Exhibit 1.01
Nielsen Holdings plc
Conflict Minerals Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2015
This Conflict Minerals Report (“CMR”) for the year ended December 31, 2015 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 13p-1”). Rule 13p-1 was adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 requiring reporting companies to make disclosures of cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, tin, tantalum and tungsten (“3TG”) in their products. Rule 13p-1 imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants to determine whether 3TG are necessary to the production or functionality of their products, and if so, if the 3TG originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia (together, the “Covered Countries”). We are unable to state the origin of the 3TG in all of our products. For that reason, we are required under Rule 13p-1 to submit to the SEC this Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to Form SD. Consistent with Rule 13p-1 and the SEC’s April 29, 2014 statement relating to Rule 13p-11, this CMR is not required to be accompanied by an independent private sector audit.
In accordance with Rule 13p-1, this report is available on our website at www.nielsen.com/investors.
Company Overview
This CMR has been prepared by the management of Nielsen Holdings plc (referred to herein as “Nielsen,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). The information includes the activities of all majority-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities that are required to be consolidated. Nielsen is a global performance management company that provides clients with a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and what they buy and how those choices intersect. Nielsen delivers critical media and marketing information, analytics and manufacturer and retailer expertise about what and where consumers buy and what consumers read, watch and listen to on a local and global basis. With a presence in more than 100 countries, and 2015 annual revenues of approximately $6.2 billion, Nielsen’s information, insights and solutions help its clients maintain and strengthen their market positions and identify opportunities for profitable growth.
Nielsen Audio, Inc. (“Nielsen Audio”), a subsidiary of Nielsen, contracts to manufacture meters and encoders for the collection of data. Certain 3TG are necessary to the functionality of such meters and encoders. The meters and encoders are generally intended for Nielsen Audio’s use, but some of them are sold to third parties. In 2015, Nielsen Audio sold approximately 16% of all meters and encoders to third parties. Of the total Nielsen revenue in 2015, approximately .05% was derived from meter and encoder sales.
This CMR details Nielsen’s calendar year 2015 process for gathering data to comply with Rule 13p-1 and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas.
Supply Chain and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
We rely on our direct suppliers of the relevant equipment to provide information with respect to the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of 3TG that are
| 1 | Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule, Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, April 29, 2014 |
supplied to them from lower tier suppliers. In almost all cases, the information relating to the 3TG contained in our products is derived from lower tier suppliers. Contracts with our suppliers can be multi-year contracts, and we cannot unilaterally impose new contract terms and flow-down requirements.
In our annual inquiry, we survey our direct suppliers identified to be in scope and analyze and follow up responses as we deem appropriate. During 2015, we conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine the origin of the 3TG in our products. The inquiry did not provide sufficient information to determine with specificity the countries of origin of the 3TG in our products or whether they are from recycled or scrap sources.
Due Diligence Framework
Established Company Plan
| • | Established an internal management team and coordinator to ensure compliance with respect to the reporting requirements relating to 3TG. Our internal management team includes representatives from supply chain and procurement, engineering, legal and finance. |
| • | Determined data gathering and assessment procedures in order to understand the scope of our supply chain inquiry that we are required to undertake to comply with Rule 13p-1. |
| • | Contracted with GreenSoft Technology, Inc. (“Greensoft”) to collect 3TG data from our component suppliers. |
| • | Maintained records of diligence efforts by implementing a company 3TG database. The 3TG database is the aggregated 3TG report and the collection report generated by Greensoft. |
Identification of Relevant Components and Suppliers
| • | Products: The products requiring 3TG data collection are the Portable People Meter (PPM) family of products designed by Nielsen Audio and manufactured by contract manufacturers. |
| • | Suppliers: The list of 218 component suppliers is contained in the bills of materials submitted to GreenSoft for data collection. The contract manufacturers are limited to utilizing components from the approved suppliers provided by Nielsen Audio. |
Supplier Response Validation
Nielsen contracted with GreenSoft to collect 3TG data from our component suppliers. Greensoft utilizes the Conflict Minerals Reporting template developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative to determine the usage of 3TG by suppliers, assists suppliers in filling out the template, validates and corrects templates, alerts Nielsen if any 3TG originated in Covered Countries, generates an aggregated 3TG report based on bills of materials and provides a collection report with hyperlinks to each template. Nielsen assesses the responses received from our suppliers and engages with them on their particular responses.
Supplier responses should contain all required data in the template. If responses are incomplete or inconsistent, the supplier is contacted and asked for missing or supplemental information. Greensoft conducts most of this validation process. Nielsen checks 3TG data collected by Greensoft against the complete list of materials within each component disclosed to us by our suppliers of our components to verify metal content matches. Nielsen checks smelter status claims received in templates to known
smelter information. If template responses are insufficient or absent, Nielsen examines each case individually and evaluates its response based on the likelihood of 3TG being present, the specific component and the availability of such component from other sources. Possible responses are suspension of purchasing this component from this supplier, working with the supplier to obtain the 3TG data necessary for a determination of its sourcing, or designing out this particular component from our products going forward.
Due Diligence Results
We conducted a survey of our relevant 218 suppliers with the assistance of GreenSoft and received responses from 148 of them, or 68%. Based on the responses received, we are unable to validate with specificity the country of origin of the 3TG in our products.
Set forth in Annex 1 is a list of known smelters that may be in our supply chain for the products we contract to manufacture and sell to third parties.
Steps Taken to Mitigate Risk
In addition to following up with suppliers who have not properly responded to our 3TG survey, we have taken the following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary 3TG in our products could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries:
| a | Included a 3TG sourcing clause in new or renewed supplier contracts. |
| b | Engaged with suppliers and directed them to training resources to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses. |
As we enter into new contracts for these materials, or our contracts expire and are renewed, we intend to add a 3TG clause requiring suppliers to provide 3TG sourcing and smelter information. Nielsen believes that it will take a number of years to ensure that all our supplier contracts contain appropriate sourcing clauses. Until that time, as described below, we are working with our supply chain to encourage them to provide the 3TG sourcing information until the contracts can be amended.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain of the matters discussed in this CMR, including in particular, efforts to further mitigate risks that 3TG in our products could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, include forward-looking statements. Readers of this document are cautioned that our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and the actual results or developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown uncertainties and risks, many of which are beyond our control, which could significantly affect current plans and expectations and our future financial position and results of operations. These factors include, but are not limited to the factors discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 as they may be updated by information included in our other filings with the SEC. We expressly disclaim a duty to provide updates to these forward-looking statements, and the estimates and assumptions associated with them, after the date of this filing to reflect events or changes in circumstances or changes in expectations or the occurrence of anticipated events.
ANNEX I
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner | ||
| Tin | 5N Plus | UNITED KINGDOM | ||
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tungsten | Air Products | UNITED STATES | ||
| 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 | ||
| Tin | Alpha | TAIWAN | ||
| Tungsten | Alta Group | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | American Iron and Metal | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | An Thai Minerals Company Limited | VIET NAM | ||
| Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM | ||
| Tin | An Xin Xuan Xin Yue You Se Jin Shu Co. Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração | BRAZIL | ||
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corporation | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM | ||
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY | ||
| Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY | ||
| Tantalum | Avon Specialty Metals Ltd | UNITED KINGDOM | ||
| 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 SA | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Tin | CFC Cooperativa dos Fundidores de Cassiterita da Amazonia Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Changzhou chemical industry research institute co., LTD | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Company Limited | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY | ||
| Tin | China Minmetals Corporation | CHINA | ||
| Gold | China National Gold Group Corporation | CHINA | ||
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | CHIN-LEEP ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. | TAIWAN | ||
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Codelco | CHILE | ||
| Gold | Colt Refining | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | INDONESIA |
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner | ||
| Tin | CV Duta Putra Bangka | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV Gita Pesona | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV Makmur Jaya | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV United Smelting | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | ||
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | DaeryongENC | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | DHF Technical Products | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | DODUCO GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Tin | Dongguan lason metel materials co,.ltd | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Dongguan Standard Electronic Material.Co.,Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Dongguanshi Sutande Dianzi Cailiao Youxiangongsi | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Dowa | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | Dowa | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Tantalum | Duoluoshan | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | E.S.R. Electronics | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | E-CHEM Enterprise Corp | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | Electroloy Metal Co. Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | ||
| Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group) | SPAIN | ||
| Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA | ||
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | ||
| Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | Eximetal S.A. | ARGENTINA | ||
| Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A. | ITALY | ||
| Tin | Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND | ||
| Gold | Ferro Corporation | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | ZIMBABWE | ||
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Gannon & Scott | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Hongfei Tungsten & Molybdenum Materials 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 | ||
| Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA |
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner | ||
| 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 | ||
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN | ||
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | Gold Bell Group | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA | ||
| Tin | GuangDong Jiatian Stannum Products Co., Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | ||
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Heraeus Group | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | ||
| Tantalum | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Tin | IBF IND Brasileira de Ferrolligas Ltda | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | Impag AG | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Tin | Imperial Zinc | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY | ||
| Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN | ||
| Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | Jean GOLDSCHMIDT INTERNATIONAL S.A. | BELGIUM | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material 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 | ||
| Tin | jiangyinshi yizheng mechnaics co,.ltd | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | JSC “Aurat” | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner | ||
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | ||
| Gold | Kangqiang Electronics Co., Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN | ||
| Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN | ||
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | MEXICO | ||
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna | POLAND | ||
| Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Korea Metal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Tin | KOVOHUTĚ PŘÍBRAM NÁSTUPNICKÁ, A.S. | CZECH REPUBLIC | ||
| Gold | Kunshan Jinli chemical industry reagents co.,Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Kupol | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN | ||
| Gold | L’ azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA | ||
| Gold | Lingbao Gold Company Limited | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | London Bullion Market Association | UNITED KINGDOM | ||
| Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL | ||
| Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA | ||
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S/A | BRAZIL | ||
| Gold | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | MALAYSIA | ||
| Tin | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | MALAYSIA | ||
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. | BELGIUM | ||
| Tin | Metallum Metal Trading Company | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | ||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd | HONG KONG | ||
| Gold | METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V | MEXICO | ||
| Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Minsur | PERU | ||
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | ||
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining & Smelting | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | MK Electron co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | ||
| Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S. | ESTONIA | ||
| Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND |
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner | ||
| Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | N.E.Chemcat Corporation | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. | TURKEY | ||
| Tungsten | Nanchang Cemented Carbide Limited Liability Company | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Nathan Trotter & Co., Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN | ||
| Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | ||
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | NIPPON FILLER METALS,LTD. | JAPAN | ||
| Tungsten | North American Tungsten | CANADA | ||
| Tin | Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd. | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | VIET NAM | ||
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | ||
| 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 | ||
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | BOLIVIA | ||
| Gold | PAMP SA | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd. | RWANDA | ||
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen | AUSTRIA | ||
| Tungsten | Pobedit, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Tin | Poongsan | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Tin | PT Alam Lestari Kencana | INDONESIA | ||
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | 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 Donna Kembara Jaya | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Fang Di MulTindo | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT HANJAYA PERKASA METALS | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT HP Metals Indonesia | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Justindo | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Karimun Mining | INDONESIA |
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner | ||
| Tin | PT Koba Tin | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | 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 | ||
| Gold | PX Précinox SA | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | Rahman Hydrulic Tin Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | ||
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | ||
| Gold | Remondis Argentia B.V. | NETHERLANDS | ||
| Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA | ||
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN | ||
| Tin | S Company | THAILAND | ||
| Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Tin | Samhwa Non-Ferrous Metal. Inc Co.,Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | SAMWON METALS Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Tungsten | Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM | ||
| Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | NETHERLANDS | ||
| Gold | ScotiaMocatta, The Bank of Nova Scotia | HONG KONG | ||
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA | SPAIN | ||
| Tin | Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co. Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Shang Hai Gold Exchange | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Tin | ShangHai YueQiang Metal Products Co., LTD | CHINA | ||
| Gold | shenzhen fujun material technology co,ltd | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN | ||
| Tin | SIZER METALS PTE LTD | SINGAPORE | ||
| Tin | Snow up to the city of Suzhou Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN |
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner | ||
| Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | SUDAN | ||
| Tungsten | Sumitomo Group | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | Super Dragon Technology Co. Ltd. | TAIWAN | ||
| Gold | Suzhou Xingrui Noble metal material co.ltd | CHINA | ||
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY | ||
| Gold | Tai zhou chang san Jiao electron Co.,Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co.,Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Taizhou Delta Electronics Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Taki Chemicals | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN | ||
| Tantalum | Tantalite Resources | SOUTH AFRICA | ||
| Gold | Technic, Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM | ||
| Tantalum | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | Thai Solder Industry Corp.,Ltd. | THAILAND | ||
| Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND | ||
| Gold | THE HUTTI GOLD MINES CO.LTD | INDIA | ||
| Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Tiancheng Chemical | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | TONGDING METALLIC MATERIAL CO.LTD | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | Traxys | FRANCE | ||
| Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | ||
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN | ||
| Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND | ||
| Gold | Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM | ||
| Tin | UNIFORCE METAL INDUSTRIAL CORP. | TAIWAN | ||
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES | ||
| Gold | Valcambi SA | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM | ||
| Tungsten | Voss Metals Company, Inc | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | VIET NAM | ||
| Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | AUSTRALIA | ||
| Tin | Westfalenzinn | GERMANY | ||
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Tin | Wilhelm Westmetall | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | Williams/ Williams Brewster | UNITED STATES | ||
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG | AUSTRIA | ||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Golden Egret Special Alloy Co. Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | XiHai | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Yantai Zhaojin Kanfort Precious Metals Incorporated Company | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Yantai Zhaojin Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Subject Mineral | Smelter or Refiner Name | Country Location of Smelter or Refiner | ||
| Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Yifeng Tin Industry (Chenzhou) Co Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | YunNan GeJiu Jin Ye Mineral Co.,Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Yunnan Metallurgical Group Co., Ltd | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Zhongshan Public Security Bureau, Guangdong Province ,China | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery | CHINA |
