EXHIBIT 10.1
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF
ATRION CORPORATION
FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD FROM
JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2022
I. Introduction
This is the Conflict Minerals1 Report of Atrion Corporation (“we,” “our,” “us,” “Atrion,” or the “Company”) prepared for calendar year 2022 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (“Rule 13p-1”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in Rule 13p-1 of the Act and SEC Release No. 34-67716 (August 22, 2012) under the Act (the “Adopting Release”). The reader is referred to these sources for the definitions of defined terms contained herein.
In accordance with Rule 13p-1, we undertook efforts to determine the content and source of the minerals within our products. The Company designed its efforts in conformity with the internationally recognized due diligence framework set forth in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas2 (“OECD Due Diligence Guidance”) and related Supplements.
The statements below are based on the activities performed to date, in good faith, by Atrion and are based on the infrastructure and information available at the time of this filing. Factors that could affect the accuracy of these statements include, but are not limited to, incomplete supplier data or available smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers or smelters, evolving definition and confirmation of smelters, incomplete information from industry or other third-party sources, continuing guidance regarding the SEC final rules, and other issues.
II. Overview
Company Profile
Atrion Corporation develops and manufactures products primarily for medical applications. Our products advance the standard of care by increasing safety for patients and providers. We target niche markets, with particular emphasis on fluid delivery, cardiovascular and ophthalmology applications.
We are subject to this rule as we have determined that, during 2022, conflict minerals were likely necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufactured or contracted to manufacture. The Company, as a purchaser of component parts, is many steps removed from the mining of conflict minerals. We do not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals and we conduct no purchasing activities directly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“the DRC”) or the adjoining countries.
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1 The term “conflict mineral” is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as (A) columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (the metal ore from which tantalum is extracted); cassiterite (the metal ore from which tin is extracted); gold; wolframite (the metal ore from which tungsten is extracted); or their derivatives; or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country.
2 OECD (2016), OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264252479-en
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Conflict Minerals Policy
The Company developed a policy statement to support the goals expressed by Congress in enacting Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The policy highlights the Company’s commitment to complying with the reporting and due diligence obligations required by the SEC rule and the Company’s expectations from its suppliers to establish appropriate policies, data exchange methods, due diligence frameworks, risk mitigation strategies and management systems designed to accomplish the goal of supply chain transparency. The policy resides on our corporate website at: https://atrioncorp.com/company-policies-compliance-documents/. This policy is reviewed and updated periodically as needed.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Information
We have conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether the necessary conflict minerals originated in the DRC or an adjoining country or came from recycled or scrap sources.
The Company’s RCOI process included reviewing the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope as described by the Adopting Release and conducting an inquiry of our direct suppliers of the in-scope products using the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (“RMI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”). Based on the results of our RCOI which indicated sourcing from the DRC or an adjoining country, we exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in accordance with the OECD framework. Our due diligence efforts are discussed further in this Conflict Minerals Report.
