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Exhibit 1.01

Corning Incorporated

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

This Conflict Minerals Report (CMR) for the year ended December 31, 2018 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Rule). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict Minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG).

This report is available on the Investor Relations page of Corning’s website (see http://www.corning.com/investor_relations/index.aspx and click on “View All Filings”).

 

1.

Company Overview

This report has been prepared by management of Corning Incorporated (herein referred to as “Corning,” 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 in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. It does not include the activities of subsidiaries or variable interest entities that are not required to be consolidated.

Corning is a world leader in the manufacture of specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Corning operates in five reportable segments: Display Technologies, Optical Communications, Environmental Technologies, Specialty Materials and Life Sciences. Corning manufactures and processes products at approximately 105 plants in 15 countries.

 

2.

Products Overview

Corning’s principal products, by segment, are as follows:

Corning’s Display Technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that are used primarily in notebook computers and flat panel displays.

Corning’s Optical Communications segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.

Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world.

The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for unique customer needs. Consequently, this segment operates in a wide variety of commercial and industrial markets that include display optics and components, semiconductor optics components, aerospace and defense, astronomy, ophthalmic products, telecommunications components and cover glass that is optimized for portable display devices and televisions.


Corning’s Life Sciences segment is a leading developer, manufacturer and global supplier of scientific laboratory products, including general labware and equipment, as well as specialty surfaces, media and reagents, that are used for cell culture research, bioprocessing, genomics, drug discovery, microbiology and chemistry.

All other segments at Corning that do not meet the quantitative threshold for separate reporting have been grouped as “All Other” in our financial reporting documentation. This group is primarily comprised of the results of the pharmaceutical technologies business and new product lines and development projects, as well as certain corporate investments.

 

3.

Supply Chain Overview

Corning maintains complex and diverse supply chains across its reported segments, involving thousands of suppliers to the Company. We rely on our direct suppliers to provide information on 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. Contracts with our suppliers are frequently in force for three years or more and we cannot unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements. Corning has worked over the past several years to incorporate a clause to relevant agreements that requires suppliers to provide information about the source of conflict minerals and smelters. Based upon these contractual requirements and our supplier relationships, we are working with selected suppliers to ensure they provide us the 3TG sourcing information required.

Based upon technical knowledge regarding our products, as well as the results of the prior supplier surveys regarding conflict minerals, relevant personnel in each of our reported segments identified the suppliers to survey regarding whether the components or materials supplied to Corning by such suppliers contain 3TG. We relied upon these suppliers, approximately 164 in total, to provide us with information about whether the components or materials supplied to Corning contain 3TG; and if so, the source of such 3TG. Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers, or in the case of distributors from whom we purchase components or materials, reliant upon the manufacturers of such items. Many of our larger suppliers are also SEC registrants and subject to the Rule.

 

4.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) and RCOI Conclusion

 

  4.1

Requests for Information

We surveyed those suppliers described above using version 5.0 or higher of the conflict minerals reporting template developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), known as the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) Reporting Template (or the “CMRT”). The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company’s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the CMRT contains questions about the origin of conflict minerals included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. Written instructions and recorded training illustrating the use of the tool are available on Responsible Business Alliance’s website. The CMRT is being used by many companies in their due diligence processes related to 3TG.

To determine whether any 3TG necessary to our products originated in the Covered Countries, we retained a third-party service provider, Assent Compliance (“Assent”) to assist us in surveying our supply chain. During our supplier survey, we contacted suppliers via the Assent Compliance Manager (“ACM”), a SaaS platform provided by Assent that enables its users to complete and track supplier communications as well as allows suppliers to upload completed CMRTs directly to the platform for assessment and management. The use of the CMRT allowed for some elimination of irrelevant suppliers. Specifically, question one of the CMRT asks suppliers whether any 3TGs are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. We also reviewed the supplier list to ensure that irrelevant or “out of scope” suppliers were removed from the survey process (e.g., the removal of suppliers who provided only packaging to Corning).

Assent requested that all in-scope suppliers complete a CMRT and included training and education to guide suppliers on best practices and the use of the template. Assent monitored and tracked all communications in the ACM for future reporting and transparency. Corning directly contacted suppliers that were unresponsive to Assent’s communications during the diligence process and requested that such suppliers complete and submit the CMRT to Assent.


