EXHIBIT 1.01
Owens & Minor, Inc. Conflict Minerals Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
I. | Introduction |
This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) by Owens & Minor, Inc. is for the period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 (“Reporting Period”). Unless the context otherwise indicates, “Owens & Minor,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” mean Owens & Minor, Inc. and its consolidated and combined subsidiaries.
This Report is intended to comply with Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule”). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on public companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Form SD defines “conflict minerals” as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, which are currently limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten. We identified tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (“3TGs”) that are necessary to the functionality or production of certain products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period.
As described in this report, Owens & Minor has reason to believe that some of the 3TGs present in its supply chain may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively, “Covered Countries”). Therefore, we performed a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our products originated from the Covered Countries and were not from recycled or scrap sources. Based on the RCOI, we determined that we may have some suppliers that sourced 3TGs from the Covered Countries, and we proceeded to conduct due diligence on our supplier base. The results of our due diligence are discussed below.
II. | Company Overview |
A. | Our Business |
Owens & Minor, Inc. and subsidiaries, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a leading global healthcare solutions company with integrated technologies, products and services aligned to deliver significant and sustained value for healthcare providers, manufacturers and directly to patients across the continuum of care. Our teammates serve healthcare industry customers in 70 countries, by providing quality products and helping to reduce total costs across the healthcare supply chain by optimizing point-of care performance, freeing up capital and clinical resources and managing contracts to optimize financial performance.
B. | Business Segments |
During the Reporting Period, Owens & Minor was organized into two operating segments: Global Solutions and Global Products.
The principal sources of revenue in each global business segment are described below:
• | Global Solutions is our U.S. distribution, outsourced logistics and value-added services business. Global Solutions does not manufacture or contract to manufacture products. |
• | Global Products manufactures and sources medical surgical products through our production and kitting operations. |
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C. | Our Products |
For the Reporting Period, we conducted an analysis of our products to determine which, if any, were likely to contain 3TGs. The analysis identified that 3TGs were necessary to the functionality or production of certain products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period.
III. | Description of Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) |
We began our scoping process by developing a list of our suppliers that provide us with products that may contain one or more of the 3TGs. We then populated the list with contact information and provided it to our third-party service provider (“Service Provider”). The supplier list was then uploaded to our Service Provider’s software tool that allows us to store and manage supplier requests and documentation.
From there, we removed from the list service providers, indirect materials suppliers, and other suppliers who are inactive. This helped ensure that all suppliers surveyed provided items to Owens & Minor that were used in final products in 2019.
Our Service Provider then conducted the supplier survey portion of the RCOI. Utilizing the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”), version 5.12 or higher, developed by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)® and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative, the suppliers on the final supplier list were surveyed on their sourcing of the 3TGs that we identified in our products. The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a direct supplier’s conflict minerals policy, due diligence process, and supply chain, including such supply chain information as the names and locations of smelters and refiners.
As part of the supplier survey, suppliers were asked to complete the CMRT. All communications were tracked and monitored in the Service Provider’s software tool. Non-responsive suppliers were contacted a minimum of three times. Any suppliers that continued to be non-responsive were advanced to an escalation phase and further contacted on an individual basis.
The RCOI also included automated data validation on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions. All submitted CMRTs were classified as valid or invalid. All suppliers who submitted CMRTs that were classified as “invalid” were contacted to address items such as incomplete data, missing smelter information, or inconsistent answers. All of these communications were monitored and tracked in our Service Provider’s software system. As of May 8, 2020, there were 2 invalid submissions that had not been corrected by suppliers.
Based on the RCOI, we determined that we may have some suppliers that sourced 3TGs from the Covered Countries; therefore, in an effort to locate mines with the greatest possible specificity, we then conducted due diligence on our supplier base.
IV. | Due Diligence |
A. | Design of Due Diligence |
We designed our due diligence procedures to conform, in all material respects, with the due diligence framework presented by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) in the publication OECD (2013) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, and the related Supplements for tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold.
Our conflict minerals due diligence process includes the five steps described in the Guidance: 1) establishing strong company management systems, 2) identifying and assessing risks in our supply chain, 3) designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks, 4) utilizing independent third-party audits, and 5) publicly reporting on our supply chain due diligence. A summary of our due diligence measures is outlined below.
