EX-1.01 2 glw-20180530xex1_01.htm Form SD Exhibit 101

Exhibit 1.01



Corning Incorporated
Conflict Minerals Report
For The Year Ended December 31, 2017



This Conflict Minerals Report (CMR) for the year ended December 31, 2017 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 “SEC 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 258 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 is 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 18, 2018, there were 17 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 still working 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 3TG 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 and Specialty Materials 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. For our Life Sciences segment we received responses from all suppliers; however, some reported that they could not conclusively determine if the 3TG they supplied to us originated from the Covered Countries and thus we are unable to conclusively report on the source of such 3TG.



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.

 

 


 

5.2    Establish Strong Company Management Systems



5.2.1    Conflict Minerals Policy



We have adopted the following conflict minerals policy:



Consistent with Corning’s commitment to corporate social responsibility, and in order to meet the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, section 1502, Corning commits to conducting a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” with all our suppliers of 3TG containing component, supplies or raw materials.  If Corning becomes aware of a supplier whose supply chain includes a 3TG metal from a conflict source, Corning will take the reasonable steps to address the situation, including the potential reassessment of supplier relationships, depending on factors such as the criticality of the specific part and the availability of alternate suppliers. Corning expects our suppliers will comply with our requests to provide statements and perform due diligence about the source of any conflict minerals in their products which are provided to us in order to ensure alignment throughout the supply chain.



For additional information about our commitment to responsible sourcing and other human rights, please see the “Sustainability at Corning” page of our website, available at http://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/sustainability.html, as well as Corning’s Code of Conduct, available on our website at http://www.corning.com/media/worldwide/global/documents/Corning_Code_of_Conduct.pdf.



Our conflict minerals policy is publicly available on our website at the following link:

http://www.corning.com/media/worldwide/global/documents/Conflict_Minerals_Policy.pdf.



5.2.2    Internal Team 



Corning has established a management system for conflict minerals. Our management system includes a steering team sponsored by the 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.



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.



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 18, 2018, of the 321 legitimate smelter and refiners identified by our suppliers, we have validated 257 smelters or refiners as Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) conformant and are working to validate the additional smelter/refiner entries from the submitted CMRTs. 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 uses 3 factors to determine 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;

·

RMAP audit status;

·

Credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing.



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

 

 


 

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.



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.



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 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 258 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 95% of the suppliers we surveyed.  A total of six suppliers indicated in their survey responses that they sourced 3TG from the Covered Countries and all of these suppliers were able to confirm that such 3TG came from smelters designated as “conflict free” by the RMI.  Sixty-one (61) of the suppliers surveyed stated that the 3TG they sourced came from outside of the Covered Countries, and 66 suppliers were continuing to investigate their supply chains to verify the source of the 3TG involved. 

 

 


 



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 Exhibit 1 to this report, recognizing as stated above that not all such smelters or refiners can definitively be tied to Corning products.  Of the 321 legitimate smelters identified on the CMRTs we received, as of May 18, 2018, 257 were identified as RMAP Conformant and 11 were actively working toward a “conflict free” designation. 



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 could include establishing an alternative source of 3TG that does not support such conflict, depending on factors such as the criticality of the specific part and the availability of alternate suppliers.





This report contains “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), which are based on current expectations and assumptions about Corning’s business operations, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include: the effect of global political, economic and business conditions; product demand and industry capacity; manufacturing efficiencies; availability of critical components and materials; new product commercialization; and product and components performance issues. These and other risk factors are detailed in Corning’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no obligation to update them in light of new information or future events.



 

 


 

Exhibit 1: RMI Smelter List1





 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Gold

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

UNITED STATES

Gold

Advanced Chemical Company

UNITED STATES

Gold

African Gold Refinery

UGANDA

Gold

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Al Etihad Gold LLC

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

GERMANY

Gold

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

UZBEKISTAN

Gold

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração

BRAZIL

Gold

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Asahi Pretec Corp.

