EX-1.01 2 d364813dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Nielsen Holdings plc

Conflict Minerals Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2016

This Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) for the year ended December 31, 2016 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 13p-1”). Rule 13p-1 was adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 requiring reporting companies to make disclosures of cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, tin, tantalum and tungsten (“3TG”) in their products. Rule 13p-1 imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants to determine whether 3TG are necessary to the production or functionality of their products, and if so, if the 3TG originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia (together, the “Covered Countries”). We are unable to state the origin of the 3TG in all of our products. For that reason, we are required under Rule 13p-1 to submit to the SEC this Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to Form SD. Consistent with Rule 13p-1 and the SEC’s 2014 statement 1, this CMR is not required to be accompanied by an independent private sector audit.

In accordance with Rule 13p-1, this report is available on our website at www.nielsen.com/investors.

Company Overview

This CMR has been prepared by the management of Nielsen Holdings plc (referred to herein as “Nielsen,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). The information includes the activities of all majority-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities that are required to be consolidated.

Nielsen is a leading global performance management company. Nielsen provides to clients a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and what they buy and how those choices intersect. We deliver critical media and marketing information, analytics and manufacturer and retailer expertise about what and where consumers buy and what consumers read, watch and listen to (consumer interaction across the television, radio, print, online and mobile viewing and listening platforms) on a local and global basis. Our information, insights and solutions help our clients maintain and strengthen their market positions and identify opportunities for profitable growth. We have a presence in more than 100 countries and our services cover more than 90 percent of the globe’s GDP and population, and 2016 annual revenues of $6.3 billion. We have significant investments in resources and associates all over the world, including in many emerging markets, and hold leading market positions in many of our services and geographies.

Nielsen Audio, Inc. (“Nielsen Audio”), a subsidiary of Nielsen, contracts to manufacture meters and encoders for the collection of data. Certain 3TG are necessary to the functionality of such meters and encoders. The meters and encoders are generally intended for Nielsen Audio’s use, but some of them are sold to third parties. In 2016, Nielsen Audio sold approximately 6% of all meters and encoders to third parties. Of the total Nielsen revenue in 2016, approximately .001% was derived from meter and encoder sales.

 

1  Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule, Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, April 29, 2014


This CMR details Nielsen’s calendar year 2016 process for gathering data to comply with Rule 13p-1 and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas.

Supply Chain and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

We rely on our direct suppliers of the relevant equipment to provide information with respect to the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from lower tier suppliers. In almost all cases, the information relating to the 3TG contained in our products is derived from lower tier suppliers. Contracts with our suppliers can be multi-year contracts, and we cannot unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements. In our annual inquiry, we survey our direct suppliers identified to be in scope and analyze and follow up responses as we deem appropriate. During 2016, we conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine the origin of the 3TG in our products. The inquiry did not provide sufficient information to determine with specificity the countries of origin of the 3TG in our products or whether they are from recycled or scrap sources.

Due Diligence Framework

Established Company Plan

 

    Established an internal management team and coordinator to ensure compliance with respect to the reporting requirements relating to 3TG. Our internal management team includes representatives from supply chain and procurement, engineering, legal and finance.

 

    Determined data gathering and assessment procedures in order to understand the scope of our supply chain inquiry that we are required to undertake to comply Rule 13p-1.

 

    Contracted with GreenSoft Technology, Inc. (“Greensoft”) to collect 3TG data from our component suppliers.

 

    Maintained records of diligence efforts by implementing a company 3TG database. The 3TG database is the aggregated 3TG report and the collection report generated by Greensoft.

Identification of Relevant Components and Suppliers

 

    Products: The products requiring 3TG data collection are the Portable People Meter (PPM) family of products designed by Nielsen Audio and manufactured by contract manufacturers.

 

    Suppliers: The list of 211 component suppliers is contained in the bills of materials submitted to GreenSoft for data collection. The contract manufacturers are limited to utilizing components from the approved suppliers provided by Nielsen Audio.

Supplier Response Validation

Nielsen contracted with GreenSoft to collect 3TG data from our component suppliers. Greensoft utilizes the Conflict Minerals Reporting template developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative to determine the usage of 3TG by suppliers, assists suppliers in filling out the template, validates and corrects templates, alerts Nielsen if any 3TG originated in Covered Countries, generates an aggregated 3TG report based on bills of materials and provides a collection report with hyperlinks to each template. Nielsen assesses the responses received from our suppliers and engages with them on their particular responses.


Supplier responses should contain all required data in the template. If responses are incomplete or inconsistent, the supplier is contacted and asked for missing or supplemental information. Greensoft conducts most of this validation process. Nielsen checks 3TG data collected by Greensoft against the complete list of materials within each component disclosed to us by our suppliers of our components to verify metal content matches. Nielsen checks smelter status claims received in templates to known smelter information. If template responses are insufficient or absent, Nielsen examines each case individually and evaluates its response based on the likelihood of 3TG being present, the specific component and the availability of such component from other sources. Possible responses are suspension of purchasing this component from this supplier, working with the supplier to obtain the 3TG data necessary for a determination of its sourcing, or designing out this particular component from our products going forward.

Due Diligence Results

We conducted a survey of our relevant 211 suppliers with the assistance of GreenSoft and received responses from 147 of them, or 70%. Based on the responses received, we are unable to validate with specificity the country of origin of the 3TG in our products.

Set forth in Annex 1 is a list of known smelters and refiners that may be in our supply chain for the products we contract to manufacture and sell to third parties.

Steps Taken to Mitigate Risk

In addition to following up with suppliers who have not properly responded to our 3TG survey, we have taken the following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary 3TG in our products could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:

 

  a Included a 3TG sourcing clause in new or renewed supplier contracts.

 

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

As we enter into new contracts for these materials, or our contracts expire and are renewed, we intend to add a 3TG clause requiring suppliers to provide 3TG sourcing and smelter information. Nielsen believes that it will take a number of years to ensure that all our supplier contracts contain appropriate sourcing clauses. Until that time, as described below, we are working with our supply chain to encourage them to provide the 3TG sourcing information until the contracts can be amended.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain of the matters discussed in this CMR, including in particular, efforts to further mitigate risks that 3TG in our products could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, include forward-looking statements. Readers of this document are cautioned that our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events, and the actual results or developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown uncertainties and risks, many of which are beyond our control, which


could significantly affect current plans and expectations and our future financial position and results of our operations. These factors, include, but are not limited to the factors discussed in Item 1A, Risk Factors of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 as they may be updated by information included in our other filings with the SEC. We expressly disclaim a duty to provide updates to these forward-looking statements, and the estimates and assumptions associated with them, after the date of this filing to reflect events or changes in circumstances or changes in expectations or the occurrence of anticipated events.


ANNEX I

 

Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Gold

   Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint    AUSTRALIA

Gold

   Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH    AUSTRIA

Gold

   Tony Goetz NV    BELGIUM

Gold

   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    BELGIUM

Gold

   AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração    BRAZIL

Gold

   Umicore Brasil Ltda.    BRAZIL

Gold

   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    CANADA

Gold

   CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation    CANADA

Gold

   Royal Canadian Mint    CANADA

Gold

   Codelco    CHILE

Gold

   Academy Precious Metal Materials (Zhaoyuan) Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co.,Ltd    CHINA

Gold

   China Gold Deal Investment Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   China National Gold Group Corporation    CHINA

Gold

   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Dongguan Standard Electronic Material.Co.,Ltd    CHINA

Gold

   Dongguanshi Sutande Dianzi Cailiao Youxiangongsi    CHINA

Gold

   E-CHEM Enterprise Corp    CHINA

Gold

   Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech 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

   Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Heraeus Group    CHINA

Gold

   Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong    CHINA

Gold

   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

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

Gold

   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Jinlong Copper Co.,Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Kangqiang Electronics Co., Ltd    CHINA

Gold

   Kunshan Jinli chemical industry reagents co.,Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Public security bureau of Shenzhen    CHINA

Gold

   SANMENXIA HENGSHENG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D CO.,LTD    CHINA

Gold

   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Shandong Yanggu Xiangguang Co. Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Gold

   Shang Hai Gold Exchange    CHINA

Gold

   shenzhen fujun material technology co,ltd    CHINA

Gold

   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Suzhou Xingrui Noble metal material co.ltd    CHINA

Gold

   Taizhou Delta Electronics Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Tiancheng Chemical    CHINA

Gold

   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Gold

   Wuxi Middle Treasures Materials    CHINA

Gold

   Yantai Zhaojin Kanfort Precious Metals Incorporated Company    CHINA

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

Gold

   Safina a.s.    CZECH REPUBLIC

Gold

   SAAMP    FRANCE

Gold

   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    GERMANY

Gold

   Aurubis AG    GERMANY

Gold

   Bauer Walser AG    GERMANY

Gold

   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY

Gold

   DODUCO GmbH    GERMANY

Gold

   Feinhutte Halsbrucke GmbH    GERMANY

Gold

   Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY

Gold

   Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY

Gold

   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY

Gold

   Umicore Galvanotechnik GmbH    GERMANY

Gold

   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY

Gold

   ScotiaMocatta, The Bank of Nova Scotia    HONG KONG

Gold

   Bangalore Refinery    INDIA

Gold

   Gujarat Gold Centre    INDIA

Gold

   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA

Gold

   Sai Refinery    INDIA

Gold

   THE HUTTI GOLD MINES CO.LTD    INDIA

Gold

   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    INDONESIA

Gold

   Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY

Gold

   Faggi Enrico S.p.A.    ITALY

Gold

   T.C.A S.p.A    ITALY

Gold

   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Asahi Pretec Corp.    JAPAN

Gold

   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Chugai Mining    JAPAN

Gold

   Dowa    JAPAN

Gold

   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Harima Smelter    JAPAN

Gold

   Hishikari Gold Mine (Isa)    JAPAN

Gold

   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Japan Mint    JAPAN

Gold

   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Gold

   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN

Gold

   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   N.E.Chemcat Corporation    JAPAN

Gold

   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    JAPAN

Gold

   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD.    JAPAN

Gold

   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Gold

   Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO    KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC    KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

   Kazzinc    KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn    KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

   Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   DaeryongENC    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   Heesung Group    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   HwaSeong CJ Co., Ltd.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   Korea Metal Co., Ltd.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   Samduck Precious Metals    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   SAMWON METALS Corp.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   Torecom    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Gold

   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    KYRGYZSTAN

Gold

   Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.    MALAYSIA

Gold

   Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA

Gold

   Caridad    MEXICO

Gold

   Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V.    MEXICO

Gold

   Remondis Argentia B.V.    NETHERLANDS

Gold

   Schone Edelmetaal B.V.    NETHERLANDS

Gold

   Morris and Watson    NEW ZEALAND

Gold

   K.A Rasmussen as    NORWAY

Gold

   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES

Gold

   KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna    POLAND

Gold

   JSC “Aurat”    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   JSC Uralelectromed    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   OJSC Kolyma Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

   L’azurde Company For Jewelry    SAUDI ARABIA

Gold

   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.    SINGAPORE


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Gold

   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.    SOUTH AFRICA

Gold

   SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.    SPAIN

Gold

   Sudan Gold Refinery    SUDAN

Gold

   Boliden AB    SWEDEN

Gold

   Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND

Gold

   Cendres + Métaux S.A.    SWITZERLAND

Gold

   Metalor Technologies S.A.    SWITZERLAND

Gold

   PAMP S.A.    SWITZERLAND

Gold

   PX Précinox S.A.    SWITZERLAND

Gold

   UBS AG Bahnhofstr.    SWITZERLAND

Gold

   Valcambi S.A.    SWITZERLAND

Gold

   CHIN-LEEP ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold

   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold

   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Gold

   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    THAILAND

Gold

   Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    TURKEY

Gold

   Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY

Gold

   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.    TURKEY

Gold

   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

   Emirates Gold DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

   Kaloti Precious Metals    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

   London Bullion Market Association    UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Gold

   Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   AURA-II    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Colt Refining    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Elemetal Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Ferro Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Heraeus Group    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Heraeus Precious Metals North America (HPMN)    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Materion    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Gold

   Republic Metals Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Sabin Metal Corp.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   So Accurate Group, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   United Refining Company    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Uyemura USA    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gold

   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN

Gold

   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    UZBEKISTAN

Gold

   Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia    ZAMBIA

Gold

   Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.    ZIMBABWE

Tantalum

   Plansee SE Liezen    AUSTRIA

Tantalum

   Plansee SE Reutte    AUSTRIA

Tantalum

   LSM Brasil S.A.    BRAZIL

Tantalum

   Mineração Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL

Tantalum

   Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.    BRAZIL

Tantalum

   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry    CHINA

Tantalum

   Duoluoshan    CHINA

Tantalum

   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch    CHINA

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

   King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd    CHINA

Tantalum

   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tantalum

   Molycorp Silmet A.S.    ESTONIA

Tantalum

   Ethiopian Minerals Development Share Company    ETHIOPIA

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar    GERMANY

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg    GERMANY

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH    GERMANY

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY

Tantalum

   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Ltd.    JAPAN

Tantalum

   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Tantalum

   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Tantalum

   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Tantalum

   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    KAZAKHSTAN

Tantalum

   KEMET Blue Metals    MEXICO

Tantalum

   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tantalum

   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tantalum

   Tantalite Resources    SOUTH AFRICA

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.    THAILAND

Tantalum

   Avon Specialty Metals Ltd    UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Tantalum

   Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (AMG)    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   Cabot Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   D Block Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   E.S.R. Electronics    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   Exotech Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   Gannon & Scott    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   H.C. Starck Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   KEMET Blue Powder    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   QuantumClean    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   Telex Metals    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tantalum

   Tranzact, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

   Eximetal S.A.    ARGENTINA

Tin

   Jean GOLDSCHMIDT INTERNATIONAL S.A.    BELGIUM

Tin

   Metallo-Chimique N.V.    BELGIUM

Tin

   EM Vinto    BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

Tin

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

Tin

   Best Metais e Soldas SA    BRAZIL


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Tin

   Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.    BRAZIL

Tin

   Estanho de Rondônia S.A.    BRAZIL

Tin

   IBF IND Brasileira de Ferrolligas Ltda    BRAZIL

Tin

   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.    BRAZIL

Tin

   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.    BRAZIL

Tin

   Mineração Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL

Tin

   Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.    BRAZIL

Tin

   Soft Metais Ltda.    BRAZIL

Tin

   Super Ligas    BRAZIL

Tin

   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.    BRAZIL

Tin

   American Iron and Metal    CANADA

Tin

   An Xin Xian Xin Yue You Se Jin Shu Co. Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   CHANGZHOU GALAXY CENTURY MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD    CHINA

Tin

   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   China Minmetals Corporation    CHINA

Tin

   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   Dongguan lason metel materials co,.ltd    CHINA

Tin

   Electroloy Metal Co. Ltd    CHINA

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 Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   Gold Bell Group    CHINA

Tin

   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant    CHINA

Tin

   Hongqiao Metals (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   Hunan Xianghualing Tin Co. ltd    CHINA

Tin

   Jewish Xinmao Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   jiangyinshi yizheng mechnaics co,.ltd    CHINA

Tin

   Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   Ming Li Jia Smelt Metal Factory    CHINA

Tin

   Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd    CHINA

Tin

   Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co. Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   ShangHai YueQiang Metal Products Co., LTD    CHINA

Tin

   Shaoxing Tianlong Tin Materials Co., Ltd    CHINA

Tin

   Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co.,Ltd    CHINA

Tin

   TONGDING METALLIC MATERIAL CO.LTD    CHINA

Tin

   XiHai    CHINA

Tin

   Yantai Zhaojin Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tin

   Yifeng Tin Industry (Chenzhou) Co Ltd    CHINA

Tin

   Yun’an Dian’xi Tin Mine    CHINA


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Tin

   Yunnan Tin Company Limited    CHINA

Tin

   ZHEJIANG HUANGYAN XINQIAN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FITTINGS FACTORY    CHINA

Tin

   Zhongshan Jinye Smelting Co., Ltd    CHINA

Tin

   Kovohute Pribram nastupnicka, a. s.    CZECH REPUBLIC

Tin

   IPS New Material (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.    FRANCE

Tin

   Traxys    FRANCE

Tin

   Brinkmann Chemie AG    GERMANY

Tin

   Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH    GERMANY

Tin

   Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY

Tin

   Heraeus Group    GERMANY

Tin

   Westfalenzinn    GERMANY

Tin

   Wilhelm Grillo Handelsgesellschaft mbH    GERMANY

Tin

   Wilhelm Westmetall    GERMANY

Tin

   CV Ayi Jaya    INDONESIA

Tin

   CV Dua Sekawan    INDONESIA

Tin

   CV Duta Putra Bangka    INDONESIA

Tin

   CV Gita Pesona    INDONESIA

Tin

   CV Makmur Jaya    INDONESIA

Tin

   CV Serumpun Sebalai    INDONESIA

Tin

   CV Tiga Sekawan    INDONESIA

Tin

   CV United Smelting    INDONESIA

Tin

   CV Venus Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA

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 Babel Surya Alam Lestari    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Bangka Kudai Tin    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Bangka Prima Tin    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Bangka Putra Karya    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 Donna Kembara Jaya    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT DS Jaya Abadi    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Fang Di MulTindo    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT HANJAYA PERKASA METALS    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT HP Metals Indonesia    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Inti Stania Prima    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Justindo    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Karimun Mining    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Koba Tin    INDONESIA


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Tin

   PT O.M. Indonesia    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Panca Mega Persada    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk    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 Supra Sukses Trinusa    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

   PT Yinchendo Mining Industry    INDONESIA

Tin

   PT. CITRALOGAM ALPHASEJAHTERA    INDONESIA

Tin

   Dowa    JAPAN

Tin

   Furukawa Electric    JAPAN

Tin

   Hitachi Cable, Ltd.    JAPAN

Tin

   KOBE STEEL,LTD.    JAPAN

Tin

   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN

Tin

   Nihon Kagaku Sangyo Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Tin

   NIPPON FILLER METALS,LTD.    JAPAN

Tin

   SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.    JAPAN

Tin

   Alpha    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Tin

   Daewoo International    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Tin

   Heraeus Group    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Tin

   Lee Ku Industrial Company Limited    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Tin

   Poongsan    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Tin

   Samhwa Non-Ferrous Metal. Inc Co.,Ltd.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Tin

   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    MALAYSIA

Tin

   Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.    MALAYSIA

Tin

   Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA

Tin

   Rahman Hydrulic Tin Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA

Tin

   Hayes Metals Pty Ltd    NEW ZEALAND

Tin

   Minsur    PERU

Tin

   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.    PHILIPPINES

Tin

   Fenix Metals    POLAND

Tin

   Kupol    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tin

   Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tin

   Phoenix Metal Ltd.    RWANDA

Tin

   SIZER METALS PTE LTD    SINGAPORE

Tin

   CIMSA, S.A.    SPAIN

Tin

   Elmet S.L.U.    SPAIN

Tin

   Baoshida Swissmetall    SWITZERLAND


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Tin

   Rui Da Hung    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

Tin

   Fuji Metal Mining Corp.    THAILAND

Tin

   NIHON GENMA MFG.CO.,LTD.    THAILAND

Tin

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

Tin

   Thaisarco    THAILAND

Tin

   Schloetter Co. Ltd.    UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Tin

   Alpha    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

   Amalgamet Inc    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

   Honeywell Electronic Materials, Inc    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

   Imperial Zinc    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

   Metallic Resources, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

   Nathan Trotter & Co., Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tin

   An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM

Tin

   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company    VIET NAM

Tin

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

Tin

   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM

Tin

   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM

Tin

   VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC    VIET NAM

Tin

   American Iron and Metal    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

   Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG    AUSTRIA

Tungsten

   ACL Metais Eireli    BRAZIL

Tungsten

   North American Tungsten    CANADA

Tungsten

   A.L.M.T. Corp.    CHINA

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 W Co., Ltd    CHINA

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Hongfei Tungsten & Molybdenum Materials 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

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tungsten

   Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

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

   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 Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tungsten

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

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tungsten

   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tungsten

   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA

Tungsten

   Nanchang Cemented Carbide Limited Liability Company    CHINA

Tungsten

   NingHua XingLuoKeng TungSten Mining CO.,LTD    CHINA

Tungsten

   South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City    CHINA

Tungsten

   Sumitomo Electric Industries    CHINA

Tungsten

   Xiamen Golden Egret Special Alloy Co. Ltd.    CHINA

Tungsten

   Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Co., Ltd.    CHINA

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

Tungsten

   H.C. Starck GmbH    GERMANY

Tungsten

   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG    GERMANY

Tungsten

   A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.    JAPAN

Tungsten

   Axis Material Limited    JAPAN

Tungsten

   Hitachi, Ltd.    JAPAN

Tungsten

   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Tungsten

   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Tungsten

   Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Tungsten

   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN

Tungsten

   TaeguTec Ltd.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Tungsten

   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.    KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)

Tungsten

   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.    PHILIPPINES

Tungsten

   Hydrometallurg, JSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

   Moliren Ltd    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

   Pobedit, JSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

   Unecha Refractory metals plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

   Air Products    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

   Allegheny Technologies Incorporated    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

   Alta Group    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


Subject Metal

  

Smelter or Refiner Name

  

Country Location of Smelter

or Refiner

Tungsten

   Kennametal Fallon    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

   Kennametal Huntsville    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

   Meterion Advanced Materials Thin Film Products    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

   Niagara Refining LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

   Voss Metals Company, Inc    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tungsten

   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.    VIET NAM

Tungsten

   Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC    VIET NAM

Tungsten

   Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM

Tungsten

   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM

Tungsten

   Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM