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Exhibit 1.01 General Electric Company 2016 Conflict Minerals Report
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Exhibit 1.01

General Electric Company
2016 Conflict Minerals Report
Introduction
General Electric Company ("GE" or the "Company") has prepared this conflict minerals report ("Report") for the year ended December 31, 2016 to satisfy the requirements of Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act.  GE manufactures a wide range of products that contain tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold ("3TG" or "Conflict Minerals"), but GE does not purchase ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals from mines and generally is many steps removed in the supply chain from the mining of these minerals.  We purchase materials from a wide network of suppliers so we necessarily rely on them to assist with our reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Conflict Minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufacture.  After performing our reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence for 2016, we have not been able to establish the conflict status of our products due to the continued unavailability of complete information across our broad and deep supply chain.  However, more than 77% of the smelters and refiners identified by our Significant Suppliers (defined below) have now been verified to be conflict-free (compared to 35% in 2013, when we started our Conflict Minerals due diligence program), as described under "Continuous improvement" below.
This Report describes:
the due diligence we performed for 2016, including the steps we took to mitigate the risk that Conflict Minerals in our products benefit armed groups;
the products that we have reason to believe might contain 3TG originating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the "Covered Countries"); and
information about the processing facilities and countries of origin of the 3TG in those products.
Due Diligence
1.
Design of GE's due diligence measures
GE has adopted Conflict Minerals Guidelines (the "Guidelines") that lay out the design of our Conflict Minerals due diligence process.  The Guidelines describe procedures that each GE business is expected to use to perform due diligence on the source and origin of 3TG contained in products we manufacture.  GE management designed our due diligence measures to conform in material respects to the OECD Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (the "OECD Guidance"), the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten (the "Supplement"), and the Supplement on Gold.
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2.
Description of GE's due diligence measures for 2016
This description of due diligence measures refers to measures performed at the GE corporate level and by the following GE businesses:  Power, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Aviation, Healthcare, Transportation and Energy Connections & Lighting (including Appliances, which we sold in June 2016).  In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules, this Report excludes the businesses we acquired from Alstom in November 2015.
This description is presented pursuant to the organizational structure of the Five-Step Framework for Risk-Based Due Diligence in the Mineral Supply Chain contained in the OECD Guidance, as elaborated for downstream companies in the Supplement.
Step 1:   Establish strong company management systems
A.
Adopt and commit to a supply chain policy for minerals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas
The Guidelines contain the operative provisions of GE's Statement on Conflict Minerals, which can be found on GE's website, as well as the process for ensuring that risks are adequately managed.  GE Corporate created and disseminated the Guidelines to each GE business for execution of GE's Conflict Minerals due diligence process.  Additional GE policies that relate to the due diligence measures contained in the OECD Guidance are incorporated into GE's policy document The Spirit & The Letter, which can be found on GE's website (for each of these materials, see "Where You Can Find Additional Information" below).
B.
Structure internal management systems to support supply chain due diligence
GE corporate.  A senior GE executive, supported by a senior GE lawyer, has oversight responsibility for GE's Statement on Conflict Minerals, including the establishment of processes and procedures to carry out this statement.
GE businesses.  Each GE business has:
established a system to support performance of due diligence on its supply chain;
documented that system in a written business program; and
assigned certain personnel responsibility for executing the business program.
Internal reporting.  For 2016, GE Corporate used the following Conflict Minerals due diligence reporting mechanisms:
Reporting within GE businesses: Each GE business conducted one or more reviews of its Conflict Minerals due diligence program with senior management in its sourcing organization covering measurements relating to efforts to achieve supply chain transparency;
Communicating across GE businesses: Representatives of GE businesses and others having responsibilities for executing Conflict Minerals due diligence held regularly scheduled meetings to discuss design and modification of the due diligence process, share best practices among the businesses, and monitor progress of the due diligence process; and