JAPAN

Gold

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

CANADA

Gold

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

UNITED STATES

Gold

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

TURKEY

Gold

AU Traders and Refiners

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold

Aurubis AG

GERMANY

Gold

Bangalore Refinery

INDIA

Gold

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

PHILIPPINES

Gold

Boliden AB

SWEDEN

Gold

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

GERMANY

Gold

Caridad

MEXICO

Gold

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

CANADA

Gold

Cendres + Métaux S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Chimet S.p.A.

ITALY

Gold

Chugai Mining

JAPAN

Gold

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

GERMANY





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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 Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Gold

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH

GERMANY

Gold

Dowa

JAPAN

Gold

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Elemetal Refining, LLC

UNITED STATES

Gold

Emirates Gold DMCC

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

ZIMBABWE

Gold

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

INDIA

Gold

Geib Refining Corporation

UNITED STATES

Gold

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

CHINA

Gold

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

CHINA

Gold

Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

HeeSung

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

GERMANY

Gold

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANY

Gold

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

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

CHINA

Gold

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Istanbul Gold Refinery

TURKEY

Gold

Italpreziosi

ITALY

Gold

Japan Mint

JAPAN

Gold

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

JSC Uralelectromed

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Kaloti Precious Metals

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Gold

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

Kazzinc

KAZAKHSTAN



 

 


 



 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Gold

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

UNITED STATES

Gold

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

POLAND

Gold

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

KYRGYZSTAN

Gold

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

L'azurde Company For Jewelry

SAUDI ARABIA

Gold

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

L'Orfebre S.A.

ANDORRA

Gold

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Marsam Metals

BRAZIL

Gold

Materion

UNITED STATES

Gold

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

SINGAPORE

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Metalor Technologies S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

UNITED STATES

Gold

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

MEXICO

Gold

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

JAPAN

Gold

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

INDIA

Gold

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

MALAYSIA

Gold

Morris and Watson

NEW ZEALAND

Gold

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

AUSTRALIA

Gold

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

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

TURKEY

Gold

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

UZBEKISTAN

Gold

NH Recytech Company

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

JAPAN



 

 


 



 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Gold

Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

AUSTRIA

Gold

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

PAMP S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Pease & Curren

UNITED STATES

Gold

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

CHILE

Gold

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

INDONESIA

Gold

PX Précinox S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Remondis Argentia B.V.

NETHERLANDS

Gold

Republic Metals Corporation

UNITED STATES

Gold

Royal Canadian Mint

CANADA

Gold

SAAMP

FRANCE

Gold

Sabin Metal Corp.

UNITED STATES

Gold

Safimet S.p.A

Italy

Gold

SAFINA A.S.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Gold

Sai Refinery

INDIA

Gold

Samduck Precious Metals

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

SAMWON Metals Corp.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

GERMANY

Gold

Schone Edelmetaal B.V.

NETHERLANDS

Gold

SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.

SPAIN

Gold

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

TAIWAN

Gold

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gold

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

TAIWAN



 

 


 





 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Gold

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

LITHUANIA

Gold

Sudan Gold Refinery

SUDAN

Gold

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

SungEel HiTech

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

T.C.A S.p.A

ITALY

Gold

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

JAPAN

Gold

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Tony Goetz NV

BELGIUM

Gold

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold

Torecom

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Gold

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

BRAZIL

Gold

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

THAILAND

Gold

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

BELGIUM

Gold

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

UNITED STATES

Gold

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

ZAMBIA

Gold

Valcambi S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Gold

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

AUSTRALIA

Gold

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

GERMANY

Gold

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Gold

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Gold

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

CHINA

Tantalum

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tantalum

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

D Block Metals, LLC

UNITED STATES

Tantalum

Duoluoshan

CHINA

Tantalum

Exotech Inc.

UNITED STATES

Tantalum

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

JAPAN



 

 


 



 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

UNITED STATES

Tantalum

Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

THAILAND

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

GERMANY

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Inc.