B. | Performance of Due Diligence |
Step 1. Establishing Strong Company Management Systems
a. | Internal Team |
We organized a Conflict Minerals Committee comprised of individuals in management positions across multiple departments, namely Legal, Supply Chain, and Compliance. The Committee members are the (1) Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, (2) Vice President, Global Manufacturing, (3) Assistant General Counsel, Global Products, and (4) Operating Vice President, Global Compliance. The Committee leads our conflict minerals compliance effort and is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy and for overseeing the program.
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b. | Control Systems |
We have applicable policies and statements such as a Code of Honor that outlines expected behaviors for all Owens & Minor employees, a Supplier Social Compliance Standard that outlines expected behaviors for all Owens & Minor vendors, and a Conflict Minerals Policy Statement (“Statement”). All three items are available on our website. The Statement, in particular, can be found in the Investor Relations section of our website, under Corporate Governance, at www.owens-minor.com.
c. | Supplier Engagement |
We utilized the CMRT version 5.12 or higher and our Service Provider’s software reporting tool for collecting Conflict Minerals declarations from our supply base. Using these tools has allowed us to assist our suppliers in understanding our expectations and requirements and increase the rate of responses we have received from our suppliers to our survey requests. We have also communicated with relevant suppliers our expectation that they assist us in complying with our efforts related to our conflict minerals program. This includes obtaining information from them to support the chain of custody of the 3TGs identified in our products.
d. | Grievance Mechanisms |
We have several mechanisms that allow people to alert Company management about any concerns they may have about our compliance or ethics. Our Code of Honor sets out ways to report concerns, including a Code of Conduct Hotline and Online Reporting tool, which both allow reports, in any language, to be made confidentially and anonymously at the election of the person making the report. We also have made publicly available on our website policies for communicating with our Board of Directors and with our compliance-oversight Committees of the Board, namely the Audit Committee and the Governance & Nominating Committee. These mechanisms are available to people who may be concerned about compliance with our conflict minerals program or with any other compliance matter.
e. | Maintain Records |
We maintain a company-wide document retention policy. The policy extends to the documents accumulated in performing our due diligence for this Report and requires that the documents be retained for a period of ten years. In addition, our Service Provider stores all of the information and findings from this process in a database that can be audited by internal or external parties.
Step 2. Identify and Assess Risks in the Supply Chain
Due to the complexity of our products and supply chain, it is difficult for us to identify indirect suppliers. We have relied on responses from our direct suppliers to provide us with information about the source of conflict minerals contained in the parts and components they supply to us.
Similarly, our direct suppliers also rely on information provided to them by their suppliers. This chain of information creates a level of uncertainty and risk about the accuracy of the information. We will continue to monitor, adapt, and modify our due diligence practices to conform to recognized industry best practices.
In accordance with the Guidance, it is important to understand risk levels associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Each facility that meets the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TG mineral is assigned a risk of high, medium or low based on three scoring criteria, namely: (1) geographic proximity to the DRC and covered countries; (2) Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status; and (3) known or plausible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing.
Based on these criteria, the following facilities have been identified with red-flag risks in their supply chain:
• | Tony Goetz NV - CID002587 |
• | African Gold Refinery Limited (AGR) - CID003185 |
• | Kaloti Precious Metals - CID002563 |
• | Fidelity Printers and Refiners - CID002515 |
• | Sudan Gold Refinery - CID002567 |
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If any of these facilities were reported on a CMRT by one of our suppliers, our Service Provider initiated risk mitigation activities, including instructing the supplier to submit a product-specific CMRT to better identify any connection between the facilities and our products, and escalating up to requesting removal of these high-risk smelters from their supply chain.
As per the OECD Guidance, risk mitigation will depend on the supplier’s specific context. Suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these red flags from the supply chain. In addition, suppliers are guided to the Service Provider’s online learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners on the supply chain.
Additionally, we evaluated suppliers on their conflict minerals program strength. Many companies continue to develop their programs and still provide an answer of “unknown” in response to our survey questions. We used the following criteria to evaluate the strength of their programs, with the capital letters, below, corresponding to the ones in the CMRT declaration tab:
A. Have you established a conflict minerals sourcing policy?
E. Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing?
G. | Do you review due diligence information received from your suppliers against your company’s expectations? |
H. | Does your review process include corrective action management? |
When suppliers meet or exceed those criteria (Yes to A, E, G, H), they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program.
Our identification and risk assessment process also involves: (1) seeking information about 3TG smelters and refiners in our supply chain by requesting that our suppliers complete the CMRT, (2) verifying those smelters and refiners with RMI lists, (3) conducting the due diligence review, and (4) obtaining additional documentation and verification, as applicable. We believe that the inquiries and analysis described above represent a reasonable effort to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TGs in our Covered Products.
Step 3. Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
Our Supplier Social Compliance Standards and Conflict Minerals Policy Statement set out our expectations for our suppliers. If these expectations are not met, the business relationship between us and the supplier will be evaluated. For example, if we find that we source 3TGs that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, we will encourage the applicable supplier to establish an alternative source of the minerals that does not support such conflict. If an alternative source cannot be found or the supplier chooses not to respond to this risk, we will assess whether or not we can replace the supplier. We have found no instance to date where we believed it was necessary to implement such risk mitigation efforts.
Step 4. Utilize Independent Third Party Audits
We do not have a direct relationship with smelters and refiners (“SORs”) and do not perform or direct audits of these entities. Instead, we rely on third party assurances and certifications such as from the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process, which uses independent private sector auditors to audit the source, including the mines of origin, and the chain of custody of the conflict minerals used by smelters and refiners that agree to participate in the program.
Step 5. Publicly Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence
This Report, which constitutes our annual report on our due diligence efforts, is available on our website in the Investor Relations section, under SEC Filings, at www.owens-minor.com. This Report also is filed with the SEC.
V. | Results of Due Diligence |
A. | Survey Results |
As of May 8, 2020, we received responses from 77.90% of our 163 surveyed suppliers. Of those, 114 suppliers claimed no 3TGs, in their products, and 12 claimed that they did have 3TGs. Of the 12 suppliers claiming to have 3TGs, 7 indicated that they had tantalum, 9 indicated tin, 8 indicated gold, and 8 indicated tungsten. (The numbers do not sum to 163 because some of the suppliers claimed to have multiple 3TGs in their products.)
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As described above, we surveyed our supply chain and reviewed the responses to determine whether further engagement with them was required. The determination to further engage with them was based on criteria such as untimely responses, incomplete responses, and inconsistencies within the data reported. Suppliers who provided a CMRT were asked to submit SOR information. The results are discussed in the Smelters and Refiners section below.
B. | Efforts to Determine Mine or Location of Origin |
Because we do not have relationships with the smelters and refiners, we relied on requests to our suppliers that they complete the RMI template. We believe that process suffices as a good faith effort to determine the identity of the mines or the locations of origin of 3TGs in our supply chain.
C. | Smelters and Refiners |
Of the suppliers we surveyed, many completed the RMI template at the company or business unit level, and they were unable to represent that 3TGs from the processing facilities they listed were in components they supplied to us. The quality of the responses we received from suppliers varied.
Many responses provided via the CMRT included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as SORs. The CMRT responses that did not list at least one smelter for each 3TG were considered invalid, and our Service Provider followed up on these responses, urging suppliers to resubmit the form and include the smelter information. There are still suppliers that were unable to provide SORs used for the materials supplied to us.
For all the CMRT responses that indicated a smelter, our Service Provider compared them to the list of smelters maintained by the RMI. As of May 8, 2020, we validated 302 SORs in our supply chain, and we are working to validate the additional SOR entries. Appendix A lists only the SORs that our suppliers reported as being in their supply chains and that we validated. Appendix B is a compilation of countries of origin, setting out the countries from which the reported facilities source their conflict minerals.
As our suppliers have been largely unable to provide us with the information necessary to determine country of origin at the product level, we are unable to provide additional SOR names or country of origin information at this time. We will continue to work with our suppliers to obtain smelter information at the product level.
VI. | Future Steps to be Taken |
We are committed to complying with the provisions of the Rule and expect to continue our efforts to improve our conflict minerals program. As we further develop our program, we intend to take the following steps to mitigate the risk that any of the 3TGs contained in our products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. These may include, but are not limited to, the following:
• | Further engage with suppliers and direct them to training resources to increase our survey response rate and improve the content of the responses; |
• | Continue to invest in due diligence tools for our conflict minerals program; |
• | If applicable, engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TGs from sources that support conflict in the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict; |
• | Continue to respond to industry trends and legal requirements to improve the traceability of 3TGs in our supply chain; and |
• | Further encourage suppliers to provide responses at the product level to enable us to determine which smelters and refiners actually process 3TGs contained in our products. |
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APPENDIX A
The table below lists, the smelters or refiners (“SORs”) identified by our direct suppliers that may have been used to process 3TGs necessary to the functionality or production of our products in 2019. Facilities that have been certified as conflict-free by an internationally-recognized validation organization for 3TG SORs are designated in the column furthest to the right, where the word “Conformant” indicates that such an organization validated them as conflict-free.
Metal | Standard Smelter Name | Smelter Facility Location | Smelter ID | RMI Audit Status |
Gold | 8853 S.p.A. | ITALY | CID002763 | Conformant |
Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002708 | Non Conformant |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000015 | Conformant |
Gold | African Gold Refinery | UGANDA | CID003185 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000019 | Conformant |
Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002560 | Conformant |
Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | GERMANY | CID000035 | Conformant |
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN | CID000041 | Conformant |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | BRAZIL | CID000058 | Conformant |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID000077 | Conformant |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN | CID000082 | Conformant |
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CANADA | CID000924 | Conformant |
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000920 | Conformant |
Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000090 | Conformant |
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY | CID000103 | Due Diligence Vetting Process |
Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | SOUTH AFRICA | CID002850 | Conformant |
Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY | CID000113 | Conformant |
Gold | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA | CID002863 | Conformant |
Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES | CID000128 | Conformant |
Gold | Boliden AB | SWEDEN | CID000157 | Conformant |
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY | CID000176 | Conformant |
Gold | Caridad | MEXICO | CID000180 | Communication Suspended - Not Interested |
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA | CID000185 | Conformant |
Gold | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID000189 | Conformant |
Gold | CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. | INDIA | CID003382 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY | CID000233 | Conformant |
Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN | CID000264 | Conformant |
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA | CID000343 | In Communication |
Gold | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | GERMANY | CID002867 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID003348 | In Communication |
Gold | DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH | GERMANY | CID000362 | Conformant |
Gold | Dowa | JAPAN | CID000401 | Conformant |
Gold | DS PRETECH Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID003195 | Conformant |
Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000359 | Conformant |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant | JAPAN | CID000425 | Conformant |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant | JAPAN | CID003424 | Conformant |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant | JAPAN | CID003425 | Conformant |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002561 | Conformant |
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | ZIMBABWE | CID002515 | Due Diligence Vetting Process |
Gold | Fujairah Gold FZC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002584 | Outreach Required |
Gold | GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | INDIA | CID002852 | In Communication |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002459 | Conformant |
Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002243 | Conformant |
Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA | CID001909 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA | CID002312 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000651 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000671 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY | CID000694 | Conformant |
Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | CHINA | CID000707 | Conformant |
Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID000711 | Conformant |
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000767 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000773 | Outreach Required |
Gold | HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000778 | Communication Suspended - Not Interested |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000801 | Conformant |
Gold | International Precious Metal Refiners | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002562 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000807 | Conformant |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY | CID000814 | Conformant |
Gold | Italpreziosi | ITALY | CID002765 | Conformant |
Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN | CID000823 | Conformant |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000855 | Conformant |
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID000927 | RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed |
Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID000929 | Conformant |
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000937 | Conformant |
Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | CID002563 | RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed |
Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN | CID000956 | In Communication |
Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN | CID000957 | Conformant |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000969 | Conformant |
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | POLAND | CID002511 | Conformant |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000981 | Conformant |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002605 | Conformant |
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN | CID001029 | Conformant |
Gold | Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002865 | Outreach Required |
Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA | CID001032 | RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed |
Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001056 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001058 | Outreach Required |
Gold | L'Orfebre S.A. | ANDORRA | CID002762 | Conformant |
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001078 | Conformant |
Gold | LT Metal Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID000689 | Conformant |
Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001093 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Marsam Metals | BRAZIL | CID002606 | Conformant |
Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001113 | Conformant |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001119 | Conformant |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA | CID001149 | Conformant |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE | CID001152 | Conformant |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA | CID001147 | Conformant |
Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001153 | Conformant |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001157 | Conformant |
Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO | CID001161 | Conformant |
Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | CID001188 | Conformant |
Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001193 | Conformant |
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | CID002509 | Conformant |
Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | CID002857 | Non Conformant |
Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND | CID002282 | Communication Suspended - Not Interested |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001204 | Conformant |
Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | TURKEY | CID001220 | Conformant |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN | CID001236 | Outreach Required |
Gold | NH Recytech Company | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID003189 | Non Conformant |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001259 | Conformant |
Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA | CID002779 | Conformant |
Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001325 | Conformant |
Gold | OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001326 | Conformant |
Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID000493 | Conformant |
Gold | PAMP S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001352 | Conformant |
Gold | Pease & Curren | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002872 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001362 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | CHILE | CID002919 | Conformant |
Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001386 | Conformant |
Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA | CID001397 | Conformant |
Gold | PX Precinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID001498 | Conformant |
Gold | QG Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003324 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | CID001512 | Conformant |
Gold | Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000522 | Outreach Required |
Gold | REMONDIS PMR B.V. | NETHERLANDS | CID002582 | Conformant |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA | CID001534 | Conformant |
Gold | SAAMP | FRANCE | CID002761 | Conformant |
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001546 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Safimet S.p.A | ITALY | CID002973 | Conformant |
Gold | SAFINA A.S. | CZECH REPUBLIC | CID002290 | Active |
Gold | Sai Refinery | INDIA | CID002853 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001555 | Conformant |
Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001562 | Communication Suspended - Not Interested |
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | CID002777 | Conformant |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | SPAIN | CID001585 | Conformant |
Gold | Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002525 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001619 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001622 | Conformant |
Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001736 | Conformant |
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID002516 | Conformant |
Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001756 | Conformant |
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001761 | Conformant |
Gold | Sovereign Metals | INDIA | CID003383 | Outreach Required |
Gold | State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | LITHUANIA | CID003153 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | SUDAN | CID002567 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001798 | Conformant |
Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002918 | Conformant |
Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY | CID002580 | Conformant |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN | CID001875 | Conformant |
Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001916 | Conformant |
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001938 | Conformant |
Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001947 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Tony Goetz NV | BELGIUM | CID002587 | Non Conformant |
Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN | CID002615 | Conformant |
Gold | Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID001955 | Conformant |
Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID001977 | Conformant |
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND | CID002314 | Conformant |
Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM | CID001980 | Conformant |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001993 | Conformant |
Gold | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND | CID002003 | Conformant |
Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | AUSTRALIA | CID002030 | Conformant |
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | CID002778 | Conformant |
Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002100 | Conformant |
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002129 | Conformant |
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000197 | Outreach Required |
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA | CID002224 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000092 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000211 | Conformant |
Tantalum | CP Metals Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003402 | Conformant |
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002504 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000456 | Conformant |
Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA | CID000460 | Conformant |
Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA | CID002505 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN | CID002558 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002557 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000616 | Conformant |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | CID002544 | Conformant |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | GERMANY | CID002547 | Conformant |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002548 | Conformant |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | JAPAN | CID002549 | Conformant |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID002550 | Conformant |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH | GERMANY | CID002545 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002492 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002512 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CHINA | CID002842 | Conformant |
Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000914 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000917 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002506 | Conformant |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | MEXICO | CID002539 | Conformant |
Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001076 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | CID001163 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001175 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001192 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001277 | Conformant |
Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | ESTONIA | CID001200 | Conformant |
Tantalum | PRG Dooel | NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002847 | Conformant |
Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001508 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002707 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID001769 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID001869 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001891 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN | CID001969 | Conformant |
Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002508 | Conformant |
Tantalum | Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001522 | Conformant |
Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000292 | Conformant |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM | CID002703 | Outreach Required |
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000228 | Conformant |
Tin | Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003190 | Conformant |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001070 | Conformant |
Tin | Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003356 | Non Conformant |
Tin | Dowa | JAPAN | CID000402 | Conformant |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002572 | Non Conformant |
Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | CID000438 | Conformant |
Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | BRAZIL | CID000448 | In Communication |
Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND | CID000468 | Conformant |
Tin | Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003410 | Outreach Required |
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA | CID000942 | Conformant |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000538 | Conformant |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID001908 | Conformant |
Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000555 | Conformant |
Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003116 | Conformant |
Tin | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | CHINA | CID002849 | Conformant |
Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002844 | Conformant |
Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000760 | Conformant |
Tin | Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | CHINA | CID001231 | Conformant |
Tin | Luna Smelter, Ltd. | RWANDA | CID003387 | Conformant |
Tin | Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003379 | Conformant |
Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002468 | Conformant |
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA | CID001105 | Conformant |
Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL | CID002500 | Conformant |
Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID001142 | Conformant |
Tin | Metallo Belgium N.V. | BELGIUM | CID002773 | Conformant |
Tin | Metallo Spain S.L.U. | SPAIN | CID002774 | Conformant |
Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | CID001173 | Conformant |
Tin | Minsur | PERU | CID001182 | Conformant |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | CID001191 | Conformant |
Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | CID002858 | Non Conformant |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002573 | Outreach Required |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | CID001314 | Conformant |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES | CID002517 | Conformant |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | CID001337 | Conformant |
Tin | Pongpipat Company Limited | MYANMAR | CID003208 | Outreach Required |
Tin | Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited | INDIA | CID003409 | Active |
Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA | CID001399 | Conformant |
Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA | CID002503 | Conformant |
Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | INDONESIA | CID002835 | Conformant |
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA | CID001453 | Conformant |
Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA | CID001460 | Conformant |
Tin | PT Timah Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA | CID001477 | Conformant |
Tin | PT Timah Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA | CID001482 | Conformant |
Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002706 | Conformant |
Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID001539 | Conformant |
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID001758 | Conformant |
Tin | Super Ligas | BRAZIL | CID002756 | Outreach Required |
Tin | Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM | CID002834 | Conformant |
Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND | CID001898 | Conformant |
Tin | Tin Technology & Refining | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003325 | Conformant |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | CID002574 | Outreach Required |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | BRAZIL | CID002036 | Conformant |
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002158 | Conformant |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Company Limited | CHINA | CID002180 | Conformant |
Tin | Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003397 | Conformant |
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | JAPAN | CID000004 | Conformant |
Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | BRAZIL | CID002833 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. | BRAZIL | CID003427 | Active |
Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM | CID002502 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002513 | Conformant |
Tungsten | China Molybdenum Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002641 | In Communication |
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000258 | Conformant |
Tungsten | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000281 | Outreach Required |
Tungsten | CP Metals Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID003448 | Active |
Tungsten | Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003401 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000499 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002645 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000875 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002315 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002494 | Conformant |
Tungsten | GEM Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003417 | In Communication |
Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000568 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000218 | Conformant |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | CID002542 | Conformant |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | GERMANY | CID002541 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000766 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | CHINA | CID002579 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID000769 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID003182 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002649 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | CID000825 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002551 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002321 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002313 | Communication Suspended - Not Interested |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002318 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002647 | Active |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002317 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002316 | Conformant |
Tungsten | JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant" | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID003408 | Active |
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000966 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID000105 | Conformant |
Tungsten | KGETS Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID003388 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | CID003407 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002319 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC) | VIET NAM | CID002543 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Moliren Ltd. | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002845 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CID002589 | Conformant |
Tungsten | NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID003416 | Active |
Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | PHILIPPINES | CID002827 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM | CID001889 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Unecha Refractory metals plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | CID002724 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | AUSTRIA | CID002044 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | CID002843 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002320 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002082 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002830 | Conformant |
Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | CID002095 | Conformant |
APPENDIX B
This list of potential countries of origin is populated based on publicly available information, our RCOI and due diligence. It is important to note that this is also based on company level responses and therefore, it is not certain which of these countries of origin can be linked to our products.
Afghanistan Albania Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Czech Republic Djibouti Dominican Republic DRC or an adjoining country (Covered Countries) Ecuador Egypt England Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Germany Ghana Guinea Guyana Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic Of Korea Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sudan Suri Suriname Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom USA Uzbekistan Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe