EXHIBIT 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF
METTLER-TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC.
FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2021
Background
We are a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services. We have strong leadership positions in our businesses and believe we hold global number-one market positions in a majority of them. Specifically, we are the largest provider of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial, and food retailing applications. We are also a leading provider of analytical instruments for use in life science, reaction engineering and real-time analytic systems used in drug and chemical compound development, and process analytics instruments used for in-line measurement in production processes. In addition, we are the largest supplier of end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging for food, pharmaceutical, and other industries.
We are committed to conducting our business ethically, legally, and in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. As part of this commitment we seek to understand the origin of the materials that go into our products and the social and environmental impacts their sourcing has. Accordingly, we take seriously the requirements of Rule 13p-1under the Securities Exchange Act. To ensure we meet these requirements we adopted a formal, company-wide conflict minerals policy, which we communicate to and enforce with our suppliers. This policy describes our commitment to compliance with conflict minerals requirements, supplier due diligence, and ongoing supply chain evaluation. It is publicly available as part of our Ethical, Social, and Quality Standards at www.mt.com/policies. We also actively engage our suppliers in an effort to determine the source of certain defined minerals, collectively referenced in this report as “3TG”1, in our products and if armed groups benefited from their production. The relevant product categories2 for our analysis were laboratory balances, pipettes, analytical instruments, automated chemistry solutions, process analytics, industrial weighing instruments, industrial terminals, transportation and logistics, vehicle scale systems, product inspection, and retail weighing solutions.
This report describes our engagement and its results, and was filed as Exhibit 1.01 to our Form SD for the reporting period for January 1 to December 31, 2021.
3TG Disclosure
After our reasonable country of origin inquiry (as described below), we concluded in good faith that for the period January 1 to December 31, 2021, 3TG were necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufactured and contracted to manufacture (“our products”).
Description of Inquiry/Analysis
We describe below the actions we took with respect to the 3TG that are necessary to the production or functionality of the products we manufactured or contracted to manufacture for sale in 2021.
Reasonable country of origin inquiry: We performed a reasonable country of origin inquiry on the materials in our products. We designed the country of origin inquiry to determine whether any of the 3TG necessary to the production or functionality of our products originated in the Conflict Region or are from recycled or scrap sources3. Our inquiry included our suppliers of materials containing 3TG or posing a high risk of containing 3TG. We contacted our major mechanical and electronic components suppliers in scope4, representing more than 85% of our 3TG risk categorized materials. We asked suppliers to define if they are using 3TG in their products, and if so, to identify the origin, mines, and smelters of the 3TG they provide. If the scope of our current inquiry was expanded to 100% of our necessary materials we expect the results would be similar to those detailed in this report.
To carry-out our reasonable country of origin inquiry we asked our suppliers to complete the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT)5. We reviewed the results of this supplier survey for reasonableness and red flags:
•76% of the suppliers we contacted responded with a completed CMRT.
•With respect to 69% of the responses we did not follow-up with our supplier because, for example, the 3TG provided either, (i) did not originate in the Conflict Region, (ii) we have no reason to believe they may have originated in the Conflict Region, (iii) came from recycled or scrap sources, or (iv) we reasonably believe they came from recycled or scrap sources.
Due diligence: Under the direction of a steering committee comprised of our Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, and Head of Supply Chain and IT, our Procurement Compliance Expert performed follow-up due diligence on the source and chain of custody of approximately 31% of our country of origin inquiry responses. We subjected a response to due diligence if after the country of origin inquiry we could not determine that its 3TG either, (i) originated outside the Conflict Region, (ii) we have no reason to believe they may have originated in the Conflict Region, (iii) came from recycled or scrap sources, or (iv) we reasonably believe they came from recycled or scrap sources.
Our due diligence conformed to the five steps of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s “Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas,” which specifies establishing strong company management systems, identifying and assessing risks in the supply chain, designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks, carrying out independent third-party audits of due diligence practices, and reporting annually on supply chain due diligence. Our due diligence approach is comprehensive, beginning at the commencement of our relationship, continuing throughout the relationship with active engagement, and concluding each cycle with an analysis of the information gathered. We leverage our membership with RMI (the Responsible Minerals Initiative, formerly called CFSI (Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative)) to complete our due diligence. Members of the Responsible Business Alliance and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative founded RMI in 2008, and it has grown into one of the most utilized and respected resources for companies addressing responsible sourcing issues for 3TG.