UNITED STATES

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Ltd.

JAPAN

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANY

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

GERMANY

Tantalum

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

KEMET Blue Metals

MEXICO

Tantalum

KEMET Blue Powder

UNITED STATES

Tantalum

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

LSM Brasil S.A.

BRAZIL

Tantalum

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

INDIA

Tantalum

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

BRAZIL

Tantalum

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tantalum

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

NPM Silmet AS

ESTONIA

Tantalum

Power Resources Ltd.

MACEDONIA

Tantalum

QuantumClean

UNITED STATES

Tantalum

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tantalum

RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tantalum

Taki Chemicals

JAPAN

Tantalum

Telex Metals

UNITED STATES



 

 


 



 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Tantalum

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

KAZAKHSTAN

Tantalum

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tantalum

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Alpha

UNITED STATES

Tin

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

VIET NAM

Tin

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

CV Ayi Jaya

INDONESIA

Tin

CV Dua Sekawan

INDONESIA

Tin

CV Gita Pesona

INDONESIA

Tin

CV Tiga Sekawan

INDONESIA

Tin

CV United Smelting

INDONESIA

Tin

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

Tin

Dowa

JAPAN

Tin

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

VIET NAM

Tin

EM Vinto

BOLIVIA

Tin

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.

BRAZIL

Tin

Fenix Metals

POLAND

Tin

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

CHINA

Tin

Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company

CHINA

Tin

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

CHINA

Tin

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Guangdong Hanhe Non-ferrous Metal Limited Company

CHINA

Tin

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

CHINA

Tin

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA



 

 


 



 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Tin

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

MALAYSIA

Tin

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

BRAZIL

Tin

Metallic Resources, Inc.

UNITED STATES

Tin

Metallo Belgium N.V.

BELGIUM

Tin

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

SPAIN

Tin

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

BRAZIL

Tin

Minsur

PERU

Tin

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

JAPAN

Tin

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

MALAYSIA

Tin

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

VIET NAM

Tin

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

THAILAND

Tin

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

PHILIPPINES

Tin

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

BOLIVIA

Tin

Pongpipat Company Limited

MYANMAR

Tin

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

INDONESIA

Tin

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Bangka Prima Tin

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Bangka Serumpun

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Bangka Tin Industry

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Bukit Timah

INDONESIA

Tin

PT DS Jaya Abadi

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Inti Stania Prima

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Karimun Mining

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

INDONESIA



 

 


 



 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Tin

PT Mitra Stania Prima

INDONESIA

Tin

PT O.M. Indonesia

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Panca Mega Persada

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Premium Tin Indonesia

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Prima Timah Utama

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Refined Bangka Tin

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

INDONESIA

Tin

PT Tommy Utama

INDONESIA

Tin

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tin

Rui Da Hung

TAIWAN

Tin

Soft Metais Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tin

Super Ligas

Brazil

Tin

Thaisarco

THAILAND

Tin

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

VIET NAM

Tin

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.

BRAZIL

Tin

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tin

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

CHINA

Tungsten

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

JAPAN

Tungsten

ACL Metais Eireli

BRAZIL

Tungsten

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

VIET NAM

Tungsten

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

CHINA



 

 


 



 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Tungsten

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

GERMANY

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

GERMANY

Tungsten

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

CHINA

Tungsten

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Hydrometallurg, JSC

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Tungsten

Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

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

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Kennametal Fallon

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

Kennametal Huntsville

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Moliren Ltd

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

Niagara Refining LLC

UNITED STATES

Tungsten

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

VIET NAM

Tungsten

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

PHILIPPINES

Tungsten

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

CHINA

Tungsten

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

VIET NAM

Tungsten

Unecha Refractory metals plant

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Tungsten

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

VIET NAM



 

 


 



 

 

Metal Name

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

Tungsten

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

AUSTRIA

Tungsten

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Tungsten

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

CHINA

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Tungsten

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA