UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

 

 

 

 Specialized Disclosure Report

 

 

COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-36146

 

27-4332098

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

Commission File

Number

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

1100 CommScope Place, SE

Hickory, North Carolina 28602

(Addresses of principal executive offices)

 

Alexander W. Pease

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(828) 324-2200

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019.

  

 

 


 

 

Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”), CommScope Holding Company, Inc. has filed this Specialized Disclosure Report (“Form SD”) and Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2019. Both reports are publicly available at https://www.commscope.com/globalassets/digizuite/416819-form-sd-and-conflict-minerals-report.pdf.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

A copy of our Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2019 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.

Section 2 - Exhibits

Item 2.01 Exhibits

Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

May 22, 2020

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Alexander W. Pease

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander W. Pease

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

1.01

 

Conflict Minerals Report for the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

comm-ex101_6.htm

 

Exhibit 1.01

 

Conflict Minerals Report of CommScope Holding Company, Inc.

For the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 2019

Pursuant to Rule 13P-1 Under The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

CommScope Holding Company, Inc. presents this Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period of January 1, 2019 to

December 31, 2019 pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and associated guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, references to “CommScope,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to CommScope Holding Company, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Overview of our Conflict Minerals Program

CommScope is a leading global provider of infrastructure solutions for communication networks. In 2014, our leaders defined a sustainability philosophy on corporate responsibility that embraces our core company values. In keeping with our values and supporting our efforts to respect people and our planet, we expect our suppliers to conduct their worldwide operations in a socially and environmentally responsible manner and source raw materials only from reputable organizations pursuant to our Conflict Minerals Policy (the “Policy”) and following the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) due diligence framework, third edition. The Policy is available on our website at https://www.commscope.com/Docs/Corporate-Responsibility/Supplier-Responsibility/CommScope_Conflict_Minerals_Policy.pdf.

On April 4, 2019, CommScope completed the acquisition of ARRIS International plc, a global leader in entertainment and communications solutions. The operations of the ARRIS business are included in this Conflict Minerals Report. Prior to the acquisition, ARRIS was a SEC registrant that filed a Form SD and accompanying Conflict Minerals Report with the SEC. Because we have yet to fully integrate ARRIS’s enterprise resource planning systems into CommScope’s systems, we continue to rely on ARRIS’s systems to determine the in scope vendors for products historically produced by the ARRIS business.

CommScope Products

Conflict minerals in the form of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold were necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufactured or contracted to have manufactured during 2019 within our operating segments as follows:

 

Connectivity Solutions – Fiber optic and copper cable and connectivity solutions for use in data centers and business enterprise, telecommunications, cable television and residential broadband networks. Includes both indoor and outdoor network applications.

 

Mobility Solutions – Essential building blocks for base station sites and related connectivity; indoor, outdoor and distributed antenna wireless systems; and wireless network backhaul products.

 

Customer Premises Equipment - Subscriber-based solutions that support broadband and video applications connecting cable, telecommunications and satellite service providers to a customer’s home.

 

Network & Cloud - Cable modem termination system, video infrastructure, distribution and transmission equipment and cloud solutions that enable facility-based service providers to construct a state-of-the-art residential and metro distribution network.

 

Ruckus Networks - Converged wired (local area network (LAN)) and wireless (WLAN) networks for enterprises and service providers.

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

We conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) and due diligence on the source and chain of custody using the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) to determine whether any of the necessary conflict minerals in our 2019 products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) and the adjoining countries (together with the DRC, the “Covered Countries”), or were conflict minerals from recycled or scrap sources. The term "conflict minerals" comes from section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Conflict Minerals Rule, [Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended][17 CFR Parts 240.13p-1 and 249b.400], and is defined as columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (from which tantalum is derived); cassiterite (tin); gold; wolframite (tungsten); or their derivatives; or any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the U.S. Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Covered Countries. To make the RCOI determination, we engaged our suppliers to identify the smelters and refiners (“facilities”) of necessary conflict minerals that may have been contained in our products and reviewed available information on the sourcing of conflict minerals by facilities, including information about the facilities provided by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) regarding processors of conflict minerals.

Our RCOI included:

 

Identifying relevant in scope suppliers from our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for inclusion in the RCOI Conflict Mineral survey. These suppliers provided materials, parts, components containing necessary conflict minerals.

 


 

Performing risk assessments or collecting data from suppliers using the RMI CMRT which included questions about the location or mine of origin from in scope suppliers.