Relationship Commencement | Supplier Engagement | Analysis | ||||||
•Supplier engagement due diligence. We perform due diligence at the commencement of our relationship with each supplier. This due diligence is leveraged with respect to 3TG suppliers. | •Supplier surveys. We request additional country of origin and internal policy information from our suppliers using the most recently updated version of the CMRT published by RMI. | •Industry cooperation. When available, we leverage resources available through industry cooperation. These efforts include checking suppliers, intermediaries, mines, and refineries against industry watch and conflict free lists. We also subscribe to, and participate in, the RMI collaborative database. | ||||||
•Policy communication and contracting. We have adopted a conflict minerals policy that we communicate to suppliers, and the public, at www.mt.com/policies. We also seek to include a provision requiring due diligence support in all our supplier agreements. Where necessary, we will enforce our policies and agreements against suppliers. | •Work done upstream. As a company positioned downstream in the supply chain we request copies of, and must rely on, the due diligence performed by our suppliers, who are positioned further up the supply chain. | •Red flags. We follow-up on and address red flags discovered during our process. |
Identification and Mitigation of Risks
Because we are positioned downstream, our principal risk is having suppliers with non-existent or inadequate due diligence to assure a responsible supply chain of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Our due diligence sought to identify risks upstream by assessing the due diligence practices of those parties upstream. Where our due diligence identifies risks or red flags we seek to confirm that no facilities benefiting armed groups are in our supply chain and that 3TG from those facilities do not make their way into our products. In the coming period we plan to further evaluate what steps may be taken to mitigate the risk that our 3TG benefit armed groups, including reviewing our data management tools and processes to improve our due diligence. To mitigate the risk that the necessary conflict minerals benefit armed groups in the Conflict Region, we have reiterated our conflict minerals policy to our suppliers. We also have grievance mechanisms in place internally, and publically, to act as an early-warning risk-awareness system.
Independent Private Sector Audit
As permitted by applicable rules, we are not submitting an independent private sector auditor’s report with respect to this report.
Mine or Location of Origin
Our efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of our 3TG with the greatest possible specificity included the due diligence measures and the reasonable country of origin inquiry described above. In making our determination we relied on information our direct suppliers provided and information available on the RMI database. At times, we were unable to identify the mine or location of origin of our 3TG because our suppliers could not give us sufficient information to make the necessary determinations and contact details were not available to establish communication further down the supply chain.
The following tables list the recognized facilities that may have processed the 3TG in our supply chain; however, some of these facilities' 3TG may not end up in our products and we do not request product specific information from our suppliers. We identified red flags with respect to certain of the facilities below. We are engaging with our suppliers that identified red flag facilities to eliminate the facility from our supply chain or mitigate any identified risks.
Metal | Smelter or Refiner Facility Name* | Location of Facility* | ||||||
The following facilities have received a "conflict free" designation from an independent third party audit program as of March 25, 2022 | ||||||||
Gold | 8853 S.p.A. | Italy | ||||||
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Agosi AG | Germany | ||||||
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | United Arab Emirates | ||||||
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | Uzbekistan | ||||||
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | Brazil | ||||||
Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | Switzerland | ||||||
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | Canada | ||||||
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Aurubis AG | Germany | ||||||
Gold | Bangalore Refinery | India | ||||||
Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | Philippines |
Gold | Boliden AB | Sweden | ||||||
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | Germany | ||||||
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | Canada | ||||||
Gold | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | Switzerland | ||||||
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | Italy | ||||||
Gold | Chugai Mining | Japan | ||||||
Gold | DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH | Germany | ||||||
Gold | Dowa | Japan | ||||||
Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | United Arab Emirates | ||||||
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | Germany | ||||||
Gold | Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG | Germany | ||||||
Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | China | ||||||
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 | Italpreziosi | Italy | ||||||
Gold | Japan Mint | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Kazzinc | Kazakhstan | ||||||
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | Poland | ||||||
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | L'Orfebre S.A. | Andorra | ||||||
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | LT Metal Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | Marsam Metals | Brazil | ||||||
Gold | Materion | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa | ||||||
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 | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles 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 | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | Turkey | ||||||
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | Uzbekistan | ||||||
Gold | NH Recytech Company | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | Austria | ||||||
Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | PAMP S.A. | Switzerland | ||||||
Gold | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | Chile |
Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | Indonesia | ||||||
Gold | PX Precinox S.A. | Switzerland | ||||||
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa | ||||||
Gold | REMONDIS PMR B.V. | Netherlands | ||||||
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | Canada | ||||||
Gold | SAAMP | France | ||||||
Gold | Safimet S.p.A | Italy | ||||||
Gold | SAFINA A.S. | Czechia | ||||||
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany | ||||||
Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | Spain | ||||||
Gold | Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | ||||||
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | Taiwan, Province of China | ||||||
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | Italy | ||||||
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | Kazakhstan | ||||||
Gold | Torecom | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | Thailand | ||||||
Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | Belgium | ||||||
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Valcambi S.A. | Switzerland | ||||||
Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | Australia | ||||||
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany | ||||||
Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | China | ||||||
Tantalum | AMG Brasil | Brazil | ||||||
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | United States of America | ||||||
Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | United States of America | ||||||
Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | Japan | ||||||
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | United States of America | ||||||
Tantalum | Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | Germany | ||||||
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | United States of America | ||||||
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
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 de Mexico | Mexico | ||||||
Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | India | ||||||
Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Brazil | ||||||
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | Estonia | ||||||
Tantalum | QuantumClean | United States of America | ||||||
Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Brazil | ||||||
Tantalum | RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | Russian Federation | ||||||
Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Tantalum | TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. | Thailand | ||||||
Tantalum | TANIOBIS GmbH | Germany | ||||||
Tantalum | TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. | Japan | ||||||
Tantalum | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | ||||||
Tantalum | Telex Metals | United States of America | ||||||
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | Kazakhstan | ||||||
Tantalum | XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED | China | ||||||
Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tantalum | Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | Alpha | United States of America | ||||||
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | CRM Synergies | Spain | ||||||
Tin | Dowa | Japan | ||||||
Tin | EM Vinto | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ||||||
Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | Brazil | ||||||
Tin | Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Brazil | ||||||
Tin | Fenix Metals | Poland | ||||||
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 | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | Luna Smelter, Ltd. | Rwanda | ||||||
Tin | Ma'anshan Weitai Tin 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 | Metallic Resources, Inc. | United States of America | ||||||
Tin | Metallo Belgium N.V. | Belgium | ||||||
Tin | Metallo Spain S.L.U. | Spain | ||||||
Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Brazil | ||||||
Tin | Minsur | Peru | ||||||
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan | ||||||
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Thailand | ||||||
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Philippines | ||||||
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ||||||
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 Serumpun | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Timah Tbk Kundur | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Timah Tbk Mentok | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Brazil | ||||||
Tin | Rui Da Hung | Taiwan, Province of China | ||||||
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | Brazil | ||||||
Tin | Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam | ||||||
Tin | Thaisarco | Thailand | ||||||
Tin | Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | Tin Technology & Refining | United States of America | ||||||
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | Brazil | ||||||
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | Japan | ||||||
Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | Brazil | ||||||
Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | Viet Nam | ||||||
Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Cronimet Brasil Ltda | Brazil | ||||||
Tungsten | Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | United States of America | ||||||
Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | Germany | ||||||
Tungsten | Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | 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 Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant" | Russian Federation | ||||||
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | United States of America | ||||||
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | United States of America | ||||||
Tungsten | KGETS Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Tungsten | Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | ||||||
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Masan High-Tech Materials | Viet Nam | ||||||
Tungsten | Moliren Ltd. | Russian Federation | ||||||
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | United States of America | ||||||
Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | Philippines | ||||||
Tungsten | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | ||||||
Tungsten | Unecha Refractory metals plant | Russian Federation | ||||||
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | Austria |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
The following facilities have not received a "conflict free" designation from an independent third party audit program as of March 25, 2022 | ||||||||
Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | African Gold Refinery | Uganda | ||||||
Gold | Alexy Metals | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | Turkey | ||||||
Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | South Africa | ||||||
Gold | Augmont Enterprises Private Limited | India | ||||||
Gold | C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS | Colombia | ||||||
Gold | Caridad | Mexico | ||||||
Gold | CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. | India | ||||||
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | Germany | ||||||
