EX-1.01 2 ex-101.htm EXHIBIT 1.01 Exhibit


Exhibit 1.01
 
CONMED Corporation
Conflict Minerals Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
 
We have made statements in this Conflict Minerals Report that may constitute forward-looking statements about our plans to take additional actions or to implement additional procedures with respect to our due diligence efforts to determine the origin of conflict minerals included in our products. There can be no assurance that these future events will occur as anticipated. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update them. Our reporting obligations under the conflict minerals rules may change in the future and our ability to implement certain processes or obtain information from our suppliers may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in this report.
 
 
1. Introduction
 
CONMED Corporation (“CONMED”, the “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is filing this Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2019.
 
This Conflict Minerals Report describes our reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), the results thereof, and the design of our due diligence measures to determine whether 3TGs in products that CONMED manufactures, or contracts to manufacture, originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (the “Covered Countries”). The Covered Countries include Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The term “Conflict Minerals” is defined as: columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. For purposes of this CMR, tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold will collectively be referred to as the 3TGs. This report also provides an account of how these due diligence measures were implemented in 2019.
 
This report is available on our website at http://www.conmed.com/en/about-us/investors/investor-relations in the SEC Filings section.
 
2. Company Overview
 
CONMED is a medical technology company that provides surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures. The Company’s products are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery and gastroenterology.
 
Products
 
Our product lines consist of orthopedic surgery and general surgery.  Orthopedic surgery consists of sports medicine instrumentation and small bone, large bone and specialty powered surgical instruments as well as imaging systems for use in minimally invasive surgery procedures including 2DHD and 3DHD vision technologies and fees related to the sales representation, promotion and marketing of sports medicine allograft tissue.  General surgery consists of a complete line of endo-mechanical instrumentation for minimally invasive laparoscopic and gastrointestinal procedures, a line of cardiac monitoring products as well as electrosurgical generators and related instruments. 3TGs are in a significant portion of CONMED products due to electronics being a vital component to many of our product offerings. All four 3TGs are found within various electrical components that make up CONMED products, such as capacitors, rectifiers, relays, and electrical connectors.
 
Conflict Minerals Policy

The Company has actively engaged with our customers and suppliers for several years with respect to the use of conflict minerals. Our actions are a result of the Company’s responsible and inclusive culture and longstanding leadership in corporate responsibility. In addition to the measures described above, we have adopted a conflict minerals supply policy. This policy is available on our website at http://www.conmed.com/en/about-us/investors/investor-relations in the Corporate Governance section.



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3. Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

Because conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of products that we manufacture, we have conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding those conflict minerals. The RCOI is reasonably designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the DRC, or the Covered Countries, or are from recycled or scrap sources.
 
Our RCOI employed a combination of measures to determine whether the 3TGs necessary for the functionality or production of CONMED products originated from the DRC or any of the Covered Countries. The company’s primary means of determining country of origin of the necessary 3TGs was by conducting a supply chain survey with direct suppliers using the Responsible Business Alliance’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template v5.12 or higher (“CMRT”). This supply chain survey was implemented with the assistance of a third-party service provider, who is also assisting us with the development and implementation of additional steps that we are undertaking with suppliers in regards to conflict minerals.
 
As an initial step, we identified all first-tier suppliers that provided items to CONMED that were used in final products in 2019. This list included many suppliers that did not provide any 3TGs. Any suppliers that appeared on this initial list could be placed out of scope during the supplier survey process. For example, if they were included on the initial list in error and they did not in fact provide components or 3TG components used in our products or, as the CMRT allows, because any 3TGs in those components are unnecessary to the functionality or production of the supplier’s products, they were listed as out of scope. The remaining number of suppliers in 2019 was 420.
 
The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide 3TG materials to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a supplier’s “conflict-free” policy, engagement with its direct suppliers, and a listing of the smelters used in products provided to CONMED. In addition, the template contains questions about the origin of 3TGs included in the supplier’s products, as well as supplier due diligence. To ensure our suppliers understand our expectations regarding the sourcing of 3TGs, we and our third-party consultant have provided training to our suppliers through webinars, videos and substantial one-on-one discussions.
 
This year’s program continues to include automated data validation on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions and identify any contradictory answers in the CMRT. The results of this data validation contribute to the program’s health assessment and are shared with the suppliers to ensure they understand areas that require clarification or improvement.

All submitted forms are accepted and classified as valid or invalid so that data is still retained. Suppliers were contacted in regards to invalid forms and were encouraged to resubmit a valid form. For the 2019 reporting year, we have resolved all deficiencies and are left with no invalid supplier submissions.
 
Over 93% of the CONMED suppliers contacted provided a response. Non-responsive suppliers were contacted numerous times by both our third-party consultant and CONMED personnel. The majority of CMRTs provided by CONMED suppliers are at the company level and therefore cannot be definitively linked to any specific CONMED product.

Based on the responses to our RCOI, CONMED is unable to determine that 3TGs necessary to the functionality or production of our products did not originate in the DRC or any of the Covered Countries. Accordingly, CONMED engaged in the due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of those 3TGs, as described in the next section of this Conflict Minerals Report.
 
4.0 Design of Due Diligence Measures
 
Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework established in The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Guidance”) and the related Supplements for gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten.
 
4.1 Establish Strong Company Management Systems
 
As described above, CONMED has adopted a conflict minerals policy, which is located in the Corporate Governance section of the CONMED Corporation website ( http://www.conmed.com/en/about-us/investors/investor-relations ).
 


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Internal Team
 
CONMED has established a management system regarding the sourcing of 3TGs. Our management system includes both internal and external resources led by a project manager and subject matter experts at each of our manufacturing locations. This group is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals strategy. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on a regular basis. We also use a third-party service provider to assist us with evaluating supply chain information regarding 3TGs and in the development and implementation of additional due diligence steps that we will undertake with suppliers in regard to conflict minerals.

Control Systems
 
As we do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, and due to our position in the supply chain and limited insight into deeper levels of the supply chain, we are engaged and actively cooperate with other major manufacturers in the medical device industry regarding 3TG sourcing matters.
 
With regards to our suppliers, controls include, but are not limited to, our Code of Conduct, which outlines expected behaviors for all CONMED employees; our supplier approval and review process, as well as contractual protections, as described further below; and business relationships with our suppliers.
 
Supply Chain Due Diligence
 
We obtain various component products from suppliers that we use in manufacturing our products. Due to our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth, breadth, and constant evolution of our supply chain, among other reasons, it is difficult for us to identify actors upstream from our direct suppliers. As part of our supply chain procedures, we require in our supply contracts that our direct suppliers provide information on the origin of the 3TGs contained in components and materials supplied to us - including sources of 3TGs that are supplied to them from all applicable lower tier suppliers. Contracts with our direct suppliers are frequently multi-year term contracts. In those cases, although we generally are unable to unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements prior to expiration of the contract, we work individually with key selected suppliers to insure they provide 3TG sourcing information for all current contracts, and in all new contracts in the future. We have approached existing suppliers to adopt amendments regarding 3TGs, and as we renew contracts or enter into new ones, we will add a clause that requires all applicable suppliers to provide information about the source of 3TGs and information about the smelters from which 3TGs are sourced. In light of existing contract term durations, it will take some time to ensure that all supplier contracts contain what we believe are appropriate “flow-down” clauses. In the meantime, and in parallel, all purchase orders for direct materials used in the composition of our products require that suppliers provide CONMED with Conflict Minerals information on the current Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, or CMRT (as described further below), and that components must be free of Conflict Minerals.

 Supplier Engagement
 
With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we use a Supplier Approval Process that evaluates our suppliers based on their quality systems and their readiness to provide CONMED all of the required services and support documents. In addition, key suppliers are evaluated on the “Supplier Report Card” as to their performance in all aspects of the supply contract. This review includes, but is not limited to: product quality, supplier performance and ensuring conflict mineral avoidance.
 
We put a strong emphasis on supplier education and training. To accomplish this, we utilized our third-party consultant’s learning management system and provided all in-scope suppliers access to conflict minerals training courses. This training is tracked and evaluated based on completion. All suppliers are encouraged to complete all modules within these courses.
 
Grievance Mechanism
 
Various communication channels exist to serve as grievance mechanisms for early-warning risk awareness. We have multiple longstanding grievance mechanisms whereby employees (internal) and suppliers (external) can report violations of CONMED’s policies. This includes, but is not limited to our whistleblower hotline that is part of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics policy located in the Corporate Governance section of our website at http://www.conmed.com/en/about-us/investors/investor-relations.




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Maintain Records
 
We have adopted a policy to retain relevant documentation, including the records of our due diligence process, for a minimum period of five years.
 
4.2 Risk Identification, Assessment and Response
 
In accordance with OECD Guidelines, it is important to understand risk levels associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Smelters that are not certified as DRC-Conflict Free by third party sources such as the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) pose a significant risk.

Where a smelter is not identified as Conflict Free by such sources, we assess them according to red flag indicators defined in the OECD Guidance. This rating is based on various factors, including geographic proximity to the DRC and covered countries; known mineral source country of origin; Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status; credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing and Peer Assessments conducted by credible third-party sources.
Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). Evaluating and tracking the strength of the program can assist in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the supplier’s program are:

Have you established a conflict minerals sourcing policy?
Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing?
Do you review due diligence information received from your suppliers against your company's expectations?
Does your review process include corrective action management?
 
When suppliers answer yes, they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program.
 
As part of our risk management plan and to ensure suppliers understand our expectations, we have, through a third party, provided video and written training on conflict minerals and the CMRT. This includes instructions on completing the form, and one-on-one email and phone discussions with supplier personnel.
 
As described in our Conflict Minerals Policy, we engage any of our suppliers whom we have reason to believe are supplying us with 3TGs from sources that may support conflict in the DRC or any of the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance. If we are not satisfied with the results, we will then take steps to terminate a contract and find replacement suppliers.
 
Additionally, in designing and implementing our strategy to respond to the supply chain risks that we identified, CONMED analyzed various industry approaches and consulted with other companies in our industry.
 
Tracing materials back to their mine of origin is a complex aspect of responsible sourcing in our supply chain. We have determined that seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain represents the most reasonable effort we can make to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our supply chain. This was done by adopting methodology outlined by the RMI’s joint industry programs and outreach initiatives and requiring our suppliers to conform with the same standards to meet the OECD Guidelines, and report to us using the CMRT. Through this industry joint effort, we made reasonable determination of the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our supply chain. We also requested that all of our suppliers support the initiative by following the sourcing initiative and working to align their declared sources with the “Known” and “Conflict Free” lists of sourced metals.
 
We believe that the inquiries and investigations described above represent a reasonable effort to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our Covered Products. This includes: (1) seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain through requesting that our suppliers complete the CMRT, (2) verifying those smelters and refiners with the expanding RMI lists, (3) conducting the due diligence review, and (4) obtaining additional documentation and verification, as applicable. 






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4.3 Carry out Independent Third Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain
 
The Company relies on third-party audits of smelters and refiners conducted as part of the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP). The RMAP uses independent private-sector auditors, and audits the source, including the mines of origin, and the chain of custody of the conflict minerals used by smelters and refiners that agree to participate in the program. We do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, and we do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain.
 
4.4 Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence
 
CONMED reports annually on supply chain due diligence by filing a Form SD and a Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC. CONMED’s Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report can be found in the SEC Filings section of the CONMED site at http://www.conmed.com/en/about-us/investors/investor-relations.
 
5. Due Diligence Results
 
As described above, as part of our supply chain due diligence process, we identified suppliers likely to utilize 3TGs in the products that they provide to us. We utilized the CMRT to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide 3TGs used in products supplied to us by those suppliers for incorporation into our products.
 
The quality of the responses that we received from our surveyed suppliers also continue to be varied. Many responses provided by suppliers (via the CMRT) included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as smelters or refiners. The CMRTs submitted by suppliers that do not list at least one smelter for each 3TG claimed on the CMRT are considered invalid and our third-party provider follows up on these, urging suppliers to resubmit with increased smelter information. There are still suppliers unable to provide the smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to us.
 
For all responses that indicated a smelter, our third-party consultant compared the facilities listed to the list of smelters maintained by the Responsible Minerals Initiative. If a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as “Conflict-Free,” our third-party consultant confirmed that the name was listed by RMI as a “Conflict-Free” smelter. As of May 2020, we have validated 303 legitimate smelters or refiners and we are working to validate the additional smelter/refiner entries from the submitted CMRTs. Based on the smelter list provided by suppliers via the CMRTs and publicly available information, we have identified 235 smelters that are deemed “Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) Conformant” - this indicates these smelters and refiners are conformant with the RMAP assessment protocols. There are 6 more smelters or refiners that are deemed “RMAP Active” - Smelters and refiners on the Active list have committed to undergo a RMAP audit. The remaining 62 smelters listed have not yet been confirmed as Conflict-Free. We have assessed these facilities and determined that most of these are of low risk due to their geographic location. Attachment A lists the smelters and refiners that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains. We have not listed in Attachment A any smelters or refiners that we have not been able to validate. Attachment A also 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 RMI.

Many responses received either provided data at a company or subsidiary level and chose not to provide information at the component level, or did not specify the smelters or refiners used for components supplied to CONMED. Accordingly, we are unable to determine, in those cases, whether any of the 3TGs reported by the suppliers were contained in components or parts supplied to us, or to validate that any of the smelters or refiners identified are actually in our supply chain.
 