 

Requiring, as part of the survey and our accompanying communications, that, when requested, suppliers provide a statement indicating that conflict minerals are not in use in the supplied parts or complete the CMRT. The CMRT is used to provide CommScope information from the vendors’ supply chains regarding facilities and the origin of necessary conflict minerals processed at these facilities.

 

If needed, following up with suppliers to clarify, update or complete information reported to us through the CMRT or their statement. Responses requiring follow-up included issues with completeness, consistency, supplier’s completeness of facility data, traceability, and indicating conflict minerals were not used in their products when assessed high risk as containing conflict minerals.

We have communicated to suppliers that we expect all materials supplied to CommScope to be free of conflict minerals from facilities which directly or indirectly support the illegal armed groups in the DRC region. However, continuing to source from conformant facilities from Covered Countries is acceptable.

RCOI Conflict Minerals Status

We have determined with respect to our products containing necessary conflict minerals that we know or have reason to believe that some of the necessary conflict minerals originated or may have originated in the Covered Countries.

Conflict Minerals Due Diligence Measures

Our conflict minerals due diligence process is based on the OECD’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (Third Edition 2016), including the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and the Supplement on Gold  (the “OECD Guidance”), a recognized due diligence framework. We conducted due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of our conflict minerals to determine whether these conflict minerals originated in any of the Covered Countries and financed or benefited non-state armed groups in any of these countries.

Design of our Due Diligence Measures

The design of our due diligence measures is specific to our downstream position in the minerals supply chain and the OECD recommendations for downstream actors that have no direct relationships to facilities. As a member of RMI, we evaluate all facilities reported by suppliers against the RMI Smelter Database and the RMI RCOI Data to determine facility validity and country of origin.

The design of our due diligence process includes the following steps:

(1)

Establishment of strong internal company management systems, including the following:

 

Conflict Minerals Policy.

 

Cross-functional Team that includes Procurement, Quality, Product Compliance, and Legal, with executive management support.

 

Conflict minerals process document as part of our ISO 9001/TL9000 Quality Management System “Due Diligence Process for Reporting of Conflict Minerals.”

 

Identification and assessment of conflict minerals risks in our supply chain.

 

Design and implementation of strategies to respond to conflict minerals risks identified.

 

Supplier agreement language that includes supplier responsible minerals requirements.

 

Utilizing a conflict mineral management system that includes data storage, analysis and reporting.

 

Employees and external parties have access to an ethics reporting system, the CommAlert Line (866-277-2410), or may report via the website https://commalert.alertline.com or email CommScope’s Corporate Ethics Officer at ethics@commscope.com.

 

Contribution to independent third-party audits of the due diligence practices of conflict minerals facilities by participating in industry organizations.

 

Reporting on our conflict minerals supply chain due diligence activities.

(2)

Design and implementation of a strategy to respond to identified risks

As a downstream supplier, we do not assess the due diligence practices of facilities. We assess supplier responses against internally established criteria for completeness, consistency and risk. We contact suppliers that provided incomplete, inaccurate or untraceable information to correct and/or obtain additional information. Unresponsive suppliers are identified and forwarded to the Procurement team for further review. Each unresponsive supplier is indicated in a report provided to the Conflict Minerals Corporate Management Team for supplier review to determine if alternative sourcing will be pursued. We encourage in scope suppliers to urge facilities in their supply chain to join the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP). We evaluate all facilities reported by suppliers against the RMI Smelter Database and the RMI RCOI Data to determine facility validity and country of origin.


(3)

Support of industry organizations to carry out independent third-party audits of facilities’ due diligence practices

We support the industry initiative that conducts audits of facilities’ due diligence activities and we encourage our suppliers to source from facilities that participate in the RMAP. As a downstream supplier, we do not have a direct relationship with conflict minerals facilities and do not perform or direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. As a member of RMI, we utilized information made available by RMI concerning independent third-party audits of facilities and country of origin.

(4)

Annual reporting through this Conflict Minerals Report.

Future Goals to Mitigate Risk

We are committed to continuously improving our RCOI and due diligence process and intend to take the following steps in 2020:

 

(1)

Continue participation in RMI to drive the improvement of industry tools, resources and traceability programs.

 

(2)

Continue to educate our suppliers and clearly communicate our expectations of our conflict minerals requirements.

 

(3)

Review and follow-up with suppliers on reported unknown, incorrect and high-risk facilities.

 

(4)

Review unresponsive or high-risk suppliers to determine if alternative sourcing is available.

