Form SD

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

 

 

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

 

Fluidigm Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34180   77-0513190

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

7000 Shoreline Court, Suite 100, South San Francisco, California   94080
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Vikram Jog

Chief Financial Officer

(650) 266-6000

(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:

 

x Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

 

 

 


Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

For the reporting period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, Fluidigm Corporation (the “Company”) determined that certain “conflict minerals,” as defined in Section 1, Item 1.01(d)(3) of Form SD, are necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by the Company, which are referred to in this Form SD as “necessary conflict minerals.” Accordingly, the Company conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine whether during 2015 its necessary conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or certain adjoining countries, which are referred to in this Form SD collectively as the “covered countries.” The Company then conducted due diligence designed to conform to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas in order to determine whether any of the Company’s necessary conflict minerals originated from any of the covered countries and whether these conflict minerals benefitted, directly or indirectly, armed groups in any of the covered countries.

In accordance with Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and this Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD, the Company has filed a Conflict Minerals Report, which is attached as Exhibit 1.01 hereto. A copy of this Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report are publicly available at http://investors.fluidigm.com/sec.cfm.

 

Item 1.02 Exhibit

In accordance with Rule 13p-1, and this Form SD, the Company has filed its Conflict Minerals Report, which is attached as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Section 2 - Exhibits

 

Item 2.01 Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form SD.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

1.01    Fluidigm Corporation Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.


SIGNATURES

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

 

FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
(Registrant)      
By:  

/s/ William M. Smith

     

May 31, 2016

  William M. Smith       (Date)
  EVP, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary      


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

1.01    Fluidigm Corporation Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.
EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Fluidigm Corporation

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Year Ended December 31, 2015

Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements: This Conflict Minerals Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements include statements concerning Fluidigm’s objectives for its conflict minerals policy and compliance initiatives and actions it intends to take relating to conflict minerals. Forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from currently anticipated results. When considering forward-looking statements, you should consider, among other factors, the risk factors described in the reports and other filings that Fluidigm files with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including Fluidigm’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The risk factors included in these filings are not exhaustive, and risks that are not identified therein could materially affect whether Fluidigm realizes the results anticipated or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this Conflict Minerals Report. Except as required by law, Fluidigm disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Introduction

This Conflict Minerals Report (this “Report”) for Fluidigm Corporation (“Fluidigm” or “we” or “our”) covers the reporting period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 and is presented in accordance with Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 13p-1”). This Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to our Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (the “Form SD”). A copy of this Report and the Form SD are publicly available on our website at http://investors.fluidigm.com/sec.cfm. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website, does not constitute part of this Report and inclusion of our website address in this Report is an inactive textual reference only.

In 2010, the United States enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”). Section 1502 of the Act relates to conflict minerals and requires companies subject to the Act to file a Form SD annually with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to disclose whether the minerals specified in Rule 13p-1 and their derivatives, limited to tungsten, tantalum, tin, and gold (referred to as the “3TG minerals”), used in their products benefitted, directly or indirectly, armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). This Report, which is an exhibit to our Form SD, describes the design and implementation of our conflict minerals due diligence measures undertaken, including a description of how these measures were designed to determine, to our knowledge, the source mines, countries of origin, and processing facilities for 3TG minerals contained in components used in our products.

Fluidigm Background and Covered Products

We create, manufacture, and market innovative technologies and life-science tools focused on the exploration and analysis of single cells, as well as the industrial application of genomics, based upon our core microfluidics and mass cytometry technologies. We sell instruments and consumables, including integrated fluidic circuits (“IFCs”), assays, and reagents. Our customers include those both in research and applied markets. Research customers are predominantly academic institutions, while our applied customers include clinical laboratories,

 

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biopharmaceutical, agricultural biotechnology (Ag-Bio) companies, and contract research organizations (CRO’s). Our microfluidic systems and instrumentation for commercial sale, as well as for internal research and development purposes, are manufactured at our facility in Singapore. Our proteomics analytical instruments for commercial sale, as well as for internal research and development purposes, are manufactured at our facility in Canada. We also manufacture IFCs for research and development, assays, and reagents at our facilities in South San Francisco, California.