  4.2

Survey Responses

Where the CMRT responses included the names of entities listed by our suppliers as smelters or refiners, we consulted the RMI publicly-available information to determine whether such entities had been identified as certified Conflict-Free. In some cases, the CMRT responses did not provide smelter information; this was one of the items that we typically requested in follow-up communications with suppliers. Ultimately, some suppliers were unable to provide us with smelter information because they were engaged in their own efforts to obtain that information from their suppliers.

Through Assent’s platform automated data validation was performed on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions and identify any contradictory answers in the CMRT. This data validation is based on logical sequencing and required correlations between the CMRT questions (for example, if a supplier does not report having received information from 100% of its 3TG sources, it cannot logically offer definitive statements in response to certain other questions).

All submitted CMRTs are first accepted and then classified as valid or invalid so that their data is still retained. Suppliers are contacted in regard to invalid forms and are encouraged to resubmit a valid form. As of May 22, 2019, there were seven (7) invalid supplier submissions in Corning’s supplier survey that could not be corrected.

Many of the responses we received provided data at a company or divisional level or, as described above, were unable to specify with certainty all of the smelters or refiners used for components supplied to Corning. In some instances, we engaged in follow-up communications with suppliers to request that they provide a CMRT response specific to the components or materials supplied to Corning; however, in many cases, the suppliers were unable to do so because they were unable to obtain detailed information from their own suppliers.

 

  4.3

RCOI Conclusion

Based upon the results of our RCOI, we were able to determine that no 3TGs are contained in the products sold by Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment. In Corning’s Display Technologies segment, our RCOI determined that while tin is contained in the products sold by this segment, the tin is not sourced from the Covered Countries. For Corning’s Optical Communications, Specialty Materials, and Life Sciences segments, we were unable to conclusively determine whether the 3TG in the products for such segments originated in the Covered Countries because of the incomplete information received from our supply chain.

Based on RCOI responses we have received from certain suppliers, we believe that certain of the 3TG contained in the products for our Optical Communications, Specialty Materials, and/or Life Sciences segments may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (the Covered Countries). Thus, we are required under the Rule to conduct due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those minerals and submit to the SEC a Conflict Minerals Report as an Exhibit to Form SD.

 

5.

Due Diligence Program

 

  5.1

Design of Due Diligence

Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework in The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Second Edition, 2013 (OECD Guidance) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten. The Guidance identifies five steps for due diligence that should be implemented and provides guidance as to how to achieve each step. We developed our due diligence process to address each of these five steps, namely:

 

  1.

Establishing strong company management systems regarding conflict minerals;

 

  2.

Identifying and assessing risks in our supply chain;


  3.

Designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks in our supply chain;

 

  4.

Utilizing independent third-party audits of supply chain diligence; and

 

  5.

Publicly reporting on our supply chain due diligence

We are a downstream supplier, many steps removed from the mining of 3TGs. A large number of suppliers, through multiple tiers of distribution, supply the components and materials integrated into our products. Furthermore, we do not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals or make purchases from the Covered Countries directly. The origin of the conflict minerals cannot be determined with any certainty once the raw ores are smelted, refined and converted to ingots, bullion or other conflict mineral containing derivatives. The smelters and refiners consolidate raw ore and represent the best actors in the total supply chain to possess knowledge of the origin of the ores they procure.

 

  5.2

Establish Strong Company Management Systems

5.2.1 Conflict Minerals Policy

We have adopted the following revised conflict minerals policy, effective March 2019:

Background on Conflict Minerals

Conflict minerals refer to the mineral precursors of the metals tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold (3TG), which are found in small amounts in virtually all electronic products. Revenue from mining these minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and nine neighboring countries has been linked to funding for groups engaged in extreme violence and human rights atrocities.

Pursuant to the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, public companies in the US that make products for which 3TG metals (tantalum, tin, tungsten & gold) are necessary to the functionality or production of that product are required to assess their supply chains and report on the source of these materials. Corning Incorporated (“Corning”) is a public company, and therefore is committed to complying with this law.

