Exhibit 1.01
AudioCodes Ltd.
Conflict Minerals Report
For The Year Ended December 31, 2016
| 1. | Introduction. |
This is the Conflict Minerals Report for AudioCodes Ltd. (herein referred to as “AudioCodes,” “we,” “us” or “our”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”) for the reporting period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. The Rule was adopted by the SEC to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. “Conflict minerals” are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold for the purpose of this assessment.
If a registrant can establish that the conflict minerals in its products originated from sources other than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (the “Covered Countries”), or from recycled and scrap sources, the registrant must submit a specialized disclosure report under Form SD that describes the steps that the registrant took to determine the origin of the conflict minerals in its products.
If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the conflict minerals in its supply chain may have originated in a Covered Country, or if the registrant is unable to determine the country of origin of those conflict minerals, then the registrant must exercise due diligence on the conflict minerals’ source and chain of custody, and the registrant must annually submit a Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.
The report presented herein is not audited by an independent private sector auditor in reliance on recent SEC guidance to the effect that the requirement of such an audit has been stayed except if the registrant elects to describe its products as “DRC conflict-free” in its Conflicts Minerals Report.
| 2. | Company Overview |
This report has been prepared by AudioCodes. The information includes the activities of all of our majority-owned subsidiaries that are required to be consolidated.
AudioCodes designs, develops and sells advanced Voice over-IP (VoIP) and converged VoIP and data networking solutions, products and applications that facilitate secured, resilient and high quality Unified Communications (UC) and Contact Center (CC) services whether deployed on-premise or delivered from the cloud. Providing IP Phones, Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), and cloud-based platforms and applications, our solutions and products are geared to meet the growing needs of enterprises and service providers realigning their operations towards the transition to All-IP networks and hosted business services. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology market leader focused on converged VoIP and data communications offering technology, products and solutions for Enterprise Unified Communications, contact centers, service provider business services, mobile VoIP and Cloud virtualized Data Centers. Our products are deployed globally in enterprise, service provider cloud networks. AudioCodes’ products include IP phones, session border controllers (SBC), media gateways, Multi-Service Business Routers (MSBRs), residential gateways, media servers, mobile communications solutions, value added applications, life cycle management solutions and professional services. AudioCodes high definition (HD) VoIP technologies and products provide enhanced intelligibility and a better end user experience in emerging voice communications services.
| 3. | Products Overview |
Our principal hardware product lines are essentially classified into the following categories: session border controllers, media gateways, multi-service business routers, IP phones, cloud connector appliances, survivable branch appliances, call recorders, fax servers and SOHO routers.
| 4. | Supply Chain Overview |
Because our supply chain is complex, AudioCodes relies upon our suppliers to provide information with respect to the origin of the conflict minerals contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of conflict minerals that are supplied to them from sub-tier suppliers. Our suppliers are expected to provide conflict minerals sourcing information to us pursuant to our Conflict Minerals Policy.
We have performed a comprehensive analysis of the components used in our products, and the role that suppliers play throughout our manufacturing and product delivery processes. We defined the scope of our conflict minerals due diligence by identifying and contacting our current suppliers that provide components or engage in manufacturing activities that are likely to contain conflict minerals. We adopted the standard Conflict Mineral Reporting Templates (“CMRT”) established by the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”), and sent our conflict minerals due diligence communication survey to these suppliers.
With respect to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have engaged a third party data collection vendor to conduct, collect and archive suppliers’ responses. Feedback from this engagement has allowed us to render the conclusions and statements in this report.
| 5. | Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) and RCOI conclusion |
| 5.1 | We conducted an analysis of our products and found that “conflict minerals”, as defined under the Rule (including tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold) can be found in our products and are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. Therefore, we are subject to the reporting obligations of the Rule. |
| 5.2 | A list of all the suppliers and manufacturers AudioCodes contracts with to purchase all the items used in constructing its products was prepared by the Purchasing Department. The list was then reviewed and non-relevant suppliers and manufacturers of items which definitely do not contain tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold were deleted. The final list was evaluated by Purchasing Director and Quality Assurance & Environmental Management Manager. |
| 5.3 | Due to the breadth and complexity of AudioCodes’ products and supply chain, it will take time for many of our suppliers to verify the origin of all conflict minerals. Using our supply chain due diligence processes and efforts, we hope to further develop transparency into our supply chain. |
| 5.4 | Steps conducted this year include: |
| a. | Performed internal applicability assessments of products and suppliers to determine which contain or may contain necessary conflict minerals. |
| b. | Supplier engagement: |
| · | Solicitation of survey responses from relevant suppliers. |
| · | Assessment of suppliers responses - identify inconsistent, incomplete, or inaccurate responses. |
| · | Engaging Purchasing Department to directly contact and push non-responsive suppliers. |
| · | As part of our validation process, we sent training materials to suppliers, including an overview of the law and instructions on how to complete the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, if relevant. |
| c. | As part of our effort to identify smelters and refiners, suppliers were requested to fill CMRTs template of version 4.1 or above. |
| 5.5 | Currently, we do not have sufficient information from our suppliers to determine the country of origin of all the conflict minerals used in our products or the facilities used to process those conflict minerals. Therefore, we cannot exclude the possibility that some of these conflict minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country and are not from recycled or scrap sources. Based on this result, AudioCodes conducted due diligence activities on the conflict minerals’ source and chain of custody and have described these activities in this Conflict Minerals Report. |
| 6. | Due Diligence Design |
| 6.1 | Our due diligence processes and efforts have been developed in conjunction with the OECDDue Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD Guidance) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten. |
| 7. | Due Diligence Performed |
| 7.1 | Establish Strong Company Management Systems |
| 7.1.1 | Conflict Minerals Policy |
AudioCodes is committed to working with our global supply chain to ensure compliance with the SEC’s conflict minerals rules. Our conflict minerals policy is publicly available on our website at http://www.audiocodes.com/sustainability under the heading “Conflict Minerals”.
| 7.1.2 | Internal Team |
AudioCodes has established a task force with representatives from our Legal, Finance, Purchasing and Quality departments to implement our conflict minerals compliance policy. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on a regular basis.
| 7.1.3 | Control Systems |
AudioCodes has established our due diligence compliance process and set forth documentation and record maintenance mechanisms to ensure the retention of relevant documentation in a structured electronic database. Database content enables real-time identification of all countries of origin of the minerals as well as the smelters/refiners status. Since our databases are continuously backed up, this data retention assures availability with no time limitation.
AudioCodes’ level CMRT are amended on a monthly basis, as our sub-contractor collects new and/or corrected suppliers’ reports. AudioCodes makes its latest company level CMRT available to its customers upon request.
| 7.1.4 | Supplier Engagement |
AudioCodes amended itsRequirements from AudioCodes’ Suppliers Process Specification (P-08-03E) to include a paragraph detailing our mandatory requirement to comply with the Rule and to strictly follow the framework established by the OECD. This Process Specification is referenced in each Purchase Order issued to our suppliers, and is also available on AudioCodes’ website.
| 7.1.5 | Grievance Mechanism |
Grievance mechanism & reporting are defined in our Conflict Minerals Policy.
| 7.2 | Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain |
| 7.2.1 | As part of our risk based approach, AudioCodes identified the suppliers from which it made purchases over a specified amount during 2016. While trying to move towards the goal of being a conflict minerals free company, we assessed two primary risks in our supply chain: (1) the risk of not receiving on time accurate information from the supplier; and (2) the risk of not being able to replace a supplier. The result was the segmentation of the suppliers into 3 levels of risks: high, medium and low, allowing the Company to focus its risk mitigation efforts according to the supplier level of risk. |
| 7.2.2 | Segmenting our suppliers based on the above risk levels yielded 9.3% of high risk suppliers. Our sub-contractor was consequently instructed to give highest priority to those suppliers in his data collection activity. |
| 7.2.3 | Our Purchasing Department was engaged to urge and push reluctant suppliers and to focus our escalation efforts. |
| 7.2.4 | To the best of our efforts, we have identified most of the smelters/refineries in our supply chain. |
| 7.3 | Design and Implement Strategy to Respond to Risks |
| 7.3.1 | Suppliers are requested to supply their conflict minerals compliance declarations using the CMRT template. Such declarations are reviewed by AudioCodes (or its assigned sub-contractor) and verified for completeness and inconsistency. |
| 7.3.2 | Any declaration determined to be inconsistent or missing data is returned to the supplier to correct and complete. |
| 7.3.3 | Under this activity we also track smelters/refiners that have not received a conflict-free designation based on the CFSI/CFSP or other independent third party validation program, and also compare smelters/refiners identified by the supply chain survey against the list of facilities that have received a “conflict free” designation. |
| 7.3.4 | Red Flags analysis on the topics listed below were defined to better identify suspicious behavior and activities: |
| a. | Data completion |
| b. | Locations of mineral origin |
| c. | Existence of Company Policy |
| 7.3.5 | Escalation process was documented and implemented which defines how to handle non-responsive and problematic suppliers. The process defines the conditions under which Purchasing should consider suspending or discontinuing engagement with such suppliers. |
| 7.3.6 | VP Operations was informed of the risk analysis efforts and results, as well as of the actions taken consequently. |
| 7.4 | Carry Out Independent Third Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Point in the Supply Chain |
| 7.4.1 | AudioCodes does not have a direct relationship with smelters and refiners of conflict minerals, nor do we perform direct audits of these entities that provide our supply chain with conflict minerals. However, we do rely upon the industry efforts and tools (for example, the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template) in our evaluations. |
| 7.5 | Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence |
| 7.5.1 | AudioCodes’ CMRT is amended on a monthly basis and is available to all requestors. The company’s annual Conflict Minerals Report is downloadable from AudioCodes’ website, at http://www.audiocodes.com/sustainability under the heading “Conflict Minerals”, and filed with the SEC on Form SD. |
| 8. | Results of Assessments |
| 8.1 | Survey Responses |
| 8.1.1 | Because of our size, the breadth and complexity of our products, and constant changes to our supply chain, it is difficult to identify entities downstream from our direct suppliers. We are relying on our direct suppliers to provide us with information about the source of conflict minerals contained in the components supplied to us. Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers. |
| 8.1.2 | Despite receiving responses from suppliers listing smelter or refiner names in their supply chain, a few suppliers were unable to accurately report which specific smelters were part of the supply chain of the components that were sold to AudioCodes in 2016. Therefore, we are not able to determine the facilities that processed the conflict minerals in such products. |
| 8.1.3 | We received responses from more than 90% of the suppliers surveyed. We reviewed the responses against criteria developed to determine which required further engagement with our suppliers. These criteria included untimely or incomplete responses, as well as inconsistencies within the data reported in the Template. We are working directly with these suppliers to have them provide revised responses. |
| 8.1.4 | Most CMRTs were reported at the company level, see table below. |
| Declaration Scopes of Delivered Consolidated Manufacturers | |
| Reported at company level | 80% |
| Reported user defined | 8% |
| Reported product list/product | 12% |
| 8.1.5 | As of today, the 90% responses received from our suppliers can be further categorized as in the table below. CMRTs with major issues are CMRTs with significant incompleteness, inaccuracy, or contradictory information submitted. For example, tantalum, tin, gold, or tungsten was declared used but no smelters were entered for these metals. |
| Consolidated Manufacturers Sub-Collection Status | |
| MFRs delivered satisfactory CMRT | 80% |
| MFRs delivered CMRT with major issues | 11% |
| MFRs whose CMRT was escalated* | 9% |
| MFRs still in process | 0% |
| * | MFR with at least one or multiple escalations (no major issues). Escalated by the subcontractor to AudioCodes to supply better/correct contact information, to contact the manufacturer directly or otherwise, due to manufacturer’s poor responsiveness. |
| 8.1.6 | The smelters analysis of those above 90% responsive manufacturers is given below. The list of smelters is set forth in the attached Appendix A. The list of mines’ countries of origin is set forth in the attached Appendix B. |
| Smelters Analysis | |
| With certification | |
| Certified smelters - CFSP/RJC/LBMA/DMCC (a) | 65% |
| Non-certified smelters - CFSP/RJC/LBMA/DMCC (a) | 35% |
| Legitimacy of smelters (out of the total number of smelters analyzed) | |
| Number of alleged smelters - FSI/RJC/LBMA/DMCC/DOC/APPLE/INTEL/GS (a) | 83% |
| Unknown smelters | 17% |
| (a) | Initials of credible sources for conflict minerals information (organizations or company names). |
| 8.1.7 | Based on the information obtained through the due diligence process, AudioCodes does not have sufficient information as yet to determine the country of origin of all the conflict minerals contained in our products. |
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| 8.1.8 | The large majority of the responses received provided data at a company or divisional level or, as described above, were unable to specify the smelters or refiners used for components supplied to AudioCodes. We are therefore unable to determine whether any of the conflict minerals reported by the suppliers were contained in components or parts supplied to us or to validate that any of these smelters or refiners are actually in our supply chain. |
| 8.1.9 | We do not gather information from our suppliers on a continuous, real-time basis. |
| 8.1.10 | The Company can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals, since the information is obtained from: direct and secondary suppliers and independent third party audit programs. |
| 8.2 | Efforts to Determine Country of Origin of Mine or Conflict Minerals |
| 8.2.1 | Tracing materials back to their mine of origin is a complex aspect of responsible sourcing in our supply chain. By adopting a methodology based on the OECD guidelines and the CFSI template, we have determined that the information we gathered from the smelters and refiners in our supply chain represents the most reasonable known mine of origin information available to us. |
| 9. | Continuous Improvement Efforts to Mitigate Risks |
| 9.1 | Audiocodes will continue working with its global supply chain to ensure responsible sourcing and assure compliance with international regulations. |
| 9.2 | AudioCodes will Strengthen communications with suppliers in order to improve the number of suppliers that respond to the company’s supply chain surveys. |
| 10. | Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements |
This Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as “may”, “will,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” or “opportunity,” the negative of these words or words of similar import. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements relating to our future plans, and any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions, which may not prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they are made and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except as required by U.S. federal securities laws.
Appendix A: Smelters list
| 1. | GOLD |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Country |
| Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | USA |
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | USA |
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | GERMANY |
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN |
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração | BRAZIL |
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CANADA |
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | USA |
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY |
| Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | SOUTH AFRICA |
| Gold | AURA-II | USA |
| Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY |
| Gold | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA |
| Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES |
| Gold | Bauer Walser AG | GERMANY |
| Gold | Boliden AB | SWEDEN |
| Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY |
| Gold | Caridad | MEXICO |
| Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA |
| Gold | Cendres + Métaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY |
| Gold | China Gold Deal Investment Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | China National Gold Group Corporation | CHINA |
| Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN |
| Gold | Codelco | CHILE |
| Gold | Colt Refining | USA |
| Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | DaeryongENC | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | DODUCO GmbH | GERMANY |
| Gold | Dowa | JAPAN |
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | USA |
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A. | ITALY |
| Gold | Feinhutte Halsbrucke GmbH | GERMANY |
| Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | ZIMBABWE |
| Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | USA |
| Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA |
| Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA |
| Gold | Gujarat Gold Centre | INDIA |
| Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY |
| Gold | Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | CHINA |
| Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY |
| Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | HwaSeong CJ Co., Ltd. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY |
| Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN |
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | K.A Rasmussen as | NORWAY |
| Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | USA |
| Gold | KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna | POLAND |
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Korea Metal Co., Ltd. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | Kunshan Jinli chemical industry reagents co.,Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN |
| Gold | L’azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA |
| Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Materion | USA |
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | MALAYSIA |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | USA |
| Gold | Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO |
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA |
| Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA |
| Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND |
| Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. | TURKEY |
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN |
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA |
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | OJSC Kolyma Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | PAMP S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA |
| Gold | PX Précinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA |
| Gold | Remondis Argentia B.V. | NETHERLANDS |
| Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | USA |
| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA |
| Gold | SAAMP | FRANCE |
| Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | USA |
| Gold | Safina a.s. | CZECH REPUBLIC |
| Gold | Sai Refinery | INDIA |
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | SAMWON METALS Corp. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | SANMENXIA HENGSHENG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D CO.,LTD | CHINA |
| Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY |
| Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | NETHERLANDS |
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A. | SPAIN |
| Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Shandong Yanggu Xiangguang Co. Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Shandong zhongkuang group co., LTD | CHINA |
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
| Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. | USA |
| Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
| Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | SUDAN |
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Suzhou Xingrui Noble metal material co.ltd | CHINA |
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY |
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN |
| Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Tony Goetz NV | BELGIUM |
| Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Gold | Torecom | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND |
| Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM |
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | USA |
| Gold | Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia | ZAMBIA |
| Gold | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | AUSTRALIA |
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY |
| Gold | YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Yantai Zhaojin Kanfort Precious Metals Incorporated Company | CHINA |
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Zhejiang Suijin Precious Metals co,.ltd | CHINA |
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA |
| Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery | CHINA |
| 2. | TANTALUM |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Country |
| Tantalum | Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (AMG) | USA |
| Tantalum | Avon Specialty Metals Ltd | UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND |
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry | CHINA |
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | USA |
| Tantalum | Duoluoshan | CHINA |
| Tantalum | E.S.R. Electronics | USA |
| Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | USA |
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | USA |
| Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch | CHINA |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar | GERMANY |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg | GERMANY |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | GERMANY |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | USA |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY |
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. | USA |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CHINA |
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | MEXICO |
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder | USA |
| Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA |
| Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S. | ESTONIA |
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen | AUSTRIA |
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte | AUSTRIA |
| Tantalum | Power Resources Ltd. | MACEDONIA (THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF) |
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | USA |
| Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | Telex Metals | USA |
| Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc. | USA |
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| 3. | TIN |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Country |
| Tin | Alpha | USA |
| Tin | American Iron and Metal | CANADA |
| Tin | An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM |
| Tin | Baoshida Swissmetall | SWITZERLAND |
| Tin | Best Metais e Soldas SA | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Brinkmann Chemie AG | GERMANY |
| Tin | CFC Cooperativa dos Fundidores de Cassiterita da Amazonia Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | CIMSA, S.A. | SPAIN |
| Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Cookson Group | USA |
| Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Duta Putra Bangka | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Gita Pesona | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Makmur Jaya | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Tiga Sekawan | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV United Smelting | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | Dowa | JAPAN |
| Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
| Tin | Elmet S.L.U. | SPAIN |
| Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) |
| Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH | GERMANY |
| Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND |
| Tin | Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | CHINA |
| Tin | Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | CHINA |
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA |
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Gold Bell Group | CHINA |
| Tin | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | CHINA |
| Tin | Hayes Metals Pty Ltd | NEW ZEALAND |
| Tin | Hongqiao Metals (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Hunan Xianghualing Tin Co. ltd | CHINA |
| Tin | Jean GOLDSCHMIDT INTERNATIONAL S.A. | BELGIUM |
| Tin | Jewish Xinmao Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA |
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | MALAYSIA |
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | USA |
| Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. | BELGIUM |
| Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd | CHINA |
| Tin | Minsur | PERU |
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
| Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA |
| Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
| Tin | Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd. | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES |
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) |
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | INDONESIA |
| Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd. Remark: According to the CFSI last update, this smelter (smelter ID CID002507) is no longer operating | RWANDA |
| Tin | PT Alam Lestari Kencana | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Kudai Tin | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Putra Karya | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Fang Di MulTindo | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT HP Metals Indonesia | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Justindo | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Karimun Mining | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Koba Tin | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT O.M. Indonesia | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT REFINED BANGKA TIN | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Seirama Tin investment | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Supra Sukses Trinusa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Tommy Utama | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Yinchendo Mining Industry | INDONESIA |
| Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
| Tin | Samwha Group | CHINA |
| Tin | Shaoxing Tianlong Tin Materials Co., Ltd | CHINA |
| Tin | SIZER METALS PTE LTD | SINGAPORE |
| Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Super Ligas | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co.,Ltd | CHINA |
| Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND |
| Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
| Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | VIET NAM |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Wilhelm Westmetall | GERMANY |
| Tin | Yifeng Tin Industry (Chenzhou) Co Ltd | CHINA |
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Yunnan Tin Company Limited | CHINA |
| 4. | TUNGSTEN |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Country |
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | JAPAN |
| Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | BRAZIL |
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang W Co., Ltd | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | USA |
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH | GERMANY |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | GERMANY |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | USA |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | USA |
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Moliren Ltd | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | USA |
| Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | PHILIPPINES |
| Tungsten | Pobedit, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Tungsten | Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Unecha Refractory metals plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG | AUSTRIA |
| Tungsten | Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Appendix B: Mines Country of Origin list
| Argentina |
| Australia |
| Azerbaijan |
| Bangka |
| Bolivia |
| Brazil |
| Burkina Faso |
| Canada |
| Chile |
| China |
| Dominican Republic |
| Ecuador |
| Ethiopia |
| Germany |
| Ghana |
| Guinea |
| Guyana |
| Indonesia |
| Japan |
| Liberia |
| Malaysia |
| Mauritania |
| Peru |
| Philippines |
| Poland |
| Portugal |
| Russia |
| Rwanda |
| South Africa |
| Spain |
| Switzerland |
| Tanzania |
| Thailand |
| USA |
| Zimbabwe |