We have determined that one or more of the 3TG minerals may be necessary to the functionality or production of certain products we manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, as applicable, during 2015, including our C1, Juno, Callisto, Polaris and Access Array, Biomark HD, EP1, and CyTOF 2 systems. As a result, all of our marketed systems and IFCs are considered “covered products” for purposes of this Report.

Our supply chain with respect to the covered products is complex, and there are many third parties in the supply chain between the original source of the 3TG minerals and the manufacture of the covered products. We do not purchase raw ore or unrefined 3TG minerals directly and make no purchases in the Covered Countries. As a result and as described more fully below, we rely on our suppliers to provide information on the origin of the conflict minerals contained in our products.

Fluidigm Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

In accordance with Rule 13p-1 and Form SD, we determined that one or more of the 3TG minerals may be necessary to the functionality or production of our systems and IFCs and that such 3TG minerals are incorporated into our products during the manufacturing process. Accordingly, we undertook a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”). This good faith RCOI was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the 3TG minerals incorporated into our products originated in the Covered Countries.

Our RCOI consisted principally of submitting the conflict minerals reporting template (the “CFSI Template”) prepared by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”), an initiative of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Initiative, to suppliers of components for our products that are considered necessary to the functionality or production of our products and for which any 3TG minerals or their derivatives may be included (“first tier suppliers”). We reviewed all responses for completeness, reasonableness, and consistency, and we followed up for corrections and clarifications as we determined appropriate.

Fluidigm’s Due Diligence Process

Our due diligence measures were designed to conform, in all material respects, with the framework 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 (the “OECD Framework”). The objectives of our diligence initiative were to determine, to the best of our ability, whether any of the 3TG minerals are incorporated into our products; whether any such 3TG minerals incorporated into our products were necessary for the functionality and/or production of our products; the source and chain of custody of the 3TG minerals necessary for the functionality and/or production of our products; and whether any such 3TG minerals originated in the Covered Countries. In the event that 3TG minerals from the Covered Countries which benefit armed groups are found in our supply chain, we will take appropriate actions in a timely manner to resolve the situation.

 

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Due diligence measures that we implemented included, but were not limited, to the following:

 

  1. Establishment of Internal Management Systems

 

  a. Conflict Minerals Policy. In 2013, we adopted a written policy relating to the use of conflict minerals in our supply chain. We have communicated this written policy to each of our first tier suppliers. A copy of Fluidigm’s Conflict Minerals Policy is publicly available at http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-5TB8PR/3172172539x0x735398/D7B54E37-F6AD-42DE-8862-A25472E9189F/Fluidigm_Conflict_Minerals_Policy.pdf.

 

  b. Internal Management to Support Supply Chain Due Diligence. Fluidigm’s legal department has been charged with the management of our conflict minerals program, working in collaboration with members from our operations team in Singapore, Canada, and the United States.

 

  c. Controls and Transparency. As described above, we undertook a RCOI with respect to conflict minerals in our supply chain by providing the CFSI Template to each of our first tier suppliers to gather information about their use of 3TG minerals, the smelters and refiners in their supply chain that are included in our products, and the countries of origin for 3TG minerals used in our products. We reviewed all responses for completeness, reasonableness, and consistency. We followed up for corrections and clarifications as we determined appropriate.

 

  d. Supplier Engagement. We continue to engage actively with our first tier suppliers to strengthen our relationship with them. We have communicated to our suppliers our commitment to source conflict minerals in a manner that does not, directly or indirectly, benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. We will consider alternative arrangements for our supply needs if our suppliers are unable to cooperate in our due diligence efforts. In particular, as part of our supplier qualification process, we now require conflict minerals information from each new supplier of potentially applicable products.

 

  e. Grievance Mechanism. Our code of conduct includes procedures for reporting violations of our policies, including our Conflict Minerals Policy. We provide mechanisms for anonymous reporting of violations or concerns about the conduct of our business, including the implementation and enforcement of our Conflict Minerals Policy.

 

  2. Identification and Assessment of Risks in the Supply Chain

As discussed above, we identified our first tier suppliers and relied on them to provide the necessary information about the use of 3TG minerals in the products we purchase and incorporate into the manufacture of our systems and IFCs, and the source of such 3TG minerals. Similarly, our first tier suppliers rely on information provided by their suppliers to provide information regarding the country of origin of 3TG minerals included in our products.

 

  3. Designing and Implementing a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks

We have developed a formal risk management plan through which our conflict minerals program is managed and monitored. As part of this risk management plan, where applicable, we will review

 

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circumstances in which certain suppliers are unable to provide us with complete or reliable responses to the CFSI Template including, without limitation, considering whether to continue such contract or relationship or find a replacement supplier.

 

  4. Carrying Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain

We do not have a direct relationship with any smelters or refiners in our supply chain. As a result, we do not and cannot conduct any audits directly. Instead, we support the development and implementation of independent third party audits of smelters such as the Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”) by encouraging our suppliers to purchase materials from audited, conflict-free smelters and determining whether the smelters that were used to process these minerals were validated as conflict-free by the CFSP.

 

  5. Reporting on Supply Chain Due Diligence

In 2016, we publicly filed the Form SD and this Report with the SEC. A copy of this Report and the Form SD are publicly available at http://investors.fluidigm.com/sec.cfm. This Report includes information about the RCOI methodology utilized by the Company, the design of our due diligence process in conformance with the OECD Framework, the list of known smelters and refiners utilized in our supply chain identified in our due diligence process, and a description of our products that incorporate 3TG minerals necessary to the functionality or production of such products.

Smelters and Refiners in Fluidigm’s Supply Chain

We adopted CFSI’s industry approach to trace back the origin of 3TG minerals by identifying smelters, refineries, or recyclers and scrap supplier sources. We have leveraged industry initiatives such as the CFSP, which is a voluntary initiative in which an independent third party audits smelters and refineries to determine if all of the minerals processed by the smelter or refiner originated from conflict free sources. Participation in the CFSP provides us with verified information about the sourcing activities of the smelters and refiners in our supply chain.

As discussed above, we submitted the CFSI Template to our first tier suppliers. Most of the responses received from our first tier suppliers provided information at company/division levels, rather than specific product/part number levels. As a result, we were unable to determine whether or to what extent any of the 3TG minerals reported as used by these first tier suppliers were contained specifically in components supplied to us. We also were unable to validate whether the smelters or refiners reported by such first tier suppliers are actually in our supply chain. Accordingly, based on information that was provided by our first tier suppliers or that was otherwise obtained through our due diligence process, we are unable to determine and describe all facilities used to process the 3TG minerals contained in our covered products.

Based on the information that was provided by our suppliers and otherwise obtained through the due diligence process, we believe that, to the extent reasonably determinable, the facilities that were used to process the 3TG minerals contained in the covered products included the smelters and refiners listed in Annex A attached hereto. This table includes only facilities that are listed in the CFSI Smelter Reference List as of May 26, 2016. An indication of “Compliant” in the far right column of the table indicates that the smelter or refinery has received a “conflict free” designation from an independent third party audit program or is presently undergoing a re-audit to maintain its “conflict free” designation. An indication of “In Process” in the far right column of the table indicates

 

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that the smelter or refinery has not yet received a “conflict free” designation, but is undergoing an audit process that will determine such status. An indication of “Unknown” in the far right column of the table indicates that the smelter or refinery has not received a “conflict free” designation from an independent third party audit program or the facility’s receipt of such designation is undeterminable.

Because the CFSI generally did not indicate individual countries of origin of the conflict minerals processed by smelters and refiners, we were not able to determine the countries of origin of the 3TG minerals processed by the listed smelters and refiners with greater specificity. Therefore, based on our due diligence efforts, we do not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of the 3TG minerals contained in the covered products.

As reported earlier, we endeavored to determine the mine or location of origin of the 3TG minerals contained in the covered products by conducting a supply-chain survey with our first tier suppliers using the CFSI Template and through the information made available by the CFSI to its members.

Additional Risk Factors

The statements above are based on the RCOI process and due diligence performed in good faith by Fluidigm. These statements are based on the infrastructure and information available at the time. A number of factors could introduce errors or otherwise affect our 3TG mineral status. These factors include, but are not limited to, gaps in supplier data; gaps in smelter data; errors or omissions by suppliers; errors or omissions by smelters; the definition of a smelter not being finalized at the end of the 2015 reporting period; all instances of 3TG minerals necessary to the functionality or manufacturing of our products not yet having been identified; gaps in supplier education and knowledge; timeliness of data; public information not discovered during a reasonable search; errors in public data; language barriers and translation; supplier and smelter unfamiliarity with the protocols for identifying and sourcing potential 3TG minerals; oversight or errors in conflict free smelter audits; Covered Countries sourced materials being declared secondary materials; companies going out of business in 2015; certification programs being not equally advanced for all industry segments and metals; and smuggling of 3TG minerals from the Covered Countries to other countries.

Future Steps

We have communicated our expectations to our first tier suppliers regarding our commitment to sourcing minerals for our products in a manner that does not, directly or indirectly, finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries. We expect to continue to increase our engagement with our relevant suppliers over the next year to build their knowledge and capacity so they are able to provide us with more complete and accurate information on the source and chain of custody of the 3TG included in components and parts purchased by us and incorporated into our products.

 

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Annex A

2015 Facility and Country List

 

Metal

  

Facility Name

  

Country

   Compliance
Status
Gold    Advanced Chemical Company    United States    In Process
Gold    Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC    United Arab Emirates    Unknown
Gold    Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.    Germany    Compliant
Gold    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    Uzbekistan    In Process
Gold    AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração    Brazil    Compliant
Gold    Argor-Heraeus S.A.    Switzerland    Compliant
Gold    Asahi Pretec Corp.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    Canada    Compliant
Gold    Asahi Refining USA Inc.    United States    Compliant
Gold    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    AURA-II    United States    Unknown
Gold    Aurubis AG    Germany    Compliant
Gold    Bangalore Refinery    India    Unknown
Gold    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    Philippines    Compliant
Gold    Boliden AB    Sweden    Compliant
Gold    C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    Germany    Compliant
Gold    Caridad    Mexico    Unknown
Gold    CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation    Canada    Compliant
Gold    Cendres + Métaux S.A.    Switzerland    In Process
Gold    Chimet S.p.A.    Italy    Compliant
Gold    Chugai Mining    Japan    Unknown
Gold    Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    Korea, Republic of    In Process
Gold    Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    DODUCO GmbH    Germany    Compliant
Gold    Dowa    Japan    Compliant
Gold    DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    Korea, Republic of    In Process
Gold    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Elemetal Refining, LLC    United States    Compliant
Gold    Emirates Gold DMCC    United Arab Emirates    Compliant
Gold    Faggi Enrico S.p.A.    Italy    In Process
Gold    Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.    Zimbabwe    Unknown
Gold    Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Geib Refining Corporation    United States    In Process
Gold    Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM    China    Unknown

 

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Gold    Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited    China    Unknown
Gold    Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    Germany    Compliant
Gold    Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong    China    Compliant
Gold    Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG    Germany    Compliant
Gold    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.    Korea, Republic of    Unknown
Gold    Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Gold    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Istanbul Gold Refinery    Turkey    Compliant
Gold    Japan Mint    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Gold    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    Russian Federation    Compliant
Gold    JSC Uralelectromed    Russian Federation    Compliant
Gold    JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Kaloti Precious Metals    United Arab Emirates    Unknown
Gold    Kazakhmys Smelting LLC    Kazakhstan    Unknown
Gold    Kazzinc    Kazakhstan    Compliant
Gold    Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    United States    Compliant
Gold    KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna    Poland    In Process
Gold    Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Korea Metal Co., Ltd.    Korea, Republic of    Unknown
Gold    Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.    Korea, Republic of    In Process
Gold    Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    Kyrgyzstan    Unknown
Gold    L’azurde Company For Jewelry    Saudi Arabia    Unknown
Gold    Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.    Korea, Republic of    Compliant
Gold    Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Materion    United States    Compliant
Gold    Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.    China    Compliant
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.    Singapore    Compliant
Gold    Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.    China    In Process
Gold    Metalor Technologies S.A.    Switzerland    Compliant
Gold    Metalor USA Refining Corporation    United States    Compliant
Gold    Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V.    Mexico    Compliant
Gold    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant

 

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Gold    MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.    India    Compliant
Gold    Morris and Watson    New Zealand    Unknown
Gold    Morris and Watson    Australia    Unknown
Gold    Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    Russian Federation    Compliant
Gold    Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.    Turkey    Compliant
Gold    Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    Uzbekistan    In Process
Gold    Nihon Material Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH    Austria    Compliant
Gold    Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)    Russian Federation    Compliant
Gold    OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery    Russian Federation    Compliant
Gold    PAMP S.A.    Switzerland    Compliant
Gold    Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    Russian Federation    Compliant
Gold    PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    Indonesia    Compliant
Gold    PX Précinox S.A.    Switzerland    Compliant
Gold    Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.    South Africa    Compliant
Gold    Remondis Argentia B.V.    Netherlands    Unknown
Gold    Republic Metals Corporation    United States    Compliant
Gold    Royal Canadian Mint    Canada    Compliant
Gold    SAAMP    France    Unknown
Gold    Sabin Metal Corp.    United States    Unknown
Gold    Samduck Precious Metals    Korea, Republic of    In Process
Gold    SAMWON Metals Corp.    Korea, Republic of    Unknown
Gold    SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH    Germany    In Process
Gold    Schone Edelmetaal B.V.    Netherlands    Compliant
Gold    SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.    Spain    Compliant
Gold    Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Gold    Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Gold    Singway Technology Co., Ltd.    Taiwan    Compliant
Gold    So Accurate Group, Inc.    United States    Unknown
Gold    SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals    Russian Federation    Compliant
Gold    Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    Taiwan    Compliant
Gold    Sudan Gold Refinery    Sudan    Unknown
Gold    Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    T.C.A S.p.A    Italy    Compliant
Gold    Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Gold    Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant

 

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Gold    Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Tony Goetz NV    Belgium    Unknown
Gold    Torecom    Korea, Republic of    In Process
Gold    Umicore Brasil Ltda.    Brazil    Compliant
Gold    Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    Thailand    Compliant
Gold    Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    Belgium    Compliant
Gold    United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    United States    Compliant
Gold    Valcambi S.A.    Switzerland    Compliant
Gold    Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint    Australia    Compliant
Gold    WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH    Germany    In Process
Gold    Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Gold    Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Gold    Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    China    Compliant
Gold    Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry    China    Compliant
Tantalum    D Block Metals, LLC    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    Duoluoshan    China    Compliant
Tantalum    E.S.R. Electronics    United States    In Process
Tantalum    Exotech Inc.    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals Aizu    Japan    Compliant
Tantalum    Global Advanced Metals Boyertown    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.    Thailand    Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar    Germany    Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg    Germany    Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH    Germany    Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Inc.    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Tantalum    H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    Germany    Compliant
Tantalum    Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material    China    Compliant
Tantalum    JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    KEMET Blue Metals    Mexico    Compliant

 

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Tantalum    KEMET Blue Powder    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    LSM Brasil S.A.    Brazil    Compliant
Tantalum    Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.    India    Compliant
Tantalum    Mineração Taboca S.A.    Brazil    Compliant
Tantalum    Mitsui Mining & Smelting    Japan    Compliant
Tantalum    Molycorp Silmet A.S.    Estonia    Compliant
Tantalum    Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Plansee SE Liezen    Austria    Compliant
Tantalum    Plansee SE Reutte    Austria    Compliant
Tantalum    QuantumClean    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.    Brazil    Compliant
Tantalum    RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO    Russian Federation    Compliant
Tantalum    Taki Chemicals    Japan    Compliant
Tantalum    Telex Metals    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    Tranzact, Inc.    United States    Compliant
Tantalum    Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    Kazakhstan    Compliant
Tantalum    XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tantalum    Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide    China    Compliant
Tin    Alpha    United States    Compliant
Tin    An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd.    Viet Nam    In Process
Tin    An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company    Viet Nam    In Process
Tin    Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tin    China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tin    CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tin    Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.    Brazil    Compliant
Tin    CV Ayi Jaya    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    CV Dua Sekawan    Indonesia    In Process
Tin    CV Gita Pesona    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    CV Serumpun Sebalai    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    CV Tiga Sekawan    Indonesia    In Process
Tin    CV United Smelting    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    CV Venus Inti Perkasa    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    Dowa    Japan    Compliant
Tin    Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company    Viet Nam    In Process
Tin    Elmet S.L.U.    Spain    Compliant
Tin    EM Vinto    Bolivia    Compliant
Tin    Estanho de Rondônia S.A.    Brazil    Unknown

 

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Tin    Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH    Germany    Unknown
Tin    Fenix Metals    Poland    Compliant
Tin    Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant    China    In Process
Tin    Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company    China    In Process
Tin    Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC    China    In Process
Tin    Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tin    Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tin    Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tin    Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant    China    In Process
Tin    HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tin    Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tin    Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tin    Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tin    Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.    Brazil    Compliant
Tin    Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    Malaysia    Compliant
Tin    Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.    Brazil    Compliant
Tin    Metallic Resources, Inc.    United States    Compliant
Tin    Metallo-Chimique N.V.    Belgium    Compliant
Tin    Mineração Taboca S.A.    Brazil    Compliant
Tin    Minsur    Peru    Compliant
Tin    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    Japan    Compliant
Tin    Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tin    Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    Viet Nam    In Process
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.    Thailand    Compliant
Tin    O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.    Philippines    Compliant
Tin    Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.    Bolivia    Compliant
Tin    Phoenix Metal Ltd.    Rwanda    In Process
Tin    PT Alam Lestari Kencana    Indonesia    Unknown
Tin    PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Artha Cipta Langgeng    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Babel Inti Perkasa    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Bangka Kudai Tin    Indonesia    Unknown
Tin    PT Bangka Prima Tin    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera    Indonesia    Unknown
Tin    PT Bangka Tin Industry    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Bukit Timah    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Cipta Persada Mulia    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT DS Jaya Abadi    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri    Indonesia    Compliant

 

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Tin    PT Fang Di MulTindo    Indonesia    Unknown
Tin    PT Inti Stania Prima    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Justindo    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Karimun Mining    Indonesia    In Process
Tin    PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri    Indonesia    In Process
Tin    PT Mitra Stania Prima    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Panca Mega Persada    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk    Indonesia    Unknown
Tin    PT Prima Timah Utama    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Refined Bangka Tin    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Seirama Tin Investment    Indonesia    Unknown
Tin    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Sukses Inti Makmur    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Sumber Jaya Indah    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Tirus Putra Mandiri    Indonesia    Unknown
Tin    PT Tommy Utama    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    PT Wahana Perkit Jaya    Indonesia    Compliant
Tin    Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.    Brazil    Compliant
Tin    Rui Da Hung    Taiwan    Compliant
Tin    Soft Metais Ltda.    Brazil    Compliant
Tin    Thaisarco    Thailand    Compliant
Tin    Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    Viet Nam    In Process
Tin    VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC    Viet Nam    Compliant
Tin    White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.    Brazil    Compliant
Tin    Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tin    Yunnan Tin Company Limited    China    Compliant
Tungsten    A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.    Japan    Compliant
Tungsten    ACL Metais Eireli    Brazil    In Process
Tungsten    Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.    Viet Nam    Compliant
Tungsten    Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tungsten    Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tungsten    Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tungsten    Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant

 

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Tungsten    Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tungsten    Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.    United States    Compliant
Tungsten    Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    H.C. Starck GmbH    Germany    Compliant
Tungsten    H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG    Germany    Compliant
Tungsten    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin    China    Unknown
Tungsten    Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Hydrometallurg, JSC    Russian Federation    Compliant
Tungsten    Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.    Japan    Compliant
Tungsten    Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tungsten    Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tungsten    Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    China    Unknown
Tungsten    Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tungsten    Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tungsten    Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tungsten    Kennametal Fallon    United States    In Process
Tungsten    Kennametal Huntsville    United States    Compliant
Tungsten    Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Moliren Ltd    Russian Federation    In Process
Tungsten    Niagara Refining LLC    United States    Compliant
Tungsten    Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC    Viet Nam    Compliant
Tungsten    Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.    Philippines    Compliant
Tungsten    Pobedit, JSC    Russian Federation    Unknown
Tungsten    Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.    Viet Nam    Unknown
Tungsten    South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City    China    In Process
Tungsten    Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.    Viet Nam    Compliant
Tungsten    Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    Viet Nam    Compliant
Tungsten    Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG    Austria    Compliant
Tungsten    Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.    Korea, Republic of    In Process
Tungsten    Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant
Tungsten    Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.    China    In Process
Tungsten    Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    China    Compliant

 

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