Corning Incorporated’s Corporate Position on Conflict Minerals

At Corning, corporate social responsibility is a proactive commitment to preserving the trust of our stakeholders. The commitment contributes to sustainable economic and environmental development through all our business activities – how we operate, what we sell, how we give, and how we support our people, the communities in which we operate, and society at large. Any connection between the materials used in Corning products and armed violence or human rights abuses is unacceptable.

Corporate social responsibility is intrinsic to Corning’s heritage and it is integral to how we build value and trust in our company. It is also a demonstration of how we live our Values which represent the unchanging moral and ethical compass that guides everything we do. More information about Sustainability at Corning can be found here.

The 3TG supply chain is complex, typically including many stages between Corning and the smelters that purchase and process the ore into metals. The greatest risk of conflict minerals entering our supply chain is through these smelters’ ore purchasing practices. We require our suppliers to source 3TG for Corning products only from smelters that comply with the Responsible Minerals Initiative ‘s (RMI, formerly the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative) Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP, formerly the Conflict-Free Smelter Program), which requires a third-party sourcing audit. To monitor 3TG suppliers’ performance, we assess their responses to the RMI’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, and request corrective action where needed, including the removal from our supply chain of smelters that pose a risk.


More information about the Responsible Minerals Initiative can be found here. Our due diligence measures implemented as part of our conflict minerals program have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework in The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.

Corning requires our suppliers to comply with our requests to provide complete and accurate Conflict Minerals Reporting Templates, and to perform further due diligence as required about the source of any conflict minerals in their products which are provided to us in order to ensure alignment throughout the supply chain. Failure to provide this information to Corning when requested may result in removal from active status as a Corning supplier.

Our conflict minerals policy is publicly available on our website at the following link:http://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/sustainability/processes/supply-chain-social-responsibility/social/conflict-minerals-policy.html.

5.2.2 Internal Team

Corning has established a management system for conflict minerals. Our management system includes a steering team sponsored by the Senior Vice President, Global Supply Management as well as executive-level representatives from the company’s finance and legal functions. Reporting to the steering team is a core working team, which is led by our Global Supply Management organization. This core team, which includes subject matter experts from relevant functions such as finance, legal, and global supply management, is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on an annual basis. Corning also uses a third-party service provider, Assent Compliance or “Assent”, to assist us with evaluating supply chain information regarding 3TGs, identifying potential risks, and in the development and implementation of additional due diligence steps that we will undertake with suppliers regarding conflict minerals.

5.2.3 Control Systems

As we do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, we have relied upon industry-wide initiatives to disclose upstream actors in the supply chain. Specifically, as part of our due diligence efforts we have utilized the smelter information provided by the Responsible Minerals Initiative.

In addition, with the assistance of personnel from Corning’s accounting, compliance and reporting function, we previously developed a detailed risk control matrix through which Corning’s conflict minerals program can be evaluated and monitored.

5.2.4 Supplier Engagement

With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have added a conflict minerals clause to our purchase order terms and conditions and relevant contract templates in order to communicate to suppliers our expectations and requirements regarding the sourcing of and disclosure of conflict minerals. We also include our Supplier Code of Conduct in our supplier contracts, which contains Corning’s expectations for suppliers with respect to humane labor conditions, health and safety, and environmental factors, among others. A copy of our Supplier Code of Conduct is available at http://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/sustainability/articles/processes/supply-chain-management/supplier-code-of-conduct.html.

5.2.5 Grievance Mechanism

Corning’s Supplier Code of Conduct, referenced in 5.2.4 above, instructs suppliers that questions or concerns may be submitted to Corning’s third-party telephone and web hotline service. This hotline is also described in Corning’s Code of Conduct, as referenced above. These phone or web services can be used to make an anonymous report and are available on a 24/7 basis.


5.2.6 Maintain Records

Corning has an existing document retention policy which governs the retention of documentation relevant to our due diligence efforts. We also implemented a document retention policy through Assent to retain conflict minerals related documents, including supplier responses to CMRTs. Assent stores all of the information and findings from this process in a database that can be audited by internal or external parties.

 

  5.3

Identify and Assess Risks in the Supply Chain

Because of our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth and breadth of our supply chain, it is difficult to identify actors upstream from our direct suppliers. One method for identifying risks in our supply chain is through automatic checks in the ACM system based on criteria established by Assent for supplier responses as outlined above.

In accordance with OECD Guidelines, it is important to understand risk levels associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Smelters or refiners not being certified DRC-Conflict Free pose a significant risk to the supply chain. Certain of the responses provided by our suppliers via the CMRT included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as smelters or refiners. We do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners and do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. Assent compared these facilities listed in the responses to the list of smelters and refiners maintained by the RMI and, if a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as “Conflict-Free,” confirmed that the name was listed by RMI. As of May 22, 2019, of the 320 legitimate smelter and refiners identified by our suppliers, we have validated 257 smelters or refiners as Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) conformant. Due to the provision of a mix of company-level, product-level and user defined CMRTs, we cannot definitively determine the connection of any smelters or refiners listed in them to our in-scope products.

Each facility that meets the RMI definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TG mineral is assessed according to red flag indicators defined in the OECD Guidance. Assent determines the level of risk that each smelter poses to the supply chain by identifying the following red flags:

 

   

Geographic proximity to the DRC and Covered Countries;

 

   

Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status;

 

   

Credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing

 

   

Known mineral source country of origin;

 

   

Peer Assessments conducted by credible third-party sources.

Based on these criteria the following facilities have been identified as being of highest concern to the supply chain:

 

   

Tony Goetz NV - CID002587

 

   

Kaloti Precious Metals - CID002563

 

   

African Gold Refinery Limited (AGR) - CID003185

 

   

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia - CID002854

 

   

Fidelity Printers and Refiners - CID002515

 

   

Sudan Gold Refinery - CID002567

As part of our risk management plan under the OECD Guidance, when these facilities were reported on a CMRT by one of the suppliers we surveyed, risk mitigation activities were initiated. Through our third-party vendor, Assent Compliance, submissions that included any of the above facilities immediately produced a receipt instructing the supplier to take their own risk mitigation actions, including submission of a product specific CMRT to better identify the connection to products that they supply to Corning, and escalating up to removal of these high-risk smelters from their supply chain.


As per the OECD Guidance, risk mitigation will depend on the supplier’s specific context. Suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these red flags from the supply chain. In addition, suppliers are guided to the Assent University learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners on the supply chain.

Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). Evaluating and tracking the strength of the program meets the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines and can assist in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the program are based on these four questions in the CMRT:

A. Have you established a conflict minerals sourcing policy?

E. Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing?

G. Do you review due diligence information received from your suppliers against your company’s expectations?

H. Does your review process include corrective action management?

When suppliers meet or exceed those criteria (Yes to at least A, E, G, H), they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program. At this time, 16 of our responsive suppliers have been identified as having a weak program.

 

  5.4

Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Risks

As described in our conflict minerals policy, we intend to engage with any of our suppliers whom we have reason to believe are supplying us with 3TG from sources that may support conflict in the DRC or any adjoining country to appropriately address the situation, which may include establishing an alternative source of 3TG that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance. The result and timing will depend upon factors such as the criticality of the specific part and the availability of alternate suppliers.

As of the date of this filing, we have found no instances where it was necessary to terminate a contract or find a replacement supplier due to 3TG sourced from the Covered Countries.

 

  5.5

Carry out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain

Corning does not have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, nor do we perform direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. However, we do rely upon the industry (e.g., EICC and RMI) efforts to influence smelters and refiners to get audited and certified through the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process.

 

  5.6

Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

In addition to this report, see our website at http://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/suppliers.html for further information about Corning’s commercial relationships with and expectations of its suppliers.

5.6.1 Due Diligence Process

Corning conducted a survey of its relevant suppliers (as described above) using the template originally developed jointly by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), known as the Responsible Minerals Initiative Reporting Template (the “CMRT”). The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a company’s conflict-free policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters the company and its suppliers use. In addition, the CMRT contains questions about the origin of conflict minerals included in their products, as well as supplier due diligence. Written instructions and recorded training illustrating the use of the tool is available on RMI’s website and via the website of Assent Compliance, our third-party provider.


5.6.2 Survey Responses

Corning surveyed approximately 164 suppliers based upon the likelihood that such suppliers supplied materials or components to Corning that contained one or more 3TG, and we received responses from 87% of the suppliers we surveyed. A total of 26 suppliers indicated in their survey responses that they sourced 3TG from the Covered Countries, but those 3TG were “conflict free.” Twenty-four (24) of the suppliers surveyed stated that the 3TG they sourced came from outside of the Covered Countries, and 20 suppliers reported as “undeterminable” in regard to sourcing 3TGs from the Covered Countries.

5.6.3 Efforts to Determine Country of Origin of Mine or 3TG

We have determined that seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain through the use of the CMRT with our relevant suppliers represents the most reasonable effort we are able to make to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TG in our supply chain.

5.6.4 Efforts to Identify Smelters or Refiners

Because of the incomplete information provided to us by our suppliers in response to our surveys, or the receipt of company-level responses that do not provide information specific to materials or components supplied to Corning, in many cases the smelters and refiners we have identified to date cannot be tied to specific Corning products. However, in certain instances, our suppliers did provide CMRTs specific to the products supplied to Corning. We have reported all legitimate smelter or refiner information included in the CMRTs we received on Appendix A to this report, recognizing as stated above that not all such smelters or refiners can definitively be tied to Corning products. Of the 320 legitimate smelters identified on the CMRTs we received, as of May 22, 2019, 257 were identified as RMAP Conformant and five were actively working toward a “conflict free” designation. As noted, our list of processing smelters and refiners disclosed in Appendix A may contain more facilities than those that processed the conflict minerals actually contained in our products.

5.6.5 Countries of Origin

Appendix B includes an aggregated list of the countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source conflict minerals, based on information provided by suppliers and the RMI. As mentioned in the above section, many responses were provided at the company level, therefore, Appendix B may contain more countries than those that the conflict minerals used in our products are sourced from.

 

  6.

Steps to be taken to mitigate risk

We have taken and/or intend to continue to take the following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary conflict minerals in our products could benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries:

 

  A.

Include a conflict minerals flow-down clause in relevant new or renewed supplier contracts.

 

  B.

Include a step to our new supplier enrollment process to directly identify new suppliers who could potentially supply Corning with products or materials containing 3TG.

 

  C.

Partner with a third-party company, Assent Compliance, which specializes in conducting conflict minerals compliance programs, to improve the accuracy and efficiency of our supplier survey and reporting process.

 

  D.

Engage with suppliers to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses.

 

  E.

Engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TG from sources that support conflict in the DRC or any adjoining country to address the situation, which will include establishing an alternative source of 3TG that does not support such conflict, with timing depending on factors such as the criticality of the specific part and the availability of alternate suppliers.


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in reports subsequently filed by Corning with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Forms 8-K, and related comments by management that are not historical facts or information and contain words such as “will,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “see,” “would,” and “target” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Such statements relate to future events that by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the company’s future operating performance, the company’s share of new and existing markets, the company’s revenue and earnings growth rates, the company’s ability to innovate and commercialize new products, and the company’s implementation of cost-reduction initiatives and measures to improve pricing, including the optimization of the company’s manufacturing capacity.


Appendix A

RMI Smelter List1

 

Metal

  

Standard Smelter Name

  

Smelter Facility

Location

  

Smelter

ID

  

RMI Audit Status

  

Conflict

Free?

  

Source from
DRC?

Gold    8853 S.p.A.    ITALY    CID002763    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Abington Reldan Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES    CID002708    Non Conformant    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES    CID000015    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    African Gold Refinery    UGANDA    CID003185    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID000019    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Al Etihad Gold LLC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    CID002560    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Gold    Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    GERMANY    CID000035    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN    CID000041    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração    BRAZIL    CID000058    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND    CID000077    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Asahi Pretec Corp.    JAPAN    CID000082    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    CANADA    CID000924    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES    CID000920    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID000090    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    TURKEY    CID000103    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    AU Traders and Refiners    SOUTH AFRICA    CID002850    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Aurubis AG    GERMANY    CID000113    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Bangalore Refinery    INDIA    CID002863    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES    CID000128    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Boliden AB    SWEDEN    CID000157    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY    CID000176    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Caridad    MEXICO    CID000180    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation    CANADA    CID000185    Conformant    Yes    Unknown

 

1 

This Exhibit contains all legitimate smelter or refiner information we received on the CMRTs provided by our suppliers in response to our survey requests. Because these CMRTs in some instances contained incomplete information, or were not specific to the products supplied to Corning, many of these smelters and refiners cannot be tied to specific Corning products.


Metal

  

Standard Smelter Name

  

Smelter Facility

Location

  

Smelter

ID

  

RMI Audit Status

  

Conflict

Free?

  

Source from
DRC?

Gold    Cendres + Métaux S.A.    SWITZERLAND    CID000189    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY    CID000233    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Chugai Mining    JAPAN    CID000264    Active    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID000328    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA    CID000343    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH    GERMANY    CID002867    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    CID003348    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH    GERMANY    CID000362    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Dowa    JAPAN    CID000401    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID003195    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID000359    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID000425    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Emirates Gold DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    CID002561    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Gold    Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.    ZIMBABWE    CID002515    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Fujairah Gold FZE    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    CID002584    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.    INDIA    CID002852    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES    CID002459    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002243    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM    CHINA    CID001909    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited    CHINA    CID002312    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000651    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000671    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    HeeSung    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID000689    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY    CID000694    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.    CHINA    CID000707    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY    CID000711    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000767    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000773    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID000778    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000801    Conformant    Yes    Unknown


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DRC?

Gold    International Precious Metal Refiners    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    CID002562    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID000807    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY    CID000814    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Italpreziosi    ITALY    CID002765    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Japan Mint    JAPAN    CID000823    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000855    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID000927    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    JSC Uralelectromed    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID000929    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID000937    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Kaloti Precious Metals    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    CID002563    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Kazakhmys Smelting LLC    KAZAKHSTAN    CID000956    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Kazzinc    KAZAKHSTAN    CID000957    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    UNITED STATES    CID000969    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna    POLAND    CID002511    Active    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID000981    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID002605    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    KYRGYZSTAN    CID001029    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID002865    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    L’azurde Company For Jewelry    SAUDI ARABIA    CID001032    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001056    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001058    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    L’Orfebre S.A.    ANDORRA    CID002762    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Gold    LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID001078    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001093    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Marsam Metals    BRAZIL    CID002606    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Materion    UNITED STATES    CID001113    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID001119    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.    CHINA    CID001149    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.    SINGAPORE    CID001152    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.    CHINA    CID001147    Conformant    Yes    Unknown


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DRC?

Gold    Metalor Technologies S.A.    SWITZERLAND    CID001153    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Metalor USA Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES    CID001157    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V.    MEXICO    CID001161    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN    CID001188    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID001193    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA    CID002509    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA    CID002857    Non Conformant    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Morris and Watson    NEW ZEALAND    CID002282    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Morris and Watson Gold Coast    AUSTRALIA    CID002866    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID001204    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.    TURKEY    CID001220    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    UZBEKISTAN    CID001236    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    NH Recytech Company    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID003189    Active    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Nihon Material Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID001259    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH    AUSTRIA    CID002779    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID001325    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID001326    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID000493    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    PAMP S.A.    SWITZERLAND    CID001352    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Pease & Curren    UNITED STATES    CID002872    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001362    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA    CHILE    CID002919    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID001386    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    INDONESIA    CID001397    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    PX Précinox S.A.    SWITZERLAND    CID001498    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    QG Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA    CID003324    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.    SOUTH AFRICA    CID001512    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000522    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown


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Status

  

Conflict

Free?

  

Source from
DRC?

Gold    Remondis Argentia B.V.    NETHERLANDS    CID002582    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Republic Metals Corporation    UNITED STATES    CID002510    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Royal Canadian Mint    CANADA    CID001534    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    SAAMP    FRANCE    CID002761    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Sabin Metal Corp.    UNITED STATES    CID001546    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Safimet S.p.A    Italy    CID002973    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    SAFINA A.S.    CZECH REPUBLIC    CID002290    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Sai Refinery    INDIA    CID002853    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Samduck Precious Metals    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID001555    Non Conformant    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    SAMWON Metals Corp.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID001562    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY    CID002777    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.    SPAIN    CID001585    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001619    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001622    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Shangdong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002525    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001736    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Singway Technology Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN    CID002516    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID001756    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    TAIWAN    CID001761    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology    LITHUANIA    CID003153    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Sudan Gold Refinery    SUDAN    CID002567    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID001798    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    SungEel HiTech    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID002918    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    T.C.A S.p.A    ITALY    CID002580    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    JAPAN    CID001875    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001916    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID001938    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001947    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Tony Goetz NV    BELGIUM    CID002587    Non Conformant    Unknown    Unknown


Metal

  

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ID

  

RMI Audit
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Free?

  

Source from
DRC?

Gold    TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn    KAZAKHSTAN    CID002615    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Torecom    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID001955    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Umicore Brasil Ltda.    BRAZIL    CID001977    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    THAILAND    CID002314    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    BELGIUM    CID001980    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    UNITED STATES    CID001993    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia    ZAMBIA    CID002854    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Valcambi S.A.    SWITZERLAND    CID002003    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint    AUSTRALIA    CID002030    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY    CID002778    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Gold    Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID002100    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID002129    Conformant    Yes    No
Gold    Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000197    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Gold    Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    CHINA    CID002224    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tantalum    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID000092    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tantalum    Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000211    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    D Block Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES    CID002504    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Exotech Inc.    UNITED STATES    CID000456    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.    CHINA    CID000460    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.    CHINA    CID002505    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals Aizu    JAPAN    CID002558    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals Boyertown    UNITED STATES    CID002557    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.    CHINA    CID000291    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000616    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.    THAILAND    CID002544    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH    GERMANY    CID002547    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Inc.    UNITED STATES    CID002548    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Ltd.    JAPAN    CID002549    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY    CID002550    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH    GERMANY    CID002545    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002492    Conformant    Yes    No


Metal

  

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ID

  

RMI Audit
Status

  

Conflict

Free?

  

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DRC?

Tantalum    Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002512    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material    CHINA    CID002842    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tantalum    Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID003191    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tantalum    JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000914    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000917    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002506    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    KEMET Blue Metals    MEXICO    CID002539    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    KEMET Blue Powder    UNITED STATES    CID002568    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    LSM Brasil S.A.    BRAZIL    CID001076    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA    CID001163    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL    CID001175    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID001192    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001277    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    NPM Silmet AS    ESTONIA    CID001200    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Power Resources Ltd.    MACEDONIA    CID002847    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    QuantumClean    UNITED STATES    CID001508    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL    CID002707    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001522    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID001769    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Taki Chemicals    JAPAN    CID001869    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    Telex Metals    UNITED STATES    CID001891    Conformant    Yes    No
Tantalum    Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    KAZAKHSTAN    CID001969    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tantalum    XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002508    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Alpha    UNITED STATES    CID000292    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company    VIET NAM    CID002703    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Tin    Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000228    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID003190    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001070    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    CV Ayi Jaya    INDONESIA    CID002570    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    CV Dua Sekawan    INDONESIA    CID002592    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    CV Gita Pesona    INDONESIA    CID000306    Conformant    Yes    No


Metal

  

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Location

  

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ID

  

RMI Audit
Status

  

Conflict

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DRC?

Tin    CV Tiga Sekawan    INDONESIA    CID002593    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    CV United Smelting    INDONESIA    CID000315    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    CV Venus Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA    CID002455    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID003356    Active    Unknown    Unknown
Tin    Dowa    JAPAN    CID000402    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM    CID002572    Non Conformant    Unknown    Unknown
Tin    EM Vinto    BOLIVIA    CID000438    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Estanho de Rondônia S.A.    BRAZIL    CID000448    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Tin    Fenix Metals    POLAND    CID000468    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant    CHINA    CID002848    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC    CHINA    CID000942    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000538    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID001908    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000555    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Guangdong Hanhe Non-ferrous Metal Limited Company    CHINA    CID003116    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant    CHINA    CID002849    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002844    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000760    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.    CHINA    CID001231    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.    BRAZIL    CID002468    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    MALAYSIA    CID001105    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tin    Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.    BRAZIL    CID002500    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Metallic Resources, Inc.    UNITED STATES    CID001142    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Metallo Belgium N.V.    BELGIUM    CID002773    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Metallo Spain S.L.U.    SPAIN    CID002774    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL    CID001173    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Minsur    PERU    CID001182    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN    CID001191    Conformant    Yes    No


Metal

  

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Smelter Facility

Location

  

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ID

  

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Status

  

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DRC?

Tin    Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA    CID002858    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM    CID002573    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.    THAILAND    CID001314    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.    PHILIPPINES    CID002517    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.    BOLIVIA    CID001337    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Pongpipat Company Limited    MYANMAR    CID003208    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Tin    PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera    INDONESIA    CID000309    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    INDONESIA    CID001399    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya    INDONESIA    CID002503    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Babel Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA    CID001402    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari    INDONESIA    CID001406    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    PT Bangka Prima Tin    INDONESIA    CID002776    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Bangka Serumpun    INDONESIA    CID003205    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    PT Bangka Tin Industry    INDONESIA    CID001419    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera    INDONESIA    CID001421    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Bukit Timah    INDONESIA    CID001428    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT DS Jaya Abadi    INDONESIA    CID001434    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Inti Stania Prima    INDONESIA    CID002530    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri    INDONESIA    CID002829    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    PT Menara Cipta Mulia    INDONESIA    CID002835    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    PT Mitra Stania Prima    INDONESIA    CID001453    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Panca Mega Persada    INDONESIA    CID001457    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Premium Tin Indonesia    INDONESIA    CID000313    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Prima Timah Utama    INDONESIA    CID001458    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa    INDONESIA    CID003381    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    PT Refined Bangka Tin    INDONESIA    CID001460    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    INDONESIA    CID001463    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA    CID001468    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Sukses Inti Makmur    INDONESIA    CID002816    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Sumber Jaya Indah    INDONESIA    CID001471    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur    INDONESIA    CID001477    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok    INDONESIA    CID001482    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    INDONESIA    CID001490    Conformant    Yes    No


Metal

  

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RMI Audit
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DRC?

Tin    PT Tirus Putra Mandiri    INDONESIA    CID002478    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    PT Tommy Utama    INDONESIA    CID001493    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL    CID002706    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Rui Da Hung    TAIWAN    CID001539    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Soft Metais Ltda.    BRAZIL    CID001758    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Super Ligas    Brazil    CID002756    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Tin    Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM    CID002834    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Thaisarco    THAILAND    CID001898    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tin    Tin Technology & Refining    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA    CID003325    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM    CID002574    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Tin    White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.    BRAZIL    CID002036    Conformant    Yes    No
Tin    Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002158    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tin    Yunnan Tin Company Limited    CHINA    CID002180    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.    JAPAN    CID000004    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    ACL Metais Eireli    BRAZIL    CID002833    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.    VIET NAM    CID002502    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002513    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000258    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000499    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002645    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000875    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002315    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002494    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002536    Non Conformant    Unknown    Unknown
Tungsten    Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.    UNITED STATES    CID000568    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tungsten    Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000218    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG    GERMANY    CID002542    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH    GERMANY    CID002541    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000766    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji    CHINA    CID002579    Conformant    Yes    Unknown


Metal

  

Standard Smelter Name

  

Smelter Facility

Location

  

Smelter

ID

  

RMI Audit
Status

  

Conflict

Free?

  

Source from
DRC?

Tungsten    Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID000769    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID003182    Active    Unknown    Unknown
Tungsten    Hydrometallurg, JSC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID002649    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN    CID000825    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002551    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002647    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Tungsten    Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002321    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002313    Not Enrolled    Unknown    Unknown
Tungsten    Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002318    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002317    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002316    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Kennametal Fallon    UNITED STATES    CID000966    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Kennametal Huntsville    UNITED STATES    CID000105    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002319    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Moliren Ltd    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID002845    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Niagara Refining LLC    UNITED STATES    CID002589    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tungsten    Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC    VIET NAM    CID002543    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tungsten    Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.    PHILIPPINES    CID002827    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City    CHINA    CID002815    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM    CID001889    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Unecha Refractory metals plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION    CID002724    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG    AUSTRIA    CID002044    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tungsten    Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF    CID002843    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002320    Conformant    Yes    Yes
Tungsten    Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002082    Conformant    Yes    No
Tungsten    Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002830    Conformant    Yes    Unknown
Tungsten    Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA    CID002095    Conformant    Yes    No


Appendix B

Country of Origin Information

This list of potential countries of origin is populated based on publicly available information, our RCOI and due diligence. It is important to note that this is also based on company level responses and therefore, it is not certain which of these countries of origin can be specifically linked to our products.

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe.