Heraeus S.A.   SWITZERLAND

Gold

  Asahi Pretec Corp.   JAPAN

Gold

  Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.   CANADA

 

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Assent provided relevant Smelter Validation Reports and under those reports it identified what it categorizes 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 entries are not listed in this CMR.

 

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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 Philippines)   PHILIPPINES

Gold

  Boliden AB   SWEDEN

Gold

  C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   GERMANY

Gold

  Caridad   MEXICO

Gold

  CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation   CANADA

Gold

  Cendres + Metaux S.A.   SWITZERLAND

Gold

  CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.   INDIA

Gold

  Chimet S.p.A.   ITALY

Gold

  Chugai Mining   JAPAN

Gold

  Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   CHINA

Gold

  Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH   GERMANY

Gold

  Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

  DODUCO Contacts and Refining 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. East Plant   JAPAN

Gold

  Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant   JAPAN

Gold

  Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant   JAPAN

Gold

  Emirates Gold DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

  Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.   ZIMBABWE

Gold

  Fujairah Gold FZC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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

 

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Gold

  Heimerle + Meule GmbH   GERMANY

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

  International Precious Metal Refiners   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

  Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN

Gold

  Istanbul Gold Refinery   TURKEY

Gold

  Italpreziosi   ITALY

Gold

  Japan Mint   JAPAN

Gold

  Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Gold

  JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

  JSC Uralelectromed   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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 Spolka Akcyjna   POLAND

Gold

  Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN

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 Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Gold

  Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Gold

  L’Orfebre S.A.   ANDORRA

Gold

  LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

  LT Metal Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

  Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Gold

  Marsam Metals   BRAZIL

Gold

  Materion   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

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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

  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

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 Precinox S.A.   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 PMR B.V.   NETHERLANDS

Gold

  Royal Canadian Mint   CANADA

 

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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

  SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   SPAIN

Gold

  Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA

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, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold

  SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

  Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold

  Sovereign Metals   INDIA

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

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

  United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

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Gold

  Valcambi S.A.   SWITZERLAND

Gold

  Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   AUSTRALIA

Gold

  WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY

Gold

  Yamakin 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

Tantalum

  Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   JAPAN

Tantalum

  Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tantalum

  CP Metals Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

  D Block Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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 Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tantalum

  H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   THAILAND

Tantalum

  H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   GERMANY

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

  Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tantalum

  Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   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

  LSM Brasil S.A.   BRAZIL

Tantalum

  Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA

Tantalum

  Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL

 

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Tantalum

  Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   JAPAN

Tantalum

  Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tantalum

  NPM Silmet AS   ESTONIA

Tantalum

  PRG Dooel   NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF

Tantalum

  QuantumClean   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

  Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL

Tantalum

  Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tantalum

  Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   JAPAN

Tantalum

  Telex Metals   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

  Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   KAZAKHSTAN

Tantalum

  XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tantalum

  Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tin

  Alpha   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

  An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   VIETNAM

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

  Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tin

  Dowa   JAPAN

Tin

  Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company   VIETNAM

Tin

  EM Vinto   BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

Tin

  Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   BRAZIL

Tin

  Fenix Metals   POLAND

Tin

  Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.   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 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

 

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Tin

  Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   CHINA

Tin

  Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.   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

  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   VIETNAM

Tin

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

Tin

  O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   PHILIPPINES

Tin

  Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.   BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

Tin

  Pongpipat Company Limited   MYANMAR

Tin

  Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited   INDIA

Tin

  PT Artha Cipta Langgeng   INDONESIA

Tin

  PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya   INDONESIA

Tin

  PT Menara Cipta Mulia   INDONESIA

Tin

  PT Mitra Stania Prima   INDONESIA

Tin

  PT Refined Bangka Tin   INDONESIA

Tin

  PT Timah Tbk Kundur   INDONESIA

Tin

  PT Timah Tbk Mentok   INDONESIA

Tin

  Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL

Tin

  Rui Da Hung   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Tin

  Soft Metais Ltda.   BRAZIL

Tin

  Super Ligas   BRAZIL

Tin

  Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   VIETNAM

Tin

  Thaisarco   THAILAND

Tin

  Tin Technology & Refining   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

  Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIETNAM

 

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Tin

  White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   BRAZIL

Tin

  Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tin

  Yunnan Tin Company Limited   CHINA

Tin

  Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  A.L.M.T. Corp.   JAPAN

Tungsten

  ACL Metais Eireli   BRAZIL

Tungsten

  Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   VIETNAM

Tungsten

  Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  Fujian Jinxin Tungsten 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 Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

  Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA

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 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 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 Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA

 

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Tungsten   JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

  Kennametal Fallon   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

  Kennametal Huntsville   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

  KGETS Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Tungsten

  Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Tungsten

  Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA

Tungsten

  Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)   VIETNAM

Tungsten

  Moliren Ltd.   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

  Niagara Refining LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

  Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   PHILIPPINES

Tungsten

  Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   VIETNAM

Tungsten

  Unecha Refractory metals plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

  Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   AUSTRIA

Tungsten

  Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Tungsten

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

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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