UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 1-4908 | ||||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | ||||||||||
770 Cochituate Road, Framingham, MA 01701
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Scott Goldenberg
(508) 390-1000
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed:
| ☒ | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2021 | ||||
☐ | Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended _________ | ||||
Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure
| Item 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report | ||||
Conflict Minerals Disclosure
The Company has filed a Conflict Minerals Report, included as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form, and made this Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report available on its website, www.tjx.com, in the Investors: Financial Information: SEC filings section at: https://investor.tjx.com/investors/financial-information/sec-filings.
Information appearing on TJX.com is not a part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this Form SD.
| Item 1.02 | Exhibit | ||||
The Company is hereby filing its Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form.
Section 2 - Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure
| Item 2.01 | |||||
| Not applicable. | |||||
Section 3 - Exhibits
| Item 3.01 | Exhibits | ||||
Exhibit | Description | |||||||
| 1.01 | ||||||||
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.
| THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Scott Goldenberg | Dated: May 27, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| By: Scott Goldenberg | ||||||||||||||
| Senior Executive Vice President, | ||||||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||
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Exhibit 1.01
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period
from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Introduction
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (collectively, the Rule), public companies are required to report certain information when they manufacture or contract to manufacture products where specified minerals, defined as conflict minerals, are determined to be necessary to the functionality or production of those products. These minerals, which also are often referred to as 3TG, are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite (including their derivatives, which for the purpose of the Rule are tin, tantalum, and tungsten) and gold. Companies are required to perform an assessment, referred to as a reasonable country of origin inquiry, or RCOI, to determine if the 3TG present in these products originated, or may have originated, in the region covered by the Rule, meaning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (referred to as the DRC) and the adjoining countries, consisting of Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia (collectively with the DRC, the DRC Region). The Rule also provides that companies must perform additional diligence on the source and chain of custody of 3TG that originated in the DRC Region and are not from recycled or scrap sources, or that the company has reason to believe may have originated in the DRC Region and may not be from recycled or scrap sources.
Overview
The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX or the Company) is an off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions with approximately 4,700 stores across three continents in nine countries, offering a rapidly changing assortment of merchandise, including apparel and home fashions. The Company’s strategies to acquire merchandise are intentionally flexible to allow the buying organization to react to frequently changing opportunities and trends in the market and to adjust how and what is acquired as well as when it is acquired.
Product Scoping; Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
Products acquired by TJX that TJX does not manufacture or “contract to manufacture” (as described in the Rule) are outside of the scope of the Rule and this Report. A portion of the products sold by TJX could be in scope, which, under the Rule and Securities and Exchange Commission guidance, depends on whether a product contains 3TG, the degree of influence exercised by TJX over the materials, parts, ingredients, or components included in the product and whether the 3TG is necessary to the functionality or production of the product. The portion of products sold by TJX that it believes could be considered to be in scope under the Rule are referred to in this Report as In-scope Products. In part because of the geographic diversity and changing nature of TJX’s product mix, the In-scope Products reflect a changing variety of complicated supply chains of many different vendors, with a number of third parties between the original source of any raw materials, the manufacturer, and TJX. TJX does not own or control manufacturing facilities, smelters, or mines and believes that it is at least several layers removed from the mining of any minerals from a specific mine and from any smelter or refiner providing minerals for In-scope Products.
For its RCOI, TJX used the management systems contemplated by Step One of the OECD Guidance (defined below) and the vendor engagement process contemplated by Step Two of the OECD Guidance. These steps and the related activities are further discussed below under “Description of Diligence Design and Diligence Performed.”
To determine whether any products might have been sourced from the DRC region, TJX used the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (referred to as the CMRT in this Report) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative, or RMI, to survey vendors that it believed potentially supplied In-scope Products (referred to in this Report as Covered Vendors) with questions about their 3TG use and supply chain. The Company assessed the responses according to a set of written risk-based evaluation criteria established by the Company relating to the completeness and reliability of the responses. For example, the Company would consider a response to be incomplete and to require more information from the Covered Vendor if it indicated that it sourced only from outside the DRC region but did not provide information about its smelters as support for
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that conclusion or did not provide sufficient information about its internal compliance program and diligence practices to support that conclusion.
The Company was unable to determine the origin of at least a portion of the necessary 3TG in its In-scope Products. It exercised due diligence, as described below.