We expect any of our suppliers that we have reason to believe are supplying us with 3TGs from sources that may support conflict in the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict, as provided in the OECD guidance. During 2019, we have found no instances where it was necessary to terminate a contract or find a replacement supplier. 
 
6. Steps to Improve Future Due Diligence and Supply Chain Risk Mitigation
 
We are taking the following steps to improve our due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary 3TGs in our products could benefit armed groups in the DRC or Covered Countries:

a. Continue to include a conflict minerals clause in all new or renewed supplier contracts.



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b. Continue to engage with suppliers and direct them to training resources as mentioned in Section 4.1, Supplier Engagement, to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses.

All suppliers that were non-responsive will be further contacted to encourage reply.

All suppliers that did not know the origin of the 3TGs in products will be further encouraged to examine their supply chain and enact due diligence measures as per the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines. 

c. Engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TGs from sources that support conflict in the DRC or any of the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that do not support such conflict.

d. Monitor industry best practices, and continue to work with a third-party service provider to enhance our due diligence and supply chain management process, as appropriate. This includes requesting Conflict Free sourcing by our suppliers as further described in our Conflicts Mineral Policy and in the contractual provisions described above in our Supply Chain section under Management Systems.

e. Consider replacing suppliers that remain non-responsive, or that are unable to enact due diligence measures as per the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines.

f. Work with suppliers to move to the latest CMRT where new smelter IDs are constantly being added.

g. Require the use of smelter identification numbers. Supplier responses will not be considered complete without identification numbers.

h. Suppliers will also be requested to inform CONMED of the correlation between these smelters and the products and parts they supply to CONMED.
 
7. Independent Audit
 
In accordance with guidance issued by the SEC staff, we are not required to obtain an independent private sector audit of this Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2019.

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Attachment A
Metal
Standard Smelter Name
Smelter Facility Location
RMI Audit Status
Gold
8853 S.p.A.
ITALY
Conformant
Gold
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Non-Conformant
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
African Gold Refinery
UGANDA
Outreach Required
Gold
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Conformant
Gold
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
GERMANY
Conformant
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
UZBEKISTAN
Conformant
Gold
AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao
BRAZIL
Conformant
Gold
Argor-Heraeus S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Conformant
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corp.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
CANADA
Conformant
Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
TURKEY
Due Diligence Vetting Process
Gold
AU Traders and Refiners
SOUTH AFRICA
Conformant
Gold
Aurubis AG
GERMANY
Conformant
Gold
Bangalore Refinery
INDIA
Conformant
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
PHILIPPINES
Conformant
Gold
Boliden AB
SWEDEN
Conformant
Gold
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
GERMANY
Conformant
Gold
C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS
COLOMBIA
In Communication
Gold
Caridad
MEXICO
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Gold
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
CANADA
Conformant
Gold
Cendres + Metaux S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Conformant
Gold
CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.
INDIA
Outreach Required
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
ITALY
Conformant
Gold
Chugai Mining
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
CHINA
In Communication
Gold
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH
GERMANY
Outreach Required
Gold
Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
In Communication
Gold
DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH
GERMANY
Conformant
Gold
Dowa
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant
JAPAN
Conformant

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Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Conformant
Gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
ZIMBABWE
Due Diligence Vetting Process
Gold
Fujairah Gold FZC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Outreach Required
Gold
GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.
INDIA
In Communication
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Gold Coast Refinery
GHANA
Outreach Required
Gold
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
GERMANY
Conformant
Gold
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
Conformant
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
International Precious Metal Refiners
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Outreach Required
Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery
TURKEY
Conformant
Gold
Italpreziosi
ITALY
Conformant
Gold
JALAN & Company
INDIA
Outreach Required
Gold
Japan Mint
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Kaloti Precious Metals
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed
Gold
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
KAZAKHSTAN
In Communication
Gold
Kazzinc
KAZAKHSTAN
Conformant
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
POLAND
Conformant
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant

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Gold
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
KYRGYZSTAN
Conformant
Gold
Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Outreach Required
Gold
L'azurde Company For Jewelry
SAUDI ARABIA
RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed
Gold
Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
L'Orfebre S.A.
ANDORRA
Conformant
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
LT Metal Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Marsam Metals
BRAZIL
Conformant
Gold
Materion
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
SINGAPORE
Conformant
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Metalor Technologies S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Conformant
Gold
Metalor USA Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.
MEXICO
Conformant
Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
Conformant
Gold
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
Non-Conformant
Gold
Morris and Watson
NEW ZEALAND
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
TURKEY
Conformant
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
UZBEKISTAN
Outreach Required
Gold
NH Recytech Company
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Non-Conformant
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
AUSTRIA
Conformant
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
PAMP S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Conformant
Gold
Pease & Curren
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Outreach Required

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Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA
CHILE
Conformant
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
INDONESIA
Conformant
Gold
PX Precinox S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Conformant
Gold
QG Refining, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Outreach Required
Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
SOUTH AFRICA
Conformant
Gold
Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
REMONDIS PMR B.V.
NETHERLANDS
Conformant
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
CANADA
Conformant
Gold
SAAMP
FRANCE
Conformant
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Outreach Required
Gold
Safimet S.p. A
ITALY
Conformant
Gold
SAFINA A.S.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Active
Gold
Sai Refinery
INDIA
Outreach Required
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Samwon Metals Corp.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Conformant
Gold
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A
SPAIN
Conformant
Gold
Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Conformant
Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Sovereign Metals
INDIA
Outreach Required
Gold
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
LITHUANIA
Outreach Required
Gold
Sudan Gold Refinery
SUDAN
Outreach Required
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
T.C.A S.p.A
ITALY
Conformant
Gold
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Tony Goetz NV
BELGIUM
Non-Conformant
Gold
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
KAZAKHSTAN
Conformant
Gold
Torecom
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Umicore Brasil Ltda.
BRAZIL
Conformant

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Gold
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
THAILAND
Conformant
Gold
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
BELGIUM
Conformant
Gold
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Valcambi S.A.
SWITZERLAND
Conformant
Gold
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)
AUSTRALIA
Conformant
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANY
Conformant
Gold
Yamakin Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
CP Metals Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
JAPAN
Conformant
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
Conformant
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
GERMANY
Conformant
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANY
Conformant
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH
GERMANY
Conformant
Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Metals
MEXICO
Conformant
Tantalum
LSM Brasil S.A.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tantalum
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIA
Conformant
Tantalum
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tantalum
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Tantalum
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
NPM Silmet AS
ESTONIA
Conformant

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Tantalum
PRG Dooel
NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Tantalum
QuantumClean
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Tantalum
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Tantalum
Telex Metals
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
KAZAKHSTAN
Conformant
Tantalum
XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tantalum
Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Alpha
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
VIET NAM
Outreach Required
Tin
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Non-Conformant
Tin
Dowa
JAPAN
Conformant
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Non-Conformant
Tin
EM Vinto
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
Conformant
Tin
Estanho de Rondonia S.A.
BRAZIL
In Communication
Tin
Fenix Metals
POLAND
Conformant
Tin
Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Luna Smelter, Ltd.
RWANDA
Conformant
Tin
Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
MALAYSIA
Conformant

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Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tin
Metallo Belgium N.V.
BELGIUM
Conformant
Tin
Metallo Spain S.L.U.
SPAIN
Conformant
Tin
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tin
Minsur
PERU
Conformant
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPAN
Conformant
Tin
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA
Non-Conformant
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Outreach Required
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
THAILAND
Conformant
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
PHILIPPINES
Conformant
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
Conformant
Tin
Pongpipat Company Limited
MYANMAR
Outreach Required
Tin
Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited
INDIA
Active
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
INDONESIA
Conformant
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
INDONESIA
Conformant
Tin
PT Menara Cipta Mulia
INDONESIA
Conformant
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
INDONESIA
Conformant
Tin
PT Refined Bangka Tin
INDONESIA
Conformant
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Kundur
INDONESIA
Conformant
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Mentok
INDONESIA
Conformant
Tin
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tin
Rui Da Hung
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tin
Super Ligas
BRAZIL
Outreach Required
Tin
Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
Conformant
Tin
Thaisarco
THAILAND
Conformant
Tin
Tin Technology & Refining
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Outreach Required
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Yunnan Tin Company Limited
CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. Corp.
JAPAN
Conformant
Tungsten
ACL Metais Eireli
BRAZIL
Conformant
Tungsten
Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.
BRAZIL
Active
Tungsten
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
VIET NAM
Conformant
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.
CHINA
In Communication

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Tungsten
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Tungsten
CP Metals Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Active
Tungsten
Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG
GERMANY
Conformant
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
GERMANY
Conformant
Tungsten
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Hydrometallurg, JSC
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
Conformant
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Active
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Active
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tungsten
KGETS Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Tungsten
Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)
VIET NAM
Conformant
Tungsten
Moliren Ltd.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tungsten
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
PHILIPPINES
Conformant
Tungsten
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
Conformant

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Tungsten
Unecha Refractory metals plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
AUSTRIA
Conformant
Tungsten
Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Conformant
Appendix B:
 
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 linked to our products.

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DRC or an adjoining country (Covered Countries), Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe    
 

 


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