Reporting to GE sourcing leaders: Reports on GE's progress in completing Conflict Minerals due diligence were provided periodically to GE's Sourcing Council, which comprises GE Corporate executives responsible for supply chain programs and the leads of the sourcing organizations of GE's businesses.
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C.
Establish a system of controls and transparency over the mineral supply chain
Identifying suppliers.  Each GE business identified:
Relevant Suppliers: suppliers that provide inputs to GE products that are known or are likely to contain 3TG through a process that is based on an examination of internal records such as bills of material or other product specifications, a qualitative review of sourcing records, or information provided by the supplier; and
Significant Suppliers: those suppliers within the universe of Relevant Suppliers that are most significant to GE's Conflict Minerals program, using criteria developed by the business, such as the amount of sourcing spend with the supplier.
Identifying smelters and refiners in the supply chain.  Each GE business identified all smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals that are first-tier suppliers to GE and used its best efforts to identify additional smelters and refiners by surveying Significant Suppliers, either directly or indirectly through an independent third-party supply chain expert, using a tool developed by GE based on the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative's ("CFSI") Conflict Minerals Reporting Template ("CMRT").  The survey tool is designed to collect, manage and archive (for at least five years) supplier information relevant for Conflict Minerals due diligence including, among other things, the identity of smelters and refiners of 3TG in the supplier's supply chain.  We apply standardized criteria (based on the CMRT) across GE businesses for assessing the acceptability of survey responses.
Conducting a reasonable country of origin inquiry.  For upstream due diligence to identify countries of origin and other relevant information about the conflict status of metals produced by the smelters and refiners identified in GE's supply chain, GE relies on the information made available through the Conflict-Free Smelter Program ("CFSP") administered by CFSI, as well as information from an independent third-party supply chain expert.  GE relied on this information to identify (1) the conflict status of 3TG processed by these smelters and refiners; and (2) the countries of origin of ores in the supply chains of these smelters and refiners.  Where the data showed that ores utilized by one or more of these smelters or refiners originated in one or more of the Covered Countries, GE concluded that there is reason to believe that 3TG from the Covered Countries is present in the products of the business for which such smelters or refiners were reported to be in the supply chain.  Due to business confidentiality and other competitive concerns, as recognized by the Supplement, the CFSP does not publish detailed information on specific mine and location of origin of ores that supply the smelters and refiners subject to verification reviews.  Consequently, no such information is provided in this Report.  CFSP's efforts to determine such information is described on the CFSI website (see "Where You Can Find Additional Information" below).
D.
Strengthen company engagement with suppliers
Regular communications.  GE regularly communicates its expectations on responsible supply chains of Conflict Minerals by transmitting surveys and other communications from the sourcing organizations of the GE businesses to Significant Suppliers and other Relevant Suppliers.  These communications are standardized across GE businesses to ensure consistent messaging for our suppliers.  In addition, the sourcing organizations of GE's businesses provide training to their suppliers on GE's Conflict Minerals program.
Contractual obligations.  Each GE business contractually obligates Relevant Suppliers to (1) adopt policies and establish systems to use best efforts to procure Conflict Minerals from sources that have been verified as conflict free; (2) provide supporting data on their 3TG supply chains to GE when requested; and (3) provide GE with audit rights and the right to terminate the contract in the event of material non-compliance.  These obligations are reflected in GE's Integrity Guide for Suppliers, Contractors and Consultants ("Integrity Guide"), which can be found on GE's website (see "Where You Can Find Additional Information" below).  Purchase order and contract terms and conditions in use by GE businesses require suppliers to conform their behavior to the Integrity Guide.
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E.
Establish a company-level grievance mechanism
Integrity Guide.  The Integrity Guide provides multiple methods for suppliers and supplier personnel to raise concerns about matters that are subject to the Integrity Guide, including GE's expectations of suppliers regarding Conflict Minerals.
Open reporting system.  Each GE business also has an open reporting system through which employees and third parties may report concerns about policy violations, including concerns related to our Conflict Minerals policies.  Concerns can be reported anonymously or for attribution through several channels, including the employee's manager, GE's legal department, or a GE compliance officer, by calling the GE integrity hotline, or by emailing the GE Ombudsman.