Due Diligence Program Design
The Company designed its conflict minerals program to conform, in all material respects, with the five-step framework of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten, and the Supplement on Gold, specifically as it relates to our position in the minerals supply chain as a “downstream” company:
Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner due diligence practices
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence
III. Due Diligence Measures Performed by Atrion Corporation
The following describes the measures taken to reasonably determine the country of origin and to exercise due diligence in the mineral supply chain in conformance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
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Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
We implemented the following as part of our conflict minerals program:
a. | Conflict minerals team – Atrion established a conflict minerals team that included individuals from the appropriate business units and departments, i.e. business unit procurement management, corporate compliance, and the corporate Chief Financial Officer. The team was structured to ensure critical information, including the Company policy, reached relevant employees and suppliers. |
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b. | Conflict minerals policy – Atrion adopted and published a policy establishing the expectations of our suppliers. The policy resides on our corporate website. The policy will be periodically reviewed and updated as needed. |
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c. | Supplier engagement – Atrion provided educational materials to our queried suppliers. Suppliers were provided information on the conflict minerals disclosure requirements as well as recommendations for developing, implementing, and documenting a conflict minerals compliance program and a link to Atrion Corp.’s Conflict Minerals Policy. |
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d. | Records management – Atrion maintains records relating to our conflict minerals program in accordance with the recommended record retention guidelines of five years. |
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Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain | |
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We performed the following steps as part of our risk assessment process: | |
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a. | Identified products in scope – Our conflict minerals team conducted a detailed review of the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope as described by the Adopting Release. |
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b. | Conducted RCOI – Atrion utilized the most recent version of the industry-developed CMRT to query our suppliers for conflict minerals information. We requested this information from the Tier 1 suppliers who provide material and components for the products deemed in-scope by our conflict minerals team. We evaluated the responses from the templates submitted by our suppliers to determine our reporting obligation based on this RCOI. See Appendix I for a list of countries of origin identified through the RCOI process. |
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c. | Completed additional follow-up – Atrion contacted direct suppliers that did not respond to our request for conflict minerals information by the requested date. We also worked to clarify and validate the information provided by our suppliers. |
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d. | Identify smelters or refiners (“SORs”) – Atrion compiled a list of SORs in our supply chain using our suppliers’ responses in their CMRTs. We reconciled this list to the list of smelter facilities designated by the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”). The RMAP, London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), and Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC) complete independent, third-party audits of smelters and refiners to determine which can be validated as having systems in place that ensure the minerals are responsibly sourced according to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. We have provided that list in this report within section IV – Product Description; Processing Facilities. |
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
We performed the following steps as part of our risk management plan:
a. | Reporting results to senior management – As necessary, the Conflict Minerals team reports the results of our RCOI to upper management, which included the team’s plan to respond to risks, identified in the due diligence processes. |
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b. | Designed and implemented a plan – Atrion used established risk rating criteria to evaluate suppliers based on the responses provided within their CMRT, as well as, any additional documentation furnished to support those responses and the suppliers’ due diligence processes. The resulting risk ratings will be used to develop specific outreach and training to address the identified risks and to take corrective actions with suppliers found not in compliance with the Company’s conflict minerals policy. |
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c. | Verified SORs – As part of the risk mitigation process, the Company reconciled the list of SORs collected from suppliers to the list of smelter facilities identified by the RMI. |
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Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner due diligence practices
The Company is using information provided by independent third party audit programs, including the RMI, London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), and Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC), to confirm the existence and verify the OECD-conformance status of SORs identified during our due diligence.
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence
Accordingly, this Conflict Minerals Report has been filed with the SEC and is available on our website at https://atrioncorp.com/company-policies-compliance-documents/.
IV. Product Description
Products - The products subject to this report are:
Our MPS and ACTester electronic console products sold by our Quest Medical, Inc. subsidiary, as well as Inflation Products sold by our Halkey Roberts, Inc. subsidiary. In addition, the QL® Inflation Devices and NeedleVISE® products sold by our Atrion Medical Products, Inc. subsidiary are subject to this report.
Processing Facilities – Based on our due diligence process and the information received from our suppliers, the following facilities were identified by the Company’s suppliers as the smelters and refiners of the tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold present in and necessary to the functionality of products manufactured by the Company in the calendar year ended December 31, 2022. The information from our suppliers is still evolving and may contain company-level declarations. As such, this smelter list is presented in good faith as the best information we have to date. This list may contain smelters that are not in our supply chain and/or there may be other smelters not yet identified in our due diligence process. We will continue to update the list as our information and the relevant third-party data from RMI, LBMA, and RJC improves.
Metal | Smelter Name | Country | Smelter ID |
Gold | 8853 S.p.A. | ITALY | CID002763 |
Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002708 |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000015 |
Gold | African Gold Refinery | UGANDA | CID003185 |
Gold | Agosi AG | GERMANY | CID000035 |
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000019 |
Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002560 |
Gold | Alexy Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003500 |
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN | CID000041 |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | BRAZIL | CID000058 |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID000077 |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN | CID000082 |
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CANADA | CID000924 |
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000920 |
Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000090 |
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY | CID000103 |
Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | SOUTH AFRICA | CID002850 |
Gold | Augmont Enterprises Private Limited | INDIA | CID003461 |
Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY | CID000113 |
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Gold | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA | CID002863 |
Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES | CID000128 |
Gold | Boliden AB | SWEDEN | CID000157 |
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY | CID000176 |
Gold | C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS | COLOMBIA | CID003421 |
Gold | Caridad | MEXICO | CID000180 |
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA | CID000185 |
Gold | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID000189 |
Gold | CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. | INDIA | CID003382 |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY | CID000233 |
Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN | CID000264 |
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA | CID000343 |
Gold | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | GERMANY | CID002867 |
Gold | Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID003348 |
Gold | Dowa | JAPAN | CID000401 |
Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000359 |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant | JAPAN | CID000425 |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant | JAPAN | CID003424 |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant | JAPAN | CID003425 |
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1) | INDIA | CID003487 |
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2) | INDIA | CID003488 |
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3) | INDIA | CID003489 |
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4) | INDIA | CID003490 |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002561 |
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | ZIMBABWE | CID002515 |
Gold | Fujairah Gold FZC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002584 |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002459 |
Gold | GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | INDIA | CID002852 |
Gold | Gold Coast Refinery | GHANA | CID003186 |
Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002243 |
Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA | CID001909 |
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA | CID002312 |
Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000651 |
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000671 |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY | CID000694 |
Gold | Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG | GERMANY | CID000711 |
Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | CHINA | CID000707 |
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000767 |
Gold | Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000773 |
Gold | HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000778 |
Gold | Industrial Refining Company | BELGIUM | CID002587 |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000801 |
Gold | International Precious Metal Refiners | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002562 |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000807 |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY | CID000814 |
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Gold | Italpreziosi | ITALY | CID002765 |
Gold | JALAN & Company | INDIA | CID002893 |
Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN | CID000823 |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000855 |
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID000927 |
Gold | JSC Novosibirsk Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID000493 |
Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID000929 |
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000937 |
Gold | K.A. Rasmussen | NORWAY | CID003497 |
Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002563 |
Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN | CID000956 |
Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN | CID000957 |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000969 |
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | POLAND | CID002511 |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000981 |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002605 |
Gold | Kundan Care Products Ltd. | INDIA | CID003463 |
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN | CID001029 |
Gold | Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002865 |
Gold | L’azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA | CID001032 |
Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001056 |
Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001058 |
Gold | L’Orfebre S.A. | ANDORRA | CID002762 |
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001078 |
Gold | LT Metal Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000689 |
Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001093 |
Gold | Marsam Metals | BRAZIL | CID002606 |
Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001113 |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001119 |
Gold | MD Overseas | INDIA | CID003548 |
Gold | Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | CID003575 |
Gold | Metallix Refining Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003557 |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA | CID001149 |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE | CID001152 |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA | CID001147 |
Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001153 |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001157 |
Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO | CID001161 |
Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | CID001188 |
Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001193 |
Gold | MKS PAMP SA | SWITZERLAND | CID001352 |
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | CID002509 |
Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | CID002857 |
Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND | CID002282 |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001204 |
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Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | TURKEY | CID001220 |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN | CID001236 |
Gold | NH Recytech Company | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID003189 |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001259 |
Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA | CID002779 |
Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001325 |
Gold | OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001326 |
Gold | Pease & Curren | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002872 |
Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001362 |
Gold | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | CHILE | CID002919 |
Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001386 |
Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA | CID001397 |
Gold | PX Precinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001498 |
Gold | QG Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003324 |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | CID001512 |
Gold | Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000522 |
Gold | REMONDIS PMR B.V. | NETHERLANDS | CID002582 |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA | CID001534 |
Gold | SAAMP | FRANCE | CID002761 |
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001546 |
Gold | Safimet S.p.A | ITALY | CID002973 |
Gold | SAFINA A.S. | CZECHIA | CID002290 |
Gold | Sai Refinery | INDIA | CID002853 |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001555 |
Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001562 |
Gold | Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA) | COLOMBIA | CID003529 |
Gold | Sellem Industries Ltd. | MAURITANIA | CID003540 |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | SPAIN | CID001585 |
Gold | Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001916 |
Gold | Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002525 |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001619 |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001622 |
Gold | Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002527 |
Gold | Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. | INDIA | CID002588 |
Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001736 |
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID002516 |
Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001756 |
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001761 |
Gold | Sovereign Metals | INDIA | CID003383 |
Gold | State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | LITHUANIA | CID003153 |
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Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | SUDAN | CID002567 |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001798 |
Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002918 |
Gold | Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001810 |
Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY | CID002580 |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN | CID001875 |
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001938 |
Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001947 |
Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN | CID002615 |
Gold | Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001955 |
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND | CID002314 |
Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM | CID001980 |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001993 |
Gold | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID002003 |
Gold | WEEEREFINING | FRANCE | CID003615 |
Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | AUSTRALIA | CID002030 |
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | CID002778 |
Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002100 |
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002129 |
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000197 |
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA | CID002224 |
Tantalum | AMG Brasil | BRAZIL | CID001076 |
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002504 |
Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA | CID000460 |
Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA | CID002505 |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN | CID002558 |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002557 |
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002492 |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002512 |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CHINA | CID002842 |
Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000914 |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000917 |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002506 |
Tantalum | KEMET de Mexico | MEXICO | CID002539 |
Tantalum | Materion Newton Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002548 |
Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | CID001163 |
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Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001175 |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001192 |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001277 |
Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | ESTONIA | CID001200 |
Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001508 |
Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002707 |
Tantalum | RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003583 |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001769 |
Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001869 |
Tantalum | TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | CID002544 |
Tantalum | TANIOBIS GmbH | GERMANY | CID002545 |
Tantalum | TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002549 |
Tantalum | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID002550 |
Tantalum | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001891 |
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN | CID001969 |
Tantalum | XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED | CHINA | CID000616 |
Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002508 |
Tantalum | Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001522 |
Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000292 |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM | CID002703 |
Tin | Aurubis Beerse | BELGIUM | CID002773 |
Tin | Aurubis Berango | SPAIN | CID002774 |
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000228 |
Tin | Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003190 |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001070 |
Tin | CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL | CID003486 |
Tin | CRM Synergies | SPAIN | CID003524 |
Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA | CID002570 |
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | CID002455 |
Tin | Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003356 |
Tin | Dowa | JAPAN | CID000402 |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002572 |
Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | CID000438 |
Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | BRAZIL | CID000448 |
Tin | Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID003582 |
Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND | CID000468 |
Tin | Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003410 |
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA | CID000942 |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000538 |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001908 |
Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000555 |
Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003116 |
Tin | Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | CHINA | CID001231 |
Tin | Luna Smelter, Ltd. | RWANDA | CID003387 |
Tin | Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002468 |
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA | CID001105 |
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Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL | CID002500 |
Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001142 |
Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001173 |
Tin | Minsur | PERU | CID001182 |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | CID001191 |
Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | CID002858 |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002573 |
Tin | Novosibirsk Tin Combine | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001305 |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | CID001314 |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES | CID002517 |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | CID001337 |
Tin | Pongpipat Company Limited | MYANMAR | CID003208 |
Tin | Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited | INDIA | CID003409 |
Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | INDONESIA | CID000309 |
Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA | CID001399 |
Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA | CID002503 |
Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | CID001402 |
Tin | PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari | INDONESIA | CID001406 |
Tin | PT Bangka Serumpun | INDONESIA | CID003205 |
Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA | CID001421 |
Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA | CID001428 |
Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | INDONESIA | CID002696 |
Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | INDONESIA | CID002835 |
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA | CID001453 |
Tin | PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo | INDONESIA | CID003449 |
Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | INDONESIA | CID001457 |
Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | INDONESIA | CID001458 |
Tin | PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa | INDONESIA | CID003381 |
Tin | PT Rajehan Ariq | INDONESIA | CID002593 |
Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA | CID001460 |
Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | INDONESIA | CID001463 |
Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | CID001468 |
Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | INDONESIA | CID002816 |
Tin | PT Timah Nusantara | INDONESIA | CID001486 |
Tin | PT Timah Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA | CID001477 |
Tin | PT Timah Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA | CID001482 |
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA | CID001490 |
Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | INDONESIA | CID002478 |
Tin | PT Tommy Utama | INDONESIA | CID001493 |
Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002706 |
Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001539 |
Tin | Super Ligas | BRAZIL | CID002756 |
Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND | CID001898 |
Tin | Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002180 |
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Tin | Tin Technology & Refining | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003325 |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002574 |
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | VIET NAM | CID002015 |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002036 |
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002158 |
Tin | Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003397 |
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | JAPAN | CID000004 |
Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | BRAZIL | CID002833 |
Tungsten | Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. | BRAZIL | CID003427 |
Tungsten | Artek LLC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID003553 |
Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM | CID002502 |
Tungsten | China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002641 |
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000258 |
Tungsten | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000281 |
Tungsten | Cronimet Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL | CID003468 |
Tungsten | Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003401 |
Tungsten | Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003609 |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002645 |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000875 |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002315 |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002494 |
Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000568 |
Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000218 |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | GERMANY | CID002541 |
Tungsten | Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003417 |
Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000766 |
Tungsten | Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000769 |
Tungsten | Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch | CHINA | CID002513 |
Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002649 |
Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000825 |
Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002551 |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002321 |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002313 |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002318 |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002317 |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002316 |
Tungsten | JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant” | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID003408 |
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000966 |
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000105 |
Tungsten | Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID003407 |
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002319 |
Tungsten | Masan High-Tech Materials | VIET NAM | CID002543 |
Tungsten | Moliren Ltd. | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002845 |
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002589 |
Tungsten | NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID003416 |
Tungsten | OOO “Technolom” 1 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID003614 |
Tungsten | OOO “Technolom” 2 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID003612 |
Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | PHILIPPINES | CID002827 |
Tungsten | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID002542 |
Tungsten | Unecha Refractory metals plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002724 |
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | AUSTRIA | CID002044 |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002320 |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002082 |
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V Future Due Diligence
We will continue to communicate our expectations and information requirements to our direct suppliers. Over time, we anticipate that the amount of information globally on the traceability and sourcing of these ores will increase and improve our knowledge. We will continue to make inquiries to our direct suppliers and undertake additional risk assessments when potentially relevant changes in facts or circumstances are identified. If we become aware of a supplier whose due diligence needs improvement, we intend to continue the trade relationship while that supplier improves its compliance program. We expect our suppliers to take similar measures with their suppliers to ensure alignment throughout the supply chain.
In addition to those above, the Company may undertake the following steps during the next compliance period:
· | Review the conflict minerals policy statement and update if necessary. |
· | Continue to collect responses from suppliers using the most recent version of the CMRT. |
· | Monitor and track performance of risk mitigation efforts. |
· | Engage with suppliers that did not provide a response in 2022 or provided incomplete responses to enhance our data collection for 2023. |
· | Compare and validate RCOI results to information collected via independent third-party audit programs, such as the RMI, and through our Company’s own coordinated outreach to smelters. |
· | Encourage responsible sourcing from the DRC and adjoining countries. |
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APPENDIX I – Countries of Origin
The information provided in this Appendix is based on the information collected from the Company’s suppliers.
| Australia | Mozambique |
| Austria | Myanmar |
| Benin | Namibia |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Nicaragua |
| Brazil | Niger |
| Burundi | Nigeria |
| Canada | Papua New Guinea |
| Chile | Peru |
| China | Philippines |
| Chinese Taipei | Portugal |
| Colombia | Russian Federation |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Rwanda |
| Ecuador | Sierra Leone |
| Eritrea | South Africa |
| Ethiopia | South Korea |
| France | Spain |
| Ghana | Swaziland |
| Guinea | Sweden |
| Guyana | Tanzania |
| India | Thailand |
| Indonesia | Uganda |
| Kazakhstan | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Krygyzstan | United States of America |
| Laos | Uzbekistan |
| Malaysia | Viet Nam |
| Mexico | Zimbabwe |
| Mongolia |
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