Gold | Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC | United Arab Emirates | ||||||
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1) | India | ||||||
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2) | India | ||||||
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3) | India | ||||||
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4) | India | ||||||
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | Zimbabwe | ||||||
Gold | Fujairah Gold FZC | United Arab Emirates | ||||||
Gold | GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | India | ||||||
Gold | Gold Coast Refinery | Ghana | ||||||
Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | China | ||||||
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | China | ||||||
Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | Industrial Refining Company | Belgium | ||||||
Gold | International Precious Metal Refiners | United Arab Emirates | ||||||
Gold | JALAN & Company | India | ||||||
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | Russian Federation | ||||||
Gold | JSC Novosibirsk Refinery | Russian Federation | ||||||
Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | Russian Federation | ||||||
Gold | K.A. Rasmussen | Norway | ||||||
Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | United Arab Emirates | ||||||
Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | Kazakhstan | ||||||
Gold | Kundan Care Products Ltd. | India | ||||||
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | Kyrgyzstan | ||||||
Gold | Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO | Russian Federation | ||||||
Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry | Saudi Arabia | ||||||
Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | MD Overseas | India | ||||||
Gold | Metallix Refining Inc. | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | ||||||
Gold | Morris and Watson | New Zealand |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | Russian Federation | ||||||
Gold | OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | Russian Federation | ||||||
Gold | Pease & Curren | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | Russian Federation | ||||||
Gold | QG Refining, LLC | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | United States of America | ||||||
Gold | Sai Refinery | India | ||||||
Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | Korea, Republic of | ||||||
Gold | Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA) | Colombia | ||||||
Gold | Sellem Industries Ltd. | Mauritania | ||||||
Gold | Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. | India | ||||||
Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | Russian Federation | ||||||
Gold | Sovereign Metals | India | ||||||
Gold | State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | Lithuania | ||||||
Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | Sudan | ||||||
Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Gold | Value Trading | Belgium | ||||||
Gold | WEEEREFINING | France | ||||||
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | Viet Nam | ||||||
Tin | CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda | Brazil | ||||||
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam | ||||||
Tin | Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | China | ||||||
Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | ||||||
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam | ||||||
Tin | Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd. | Russian Federation | ||||||
Tin | Pongpipat Company Limited | Myanmar | ||||||
Tin | Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited | India | ||||||
Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Bukit Timah | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | PT Timah Nusantara | Indonesia | ||||||
Tin | Super Ligas | Brazil | ||||||
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam | ||||||
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | Viet Nam | ||||||
Tin | Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. | Brazil | ||||||
Tungsten | Artek LLC | Russian Federation | ||||||
Tungsten | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | ||||||
Tungsten | NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC | Russian Federation | ||||||
Tungsten | OOO “Technolom” 1 | Russian Federation |
Tungsten | OOO “Technolom” 2 | Russian Federation | ||||||
RMI identified countries as possible origins for the 3TG these facilities may process include: RMI maintains a list of countries of origin for the 3TG the assessed facilities may process, which we reference. However, since this data is provided in aggregated form we are unable to identify the countries of origin for the 3TG in our products with specificity. |
* Smelter and refiner facility names and locations as reported by RMI as of March 25, 2022.
______________________________________________
1As used in this report, “3TG” refers to, collectively, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten.
2Product categories include the products described under the same headings in Part I, Item 1 of our 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
3As used in this report: “Conflict Region” at the time of our analysis means the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the countries sharing an internationally recognized border with it, namely Angola, Burundi, Central Africa Republic, The Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. 3TG from “recycled or scrap sources” means 3TG from recycled metals, which are reclaimed end-user or post-consumer products, or scrap processed metals created during product manufacturing. Recycled metal includes excess, obsolete, defective, and scrap metal materials that contain refined or processed metals that are appropriate to recycle in the production of tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold. Minerals partially processed, unprocessed, or a bi-product from another ore are not included in the definition of recycled metal.
4The scope of our inquiry was limited to operations on our global enterprise platform, or Blue Ocean. “Blue Ocean,” as described in Part I, Item 1 of our 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, is our program to establish a global operating model with standardized, automated, and integrated processes, and high levels of global data transparency. Operations covered include units in Benelux, China, Germany, Japan, Southeast Asia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which includes our principal manufacturing operations. We have no reason to expect results would be materially different for operations not on Blue Ocean.
5The Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) is offered by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), an initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance and Global e-Sustainability.