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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

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Fluidigm Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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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)

Nicholas Khadder
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
(650) 266-6000
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

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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:
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Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2018.







Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01
Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
For the reporting period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, Fluidigm Corporation (the “Company”) evaluated its current products and 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 2018 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 during 2018 and whether these conflict minerals benefitted, directly or indirectly, armed groups in any of the covered countries.
Conflict Minerals Disclosure
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 is filing 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/financial-information/sec-filings.
Item 1.02
Exhibit
In accordance with Rule 13p-1, and this Form SD, the Company is filing 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/ Nicholas Khadder
 
May 30, 2019
 
 
Nicholas Khadder
 
(Date)
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
 
 




Exhibit


Exhibit 1.01

Fluidigm Corporation
Conflict Minerals Report
For The Reporting Period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018

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, 2018 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, 2018 to December 31, 2018 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/financial-information/sec-filings. 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,

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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, including preparatory and analytical instruments for Mass Cytometry, PCR, Library Prep, Single Cell Genomics, and consumables, including IFCs, assays, and reagents. Our focus is on the most pressing needs in translational and clinical research, including cancer, immunology and immunotherapy. We use proprietary CyTOF® and microfluidics technologies to develop innovative end-to-end solutions that have the flexibility required to meet the needs of translational research and the robustness to support high-impact clinical research studies. We sell our instruments to leading academic research institutions, translational research and medicine centers, cancer centers, clinical research laboratories, and biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and plant and animal research companies. Our microfluidic systems, instrumentation, and IFCs for commercial sale, as well as for internal research and development purposes, are manufactured at our facility in Singapore. Our proteomics analytical instruments, assays and reagents for commercial sale, as well as for internal research and development purposes, are manufactured at our facility in Canada. We also manufacture 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 2018, including our C1, Juno, Access Array, Biomark HD, EP1, Helios, and Hyperion Imaging 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.


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Our RCOI consisted principally of submitting the conflict minerals reporting template (the “RMI Template”) prepared by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”), formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), an initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance 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.

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://investors.fluidigm.com/corporate-governance.

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 RMI 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.

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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 generally request 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 circumstances in which certain suppliers are unable to provide us with complete or reliable responses to the RMI 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 Responsible Minerals Assurance Program (“RMAP”)

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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 RMAP.

5.    Reporting on Supply Chain Due Diligence

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/financial-information/sec-filings. 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 RMI’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 RMAP, which is a voluntary initiative in which an independent third party audits smelters and refiners to determine if all of the minerals processed by the smelter or refiner originated from conflict free sources. Participation in the RMAP provides us with verified information about the sourcing activities of the smelters and refiners in our supply chain.

As discussed above, we submitted the RMI 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 excludes facilities that are not listed in the RMI Smelter Reference List as of May 24, 2019. An indication of “Conformant” 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 that the smelter or refinery has not yet received a “conflict free” designation, but is undergoing an audit process that will determine such status.

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Because the RMI Smelter Reference List 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. Furthermore, as stated earlier, submission of these smelters by our first-tier suppliers does not guarantee that these smelters or refiners are present in the Company’s supply chain as our first tier suppliers were generally only able to provide company-level RMI Templates and were not able to provide product-level RMI Templates directly linking those smelters or refiners to such covered products. 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.

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; 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 2018; 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 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

2018 Facility and Country List
Metal
Facility Name
Country
Conformance Status
Gold
8853 S.p.A.
Italy
Conformant
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
United States
Conformant
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
Conformant
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
Japan
Conformant
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
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
Canada
Conformant
Gold
Cendres + Metaux S.A.
Switzerland
Conformant
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
Italy
Conformant
Gold
Chugai Mining
Japan
In Process
Gold
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.
Korea, Republic of
Conformant
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.
Japan
Conformant
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
United Arab Emirates
Conformant
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
United States
Conformant
Gold
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
China
Conformant
Gold
HeeSung Metal Ltd.
Korea, Republic of
Conformant
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
Germany
Conformant
Gold
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
China
Conformant
Gold
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
Conformant
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
China
Conformant
Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
Japan
Conformant
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery
Turkey
Conformant
Gold
Italpreziosi
Italy
Conformant
Gold
Japan Mint
Japan
Conformant
Gold
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
China
Conformant
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed
Russian Federation
Conformant
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
Japan
Conformant
Gold
Kazzinc
Kazakhstan
Conformant

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Metal
Facility Name
Country
Conformance Status
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
United States
Conformant
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
Poland
In Process
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Japan
Conformant
Gold
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
Korea, Republic of
Conformant
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
Kyrgyzstan
Conformant
Gold
L'Orfebre S.A.
Andorra
Conformant
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
Korea, Republic of
Conformant
Gold
Marsam Metals
Brazil
Conformant
Gold
Materion
United States
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
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
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
Russian Federation
Conformant
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
Turkey
Conformant
Gold
NH Recytech Company
Korea, Republic of
In Process
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
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
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
South Africa
Conformant
Gold
REMONDIS PMR B.V.
Netherlands
Conformant
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
Canada
Conformant
Gold
SAAMP
France
Conformant
Gold
Safimet S.p.A
Italy
Conformant
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
Germany
Conformant
Gold
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.
Spain
Conformant
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
Conformant
Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
Russian Federation
Conformant
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
Taiwan
Conformant
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

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Metal
Facility Name
Country
Conformance Status
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
Torecom
Korea, Republic of
Conformant
Gold
Umicore Brasil Ltda.
Brazil
Conformant
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
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
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
D Block Metals, LLC
United States
Conformant
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
United States
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
Conformant
Tantalum
Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.
China
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
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 Janny New Material Co., Ltd.
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
KEMET Blue Powder
United States
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
Tantalum
Power Resources Ltd.
Macedonia
Conformant
Tantalum
QuantumClean
United States
Conformant
Tantalum
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Brazil
Conformant

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Metal
Facility Name
Country
Conformance Status
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
Russian Federation
Conformant
Tantalum
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
Japan
Conformant
Tantalum
Telex Metals
United States
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
Conformant
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
CV Ayi Jaya
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
CV Dua Sekawan
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
CV Gita Pesona
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
CV United Smelting
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
CV Venus Inti Perkasa
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
China
In Process
Tin
Dowa
Japan
Conformant
Tin
EM Vinto
Bolivia
Conformant
Tin
Fenix Metals
Poland
Conformant
Tin
Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant
China
Conformant
Tin
Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company
China
Conformant
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
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
Brazil
Conformant
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
Malaysia
Conformant
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
Brazil
Conformant
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
United States
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
Conformant
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Thailand
Conformant
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
Philippines
Conformant
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.
Bolivia
Conformant
Tin
PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Babel Inti Perkasa
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari
Indonesia
Conformant

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Metal
Facility Name
Country
Conformance Status
Tin
PT Bangka Prima Tin
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Bangka Serumpun
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Bangka Tin Industry
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Bukit Timah
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT DS Jaya Abadi
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Inti Stania Prima
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Karimun Mining
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Menara Cipta Mulia
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Panca Mega Persada
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Premium Tin Indonesia
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Prima Timah Utama
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Rajehan Ariq
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Refined Bangka Tin
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Sukses Inti Makmur
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Sumber Jaya Indah
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Kundur
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Mentok
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Tirus Putra Mandiri
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
PT Tommy Utama
Indonesia
Conformant
Tin
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Brazil
Conformant
Tin
Rui Da Hung
Taiwan
Conformant
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda.
Brazil
Conformant
Tin
Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
Viet Nam
Conformant
Tin
Thaisarco
Thailand
Conformant
Tin
Tin Technology & Refining
United States
Conformant
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
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. Corp.
Japan
Conformant
Tungsten
ACL Metais Eireli
Brazil
Conformant
Tungsten
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
Viet Nam
Conformant
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
China
Conformant
Tungsten
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten 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
Conformant
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
China
Conformant

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Metal
Facility Name
Country
Conformance Status
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
In Process
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 Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
China
Conformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
China
Conformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
China
Conformant
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
United States
Conformant
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
United States
Conformant
Tungsten
KGETS Co., Ltd.
Korea, Republic of
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
Conformant
Tungsten
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
Philippines
Conformant
Tungsten
South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City
China
Conformant
Tungsten
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Viet Nam
Conformant
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



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