Due Diligence Results

We had a response rate of 95% to our supplier RCOI, and completed due diligence for facilities (smelters and refiners) indicated by suppliers as having sources in the Covered Countries is as follows:

Based on the RMI RCOI Data (dated 1-17-20) 42 smelters or refiners were identified as sourcing from the Covered Countries. All were listed on the RMI Conflict-Free Smelter list.

 

Six suppliers indicated a gold smelter located in Uganda. According to the RMI Smelter database, the smelter RMAP Audit status is Outreach Required. Detailed sourcing information is not available at this time. RMI continues to urge them to participate in the program. Six suppliers indicated a gold smelter located in Zimbabwe. According to the RMI Smelter database, the smelter RMAP Audit status is Due Diligence Vetting Process. Detailed sourcing information is not available at this time. RMI continues to urge them to participate in the program.

Overall, of the 297 unique smelters identified by our suppliers and verified against RMI known smelters and refiners, 234 are listed as “Conformant” by RMI and 5 are “Active” (RMI Database 1-17-20).

Table 1: Countries of Origin and Facilities Used to Process Conflict Minerals in CommScope Products

The following Table represents the smelters and refiners provided by suppliers, verified against RMI known smelters and refiners.

 

List of facilities

Smelter/Refinery Name

Conflict Mineral

Location

RMI ID

8853 S.p.A.

Gold

ITALY

CID002763

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID002708

Advanced Chemical Company

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID000015

African Gold Refinery

Gold

UGANDA

CID003185

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID000019

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

Gold

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

CID002560

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

Gold

GERMANY

CID000035

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

Gold

UZBEKISTAN

CID000041

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

Gold

BRAZIL

CID000058

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

Gold

SWITZERLAND

CID000077

Asahi Pretec Corp.

Gold

JAPAN

CID000082

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

Gold

CANADA

CID000924

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID000920


List of facilities

Smelter/Refinery Name

Conflict Mineral

Location

RMI ID

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID000090

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

Gold

TURKEY

CID000103

AU Traders and Refiners

Gold

SOUTH AFRICA

CID002850

Aurubis AG

Gold

GERMANY

CID000113

Bangalore Refinery

Gold

INDIA

CID002863

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

Gold

PHILIPPINES

CID000128

Boliden AB

Gold

SWEDEN

CID000157

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

Gold

GERMANY

CID000176

Caridad

Gold

MEXICO

CID000180

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

Gold

CANADA

CID000185

Cendres + Metaux S.A.

Gold

SWITZERLAND

CID000189

CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.

Gold

INDIA

CID003382

Chimet S.p.A.

Gold

ITALY

CID000233

Chugai Mining

Gold

JAPAN

CID000264

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID000343

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

Gold

GERMANY

CID002867

Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC

Gold

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

CID003348

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH

Gold

GERMANY

CID000362

Dowa

Gold

JAPAN

CID000401

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID003195

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID000359

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant

Gold

JAPAN

CID000425

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant

Gold

JAPAN

CID003424

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant

Gold

JAPAN

CID003425

Emirates Gold DMCC

Gold

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

CID002561

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

Gold

ZIMBABWE

CID002515

Fujairah Gold FZC

Gold

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

CID002584

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

Gold

INDIA

CID002852

Geib Refining Corporation

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID002459

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID002243

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

Gold

CHINA

CID001909

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

Gold

CHINA

CID002312

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

Gold

CHINA

CID000651

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID000671

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

Gold

GERMANY

CID000694

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID000707

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

Gold

GERMANY

CID000711

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID000767

Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID000773

HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID000778

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

Gold

CHINA

CID000801


List of facilities

Smelter/Refinery Name

Conflict Mineral

Location

RMI ID

International Precious Metal Refiners

Gold

UNITED ARAB

EMIRATES

CID002562

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID000807

Istanbul Gold Refinery

Gold

TURKEY

CID000814

Italpreziosi

Gold

ITALY

CID002765

Japan Mint

Gold

JAPAN

CID000823

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID000855

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID000927

JSC Uralelectromed

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID000929

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID000937

Kaloti Precious Metals

Gold

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

CID002563

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

Gold

KAZAKHSTAN

CID000956

Kazzinc

Gold

KAZAKHSTAN

CID000957

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID000969

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

Gold

POLAND

CID002511

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID000981

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID002605

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

Gold

KYRGYZSTAN

CID001029

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID002865

L'azurde Company For Jewelry

Gold

SAUDI ARABIA

CID001032

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001056

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001058

L'Orfebre S.A.

Gold

ANDORRA

CID002762

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID001078

LT Metal Ltd.

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID000689

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001093

Marsam Metals

Gold

BRAZIL

CID002606

Materion

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID001113

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID001119

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001149

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

Gold

SINGAPORE

CID001152

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001147

Metalor Technologies S.A.

Gold

SWITZERLAND

CID001153

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID001157

Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.

Gold

MEXICO

CID001161

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Gold

JAPAN

CID001188

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID001193

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

Gold

INDIA

CID002509

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

Gold

MALAYSIA

CID002857

Morris and Watson

Gold

NEW ZEALAND

CID002282

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID001204


List of facilities

Smelter/Refinery Name

Conflict Mineral

Location

RMI ID

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

Gold

TURKEY

CID001220

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

Gold

UZBEKISTAN

CID001236

NH Recytech Company

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID003189

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID001259

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

Gold

AUSTRIA

CID002779

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID001325

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

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID001326

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID000493

PAMP S.A.

Gold

SWITZERLAND

CID001352

Pease & Curren

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID002872

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001362

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

Gold

CHILE

CID002919

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID001386

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

Gold

INDONESIA

CID001397

PX Precinox S.A.

Gold

SWITZERLAND

CID001498

QG Refining, LLC

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID003324

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

Gold

SOUTH AFRICA

CID001512

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID000522

REMONDIS PMR B.V.

Gold

NETHERLANDS

CID002582

Royal Canadian Mint

Gold

CANADA

CID001534

SAAMP

Gold

FRANCE

CID002761

Sabin Metal Corp.

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID001546

Safimet S.p.A

Gold

ITALY

CID002973

SAFINA A.S.

Gold

CZECHIA

CID002290

Sai Refinery

Gold

INDIA

CID002853

Samduck Precious Metals

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID001555

Samwon Metals Corp.

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID001562

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

Gold

GERMANY

CID002777

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.

Gold

SPAIN

CID001585

Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID002525

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001619

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001622

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001736

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

Gold

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

CID002516

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

Gold

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID001756

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

Gold

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

CID001761

Sovereign Metals

Gold

INDIA

CID003383

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

Gold

LITHUANIA

CID003153

Sudan Gold Refinery

Gold

SUDAN

CID002567


List of facilities

Smelter/Refinery Name

Conflict Mineral

Location

RMI ID

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID001798

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID002918

T.C.A S.p.A

Gold

ITALY

CID002580

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

Gold

JAPAN

CID001875

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001916

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID001938

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID001947

Tony Goetz NV

Gold

BELGIUM

CID002587

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

Gold

KAZAKHSTAN

CID002615

Torecom

Gold

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID001955

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

Gold

BRAZIL

CID001977

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

Gold

THAILAND

CID002314

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

Gold

BELGIUM

CID001980

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

Gold

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID001993

Valcambi S.A.

Gold

SWITZERLAND

CID002003

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)

Gold

AUSTRALIA

CID002030

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

Gold

GERMANY

CID002778

Yamakin Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID002100

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

Gold

JAPAN

CID002129

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

Gold

CHINA

CID000197

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

Gold

CHINA

CID002224

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

JAPAN

CID000092

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID000211

CP Metals Inc.

Tantalum

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID003402

D Block Metals, LLC

Tantalum

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID002504

Exotech Inc.

Tantalum

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID000456

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID000460

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID002505

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

Tantalum

JAPAN

CID002558

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

Tantalum

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID002557

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID000616

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

THAILAND

CID002544

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

Tantalum

GERMANY

CID002547

H.C. Starck Inc.

Tantalum

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID002548

H.C. Starck Ltd.

Tantalum

JAPAN

CID002549

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

Tantalum

GERMANY

CID002550

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

Tantalum

GERMANY

CID002545

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID002492

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID002512

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

Tantalum

CHINA

CID002842

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID000914


List of facilities

Smelter/Refinery Name

Conflict Mineral

Location

RMI ID

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID000917

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID002506

KEMET Blue Metals

Tantalum

MEXICO

CID002539

LSM Brasil S.A.

Tantalum

BRAZIL

CID001076

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

Tantalum

INDIA

CID001163

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

Tantalum

BRAZIL

CID001175

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

JAPAN

CID001192

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID001277

NPM Silmet AS

Tantalum

ESTONIA

CID001200

PRG Dooel

Tantalum

NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF

CID002847

QuantumClean

Tantalum

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID001508

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

Tantalum

BRAZIL

CID002707

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

Tantalum

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID001769

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

JAPAN

CID001869

Telex Metals

Tantalum

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID001891

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

Tantalum

KAZAKHSTAN

CID001969

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID002508

Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Tantalum

CHINA

CID001522

Alpha

Tin

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID000292

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

Tin

VIET NAM

CID002703

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID000228

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID003190

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID001070

Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID003356

Dowa

Tin

JAPAN

CID000402

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

Tin

VIET NAM

CID002572

EM Vinto

Tin

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

CID000438

Estanho de Rondonia S.A.

Tin

BRAZIL

CID000448

Fenix Metals

Tin

POLAND

CID000468

Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID003410

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

Tin

CHINA

CID000942

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID000538

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID001908

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID000555

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID003116

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

Tin

CHINA

CID002849

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID002844

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID000760

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID001231

Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID003379

Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

Tin

BRAZIL

CID002468


List of facilities

Smelter/Refinery Name

Conflict Mineral

Location

RMI ID

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

Tin

MALAYSIA

CID001105

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

Tin

BRAZIL

CID002500

Metallic Resources, Inc.

Tin

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID001142

Metallo Belgium N.V.

Tin

BELGIUM

CID002773

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

Tin

SPAIN

CID002774

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

Tin

BRAZIL

CID001173

Minsur

Tin

PERU

CID001182

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Tin

JAPAN

CID001191

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

Tin

MALAYSIA

CID002858

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

Tin

VIET NAM

CID002573

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

Tin

THAILAND

CID001314

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

Tin

PHILIPPINES

CID002517

Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.

Tin

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

CID001337

Pongpipat Company Limited

Tin

MYANMAR

CID003208

Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited

Tin

INDIA

CID003409

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

Tin

INDONESIA

CID001399

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

Tin

INDONESIA

CID002503

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

Tin

INDONESIA

CID002835

PT Mitra Stania Prima

Tin

INDONESIA

CID001453

PT Refined Bangka Tin

Tin

INDONESIA

CID001460

PT Timah Tbk Kundur

Tin

INDONESIA

CID001477

PT Timah Tbk Mentok

Tin

INDONESIA

CID001482

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

Tin

BRAZIL

CID002706

Rui Da Hung

Tin

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

CID001539

Soft Metais Ltda.

Tin

BRAZIL

CID001758

Super Ligas

Tin

BRAZIL

CID002756

Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tin

VIET NAM

CID002834

Thaisarco

Tin

THAILAND

CID001898

Tin Technology & Refining

Tin

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID003325

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

Tin

VIET NAM

CID002574

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

Tin

BRAZIL

CID002036

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID002158

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

Tin

CHINA

CID002180

Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tin

CHINA

CID003397

A.L.M.T. Corp.

Tungsten

JAPAN

CID000004

ACL Metais Eireli

Tungsten

BRAZIL

CID002833

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

Tungsten

VIET NAM

CID002502

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002513

China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002641

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID000258

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID000281

Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID003401

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID000499


List of facilities

Smelter/Refinery Name

Conflict Mineral

Location

RMI ID

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002645

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID000875

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002315

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002494

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

Tungsten

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID000568

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID000218

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

Tungsten

GERMANY

CID002542

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

Tungsten

GERMANY

CID002541

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID000766

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002579

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID000769

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID003182

Hydrometallurg, JSC

Tungsten

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID002649

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

JAPAN

CID000825

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

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002551

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002321

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

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002313

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

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002318

Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002647

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002317

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002316

JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"

Tungsten

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID003408

Kennametal Fallon

Tungsten

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID000966

Kennametal Huntsville

Tungsten

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID000105

KGETS Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID003388

Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

CID003407

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002319

Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)

Tungsten

VIET NAM

CID002543

Moliren Ltd.

Tungsten

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID002845

Niagara Refining LLC

Tungsten

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CID002589

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

Tungsten

PHILIPPINES

CID002827

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

VIET NAM

CID001889

Unecha Refractory metals plant

Tungsten

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

CID002724

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG

Tungsten

AUSTRIA

CID002044

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

CID002843

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

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002320

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002082

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

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002830

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Tungsten

CHINA

CID002095

 


Countries of origin for these facilities are believed to include: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan , Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somaliland, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Efforts to Determine the Conflict Minerals’ Mine or Location of Origin

Through our participation in the RMI and requiring our suppliers to complete the CMRT we have determined that seeking information about conflict mineral 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 conflict minerals in our supply chain.