No retaliation.  Both the Integrity Guide and the open reporting system forbid retaliation against any person reporting an integrity concern.
Step 2:   Identify and assess supply chain risks
A.
Use best efforts to identify the smelters and refiners in the supply chain
During 2016, using the processes described above under "Establish a system of controls and transparency over the mineral supply chain," GE businesses identified 7,289 Relevant Suppliers (up from 5,341 in 2015), including 2,668 Significant Suppliers (up from 1,808 in 2015).  These year-over-year increases are primarily the result of improvements in our due diligence efforts.  Our Significant Suppliers identified 318 smelters and refiners of 3TG in their supply chains (versus 324 in 2015).  See Table A below for a list of these smelters and refiners and their validation status under the CFSP.
B.
Identify the scope of the risk assessment of the mineral supply chain
Engaging with suppliers.  GE's Conflict Minerals supplier survey asks suppliers to identify smelters or refiners of 3TG in their supply chains.  During 2016, we engaged all Significant Suppliers to encourage the smelters and refiners in their supply chains to become validated as conflict-free by the CFSP or a similar program.
Engaging with smelters and refiners.  Our Lighting and Healthcare businesses buy tungsten-bearing products directly from tungsten smelters ("first-tier tungsten smelters").  In addition to engaging with smelters and refiners through the CFSP, GE engaged these first-tier tungsten smelters to encourage them to participate in the smelter validation process of the CFSP.  All of these first-tier tungsten smelters have been verified as conflict-free under the CFSP.  See "Devise and adopt a risk management plan" below for additional information on this engagement.
C.
Assess whether the suppliers have carried out all elements of due diligence for responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas
Each GE business conducts due diligence to determine the degree of its suppliers' compliance with the contractual obligations laid out in the Guidelines and the accuracy of reported information based on a risk analysis and with separate levels of intensity that depend upon risk of non-compliance.  Measures may include reviewing supplier responses for completeness, accuracy and credibility, and confirming smelter status by checking against the CFSI's Conflict Free Smelter list.
D.
Where necessary, carry out joint spot checks at the mineral smelter or refiner's own facilities (including through participation in industry-driven programs)
First-tier suppliers.  Each GE business is responsible for confirming that each of its first-tier suppliers that are smelters and refiners (if any):
has a policy and procedures to eliminate sourcing of conflict-supporting minerals;
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has been subject to an audit of the origin of their 3TG supplies conducted in accordance with OECD Guidance or has made a firm commitment to undergo such an audit as soon as it can be scheduled; and
passes the audit as being conflict-free or, having failed the audit, has established and put into place a plan to correct process deficiencies.
Lower-tier (upstream) suppliers.  In accordance with OECD Guidance, including its audit recommendations for downstream companies, GE implements upstream audits by participating in and cooperating with industry organizations.  GE is a partner company of CFSI (member code GECO) and has, periodically, supported CFSI and CFSP through membership on committees and working groups and providing financial assistance and in-kind assistance with CFSP smelter validation.  As such, GE relied on the CFSP to conduct risk assessment at the upstream level.  For each smelter identified in its supply chain at the first or lower tiers, each GE business assessed the information available from the CFSP and an independent third-party supply chain expert to determine whether there were any "red flags" (as defined in OECD Guidance) and, if needed, develop a corrective action plan.  This includes working to remove any high-risk smelters from our supply chain.
Step 3:   Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
A.
Report findings to designated senior management
See "Structure internal management systems to support supply chain due diligence" above for a description of GE's Conflict Minerals due diligence internal reporting processes.
B.
Devise and adopt a risk management plan
Across GE.  Each GE business periodically compiles a report of Conflict Minerals risks identified in its supply chain for review by the GE business executive-level program owner to determine appropriate steps to take in mitigating any risks identified in the reports.  In 2016, these steps focused on reducing risk by (1) engaging all Significant Suppliers to encourage the smelters and refiners in their supply chains to become validated as conflict-free by the CFSP or a similar program, and (2) asking those Significant Suppliers who identified high-risk smelters and refiners to remove them from their supply chains.  A high-risk smelter or refiner is one for which there are credible reports that the smelter or refiner sources materials in a manner that directly or indirectly finances armed conflict.  In addition, in April 2016, the Aerospace Industries Association, of which GE is a member, sent a letter to a number of smelters in the aerospace industry supply chain urging them to participate in the CFSP.
Lighting.  As noted above, Lighting has first-tier tungsten smelters in its supply chain.  Lighting's engagement efforts with these smelters began as early as 2009.  Lighting and GE Corporate have also participated in meetings with representatives of the tungsten smelter industry to encourage tungsten smelter participation in the CFSP. Currently, 100% of the first-tier tungsten smelters that provided product to Lighting in 2016 have been verified as conflict-free under the CFSP, and Lighting has suspended purchases from first-tier tungsten smelters that are not verified or scheduled for a verification audit.
Step 4:   Carry out independent 3rd-party audit of smelters/refiners' due diligence practices
See "Where necessary, carry out joint spot checks at the mineral smelter or refiner's own facilities (including through participation in industry-driven programs)" above for a discussion of how GE conducted risk assessment at the upstream level.
Step 5:   Report annually on supply chain due diligence
In addition to filing this Report, GE's Sustainability Report describes our Conflict Minerals program and discusses our due diligence process and progress in accomplishing the goals of our Statement on Conflict Minerals (see "Where You Can Find Additional Information" below). 
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3.
Continuous improvement
2016 progress.  For 2016, GE continued to focus on:
conducting due diligence and a reasonable country of origin inquiry to improve the transparency in our Conflict Minerals supply chain, including hiring an independent, third-party supply chain expert to prepare an audit readiness assessment for our Conflict Minerals program and help us to enhance our due diligence practices. We also focused on more precisely identifying the countries of origin of 3TG in our supply chain and, in this regard, we identified 83% more countries in 2016 compared to the prior year (66 vs. 36 in 2015); and
engaging with suppliers to reduce Conflict Minerals supply chain risk, increasing the number of smelters and refiners in our supply chain that have been verified to be conflict-free by 13% to 245 in 2016.  As a result, more than 77% of the smelters and refiners identified by our Significant Suppliers have been verified to be conflict-free (up from 35% in 2013, when we started our Conflict Minerals due diligence program).
2017 actions to improve due diligence and supplier engagement.  GE intends to take the following steps in 2017 to improve due diligence and thereby mitigate the risk that Conflict Minerals in GE products may benefit armed groups:
intensify communication with suppliers and spread best practices learned during execution of the due diligence process in 2016 across the GE businesses to continue to work to improve the percentage of Significant Suppliers responding to GE's supply chain surveys and the quality of their responses; and
intensify the identification of and communication with smelters and refiners in GE's supply chain, both directly and indirectly through GE's Significant Suppliers, in order to continue to increase the number of smelters and refiners that participate in the CFSP.
Information Known to GE about 3TG in GE products
GE manufactures a wide range of products that contain Conflict Minerals, but GE does not purchase ore or unrefined conflict minerals from mines and generally is many steps removed in the supply chain from the mining, smelting and refining of these minerals.  For a description of the products manufactured by GE in 2016, see the products description for each of our industrial businesses—Power, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Aviation, Healthcare, Transportation and Energy Connections & Lighting (including Appliances, which we sold in June 2016)—on pages 37 through 59 of our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are incorporated into this Report by reference and which you can find at www.ge.com/annualreport.
GE purchases materials from a wide network of suppliers so we necessarily rely on them to assist with our reasonable country of origin inquiry.  After performing a reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence for 2016, we have not been able to establish the conflict status of our products, due to the continued unavailability of complete information across our broad and deep supply chain.
Facilities Used to Process 3TG in GE Products
GE obtained information about the facilities used to process 3TG in GE products through the due diligence activities described in this Report.  Table A below contains a list of smelters and refiners that GE's Significant Suppliers identified as being present in their supply chains that GE believes may have processed 3TG contained in GE products.
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Countries of Origin of 3TG in GE Products
GE obtained information about the country of origin and mine or location of origin of 3TG in GE products through reliance on the CFSP's upstream audits of smelters and refiners in GE's supply chain and using information provided by an independent third-party supply chain expert, as described in this Report.  Table B below contains a list of known countries of origin of 3TG used by smelters and refiners that GE suppliers identified as being present in their supply chains.
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Table A
(as of April 20, 2017)
Summary of Smelters and Refiners
# of Smelters and Refiners Reported in Our Supply Chain

 
A. CFSI Compliant Smelters & Refiners1
B. CFSI Participating Smelters & Refiners2
C. Other
Smelters & Refiners3
Total4
 
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
Tantalum
46
44
0
0
0
0
46
44
Tin
59
68
17
7
15
8
91
83
Tungsten
31
40
14
1
4
5
49
46
Gold
80
93
15
10
43
42
138
145
Total
216
245
46
18
62
55
324
318

(1)
Audited by the CFSI and have been found to be compliant with the CFSI's Conflict-Free Smelter Program.
(2)
In the process of being audited by the CFSI.
(3)
Have not commenced the process of being audited by the CFSI.
(4)
Excludes five smelters that ceased operation in 2016.
 
A. CFSI Compliant Smelters and Refiners for 2016
 
 
Metal
Smelter/Refiner Name
Smelter/Refiner Location
Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry
CHINA
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC
USA
Tantalum
Duoluoshan
CHINA
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
USA
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
JAPAN
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
USA
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.
USA
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Ltd.
JAPAN
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH
GERMANY
Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.
USA
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
CHINA
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited
CHINA
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Metals
MEXICO
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Powder
USA
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
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Tantalum
Power Resources Ltd.
MACEDONIA
Tantalum
QuantumClean
USA
Tantalum
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tantalum
RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Tantalum
Telex Metals
USA
Tantalum
Tranzact, Inc.
USA
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum
XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tantalum
Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
     
Tin
Alpha
USA
Tin
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondonia Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
CV Ayi Jaya
INDONESIA
Tin
CV Dua Sekawan
INDONESIA
Tin
CV Gita Pesona
INDONESIA
Tin
CV Serumpun Sebalai
INDONESIA
Tin
CV Tiga Sekawan
INDONESIA
Tin
CV United Smelting
INDONESIA
Tin
CV Venus Inti Perkasa
INDONESIA
Tin
Dowa
JAPAN
Tin
Elmet S.L.U.
SPAIN
Tin
EM Vinto
BOLIVIA
Tin
Fenix Metals
POLAND
Tin
Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant
CHINA
Tin
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
MALAYSIA
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
USA
Tin
Metallo-Chimique N.V.
BELGIUM
Tin
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Minsur
PERU
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
PHILIPPINES
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.
BOLIVIA
 
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 Tin Industry
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Bukit Timah
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Cipta Persada Mulia
INDONESIA
Tin
PT DS Jaya Abadi
INDONESIA
 
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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
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
INDONESIA
Tin
PT O.M. Indonesia
INDONESIA
Tin
PT Panca Mega Persada
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
Thaisarco
THAILAND
Tin
VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC
VIET NAM
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.
BRAZIL
Tin
Yunnan Tin Company Limited
CHINA
     
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.
JAPAN
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 Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
USA
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
Hydrometallurg, JSC
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi 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
USA
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
USA
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Moliren Ltd.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC
USA
 
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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
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
AUSTRIA
Tungsten
Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
     
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
USA
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 Corrego do Sitio Mineracao
BRAZIL
Gold
Argor-Heraeus S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corp.
JAPAN
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
CANADA
Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
USA
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
AU Traders and Refiners
SOUTH AFRICA
Gold
Aurubis AG
GERMANY
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
PHILIPPINES
Gold
Boliden AB
SWEDEN
Gold
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
GERMANY
Gold
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
CANADA
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
ITALY
Gold
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
DODUCO GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Dowa
JAPAN
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
USA
Gold
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
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
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
Kazzinc
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
USA
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
KYRGYZSTAN
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Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
Materion
USA
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
USA
Gold
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.
MEXICO
Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
Gold
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
TURKEY
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
AUSTRIA
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
PAMP S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
INDONESIA
Gold
PX Precinox S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
SOUTH AFRICA
Gold
Republic Metals Corporation
USA
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
CANADA
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Schone Edelmetaal B.V.
NETHERLANDS
Gold
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.
SPAIN
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
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
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
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.
USA
Gold
Valcambi S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)
AUSTRALIA
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
CHINA
     
B. CFSI Participating Smelters and Refiners for 2016
 
 
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Metal
Smelter/Refiner Name
Smelter/Refiner Location
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
CHINA
Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
Tin
Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
     
Tungsten
Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
     
Gold
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC
USA
Gold
Bangalore Refinery
INDIA
Gold
Cendres + Metaux S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Gold
HeeSung Metal Ltd.
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
POLAND
Gold
Marsam Metals
BRAZIL
Gold
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
UZBEKISTAN
Gold
SungEel HiTech
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
Tony Goetz NV
BELGIUM
     
C. Other Smelters and Refiners for 2016
 
Metal
Smelter/Refiner Name
Smelter/Refiner Location
Tin
An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
VIET NAM
Tin
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Estanho de Rondonia S.A.
BRAZIL
Tin
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Tin
Super Ligas
BRAZIL
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
     
Tungsten
ACL Metais Eireli
BRAZIL
Tungsten
Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
     
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
TURKEY
Gold
Caridad
MEXICO
Gold
Chugai Mining
JAPAN
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH
GERMANY
Gold
Elemetal Refining, LLC
USA
Gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
ZIMBABWE
Gold
Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.
INDIA
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
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Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
Italpreziosi
ITALY
Gold
Kaloti Precious Metals
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Gold
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
KAZAKHSTAN
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
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Morris and Watson
NEW ZEALAND
Gold
Morris and Watson Gold Coast
AUSTRALIA
Gold
Pease & Curren
USA
Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
Remondis Argentia B.V.
NETHERLANDS
Gold
SAAMP
FRANCE
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
USA
Gold
Safimet S.p.A
ITALY
Gold
SAFINA A.S.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Gold
Sai Refinery
INDIA
Gold
Samwon Metals Corp.
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
So Accurate Group, Inc.
USA
Gold
Sudan Gold Refinery
SUDAN
Gold
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Gold
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
KAZAKHSTAN
Gold
Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia
ZAMBIA
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
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Table B
(as of April 20, 2017)
 
Gold
Tantalum
Tin
Tungsten
 
 
 
 
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Benin
Bolivia
Bolivia
Austria
Bolivia
Brazil
Brazil
Bolivia
Brazil
Burundi
Burundi
Brazil
Burkina Faso
China
China
Burundi
Canada
DRC
Colombia
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
DRC
Canada
Chile
France
Indonesia
China
China
Guinea
Laos
Colombia
Colombia
Guyana
Malaysia
DRC
DRC
India
Mongolia
Japan
Ecuador
Madagascar
Myanmar
Mexico
Eritrea
Malaysia
Nigeria
Mongolia
Finland
Mozambique
Peru
Nigeria
Ghana
Namibia
Portugal
Portugal
Guatemala
Nigeria
Russia
Russia
Guinea
Russia
Rwanda
Rwanda
Guyana
Rwanda
Thailand
Spain
Honduras
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Thailand
India
Thailand
Vietnam
USA
Indonesia
USA
Recycled
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Vietnam
 
Vietnam
Kyrgyzstan
Zimbabwe
 
Recycled
Laos
Recycled
   
Mali
     
Mexico
     
Mongolia
     
New Zealand
     
Nicaragua
     
Panama
     
Peru
     
Poland
     
Russia
     
Senegal
     
South Africa
     
South Korea
     
South Sudan
     
Sudan
     
Sweden
     
Tajikistan
     
Tanzania
     
Togo
     
Turkey
     
USA
     
Uzbekistan
     
Zambia
     
Zimbabwe
     
Recycled
     

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Helpful Resources
Acronyms Used in This Report
 
3TG
Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten or Gold
CFSI
Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative
CFSP
Conflict-Free Smelter Program
CMRT
Conflict Minerals Reporting Template
DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
SEC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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GE's Sustainability Report – Conflict Minerals
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GE's Code of Conduct: The Spirit & The Letter
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Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative
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OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
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GE's 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K
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