Description of Diligence Design and Diligence Performed
TJX’s diligence framework was designed to materially conform to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (Third Edition), including the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and the Supplement on Gold (the OECD Guidance). The OECD Guidance has established a five-step framework for due diligence as a basis for responsible global supply chain management of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. The headings below conform to the headings used in the OECD Guidance for each of the five steps.
Establish strong company management systems
Executive leadership of our 3TG compliance program rests with our SVP, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer. TJX has established a conflict minerals steering committee (the Committee) including the SVP, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer; the SVP, Internal Audit; and VPs and other representatives from the compliance/risk and legal functions, to implement and oversee its 3TG compliance program. The Company also consulted with specialist outside counsel to advise it in connection with its compliance efforts and reporting.
The Committee worked with leaders in various functions at the Company, including merchandising, compliance, legal, and internal audit, to review its diligence program and vendor training. Training has typically been done through specific outreach relating to the Company’s 3TG compliance program and as a topic integrated with the Company’s more general established training programs, which included in-person compliance trainings conducted for certain vendors of the Company at various global locations. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, TJX has been temporarily unable to conduct its typical in-person vendor training sessions covering its 3TG compliance. However, it has been holding remote vendor compliance trainings.
The Committee also has a conflict minerals policy which, among other things, sets forth TJX’s expectations that its vendors not knowingly source 3TGs in a way that would benefit armed forces in the DRC region and that vendors cooperate in the diligence process, including by reaching out to their vendors, as necessary. TJX provides the policy to its vendors through a corporate vendor intranet and contractually requires vendors to adhere to the policy via its purchase order terms and conditions. TJX does not use its policy to embargo responsible sourcing of 3TGs from the DRC region. The Company’s policy is available to the public on its website in the Evolving Issues section of the Responsible Sourcing page in the Responsible Business section of the TJX corporate website, TJX.com (https://www.tjx.com/responsibility/responsible-business/responsible-sourcing). Information appearing on www.TJX.com is not a part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this Conflict Minerals Report or the Form SD of which it is a part.
The website page on which the policy is posted includes a grievance mechanism relating to issues concerning 3TG, among others, indicating that concerns can be reported to the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer at complianceofficer@tjx.com. Compliance concerns can also be reported through the reporting mechanism in the TJX Global Code of Conduct. This mechanism includes contacting the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer at complianceofficer@tjx.com, using the established helpline, or other contacts included in the Contacts and Reporting section of the Global Code of Conduct.
Additionally, TJX maintains a company-wide document retention policy, which extends to the documents accumulated in performing due diligence for this Report. The required retention period for such documents is at least five years.
Identify and assess risk in the supply chain
As discussed under “Product Scoping; Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry,” TJX used a survey process to request supply chain information from the Covered Vendors to assess the sourcing of the 3TG its In-scope Products. TJX used the CMRT and, to the extent required, made multiple follow-up requests to work to obtain complete and reliable responses from the
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Covered Vendors. TJX also provided supplementary instructional materials to help Covered Vendors understand and complete the CMRT, as well as to understand the Company’s conflict minerals policy. As part of this process, TJX communicated its expectations that Covered Vendors cooperate with the Company’s compliance efforts and, as necessary, reach out to third parties within their own supply chains to collect relevant information.
TJX evaluated the information provided by each Covered Vendor determined to be in scope. If the other information provided was determined to be complete and reliable under the Company’s established protocol, TJX reviewed the Covered Vendor’s smelter and refiner information. TJX compared smelters and refiners identified in the Covered Vendors’ responses against lists of facilities certified as Conformant (as defined in Appendix A to this report) with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process assessment protocols, or RMAP, to help determine if the identified facility was a smelter or refiner and to determine if the Covered Vendors’ 3TG minerals were sourced from mines that did not finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC Region. If the information provided by a Covered Vendor was determined to be incomplete or unreliable under the Company’s protocol, TJX considered the information insufficient for a reliable evaluation of that Covered Vendor’s 3TG supply chain.
Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
Using the assessment protocol described above, TJX categorized the responses to identify Covered Vendors who provided responses that were deemed insufficient for a reliable analysis, including because they provided incomplete information. To mitigate sourcing risk, TJX engaged in the vendor communications and follow-up process described above. The Committee briefed representatives of TJX management, including members of its senior executive team, on its findings and risk assessment.
In addition, to the extent that identified smelters and refiners are not listed as Conformant, the Company seeks to exercise leverage over and encourage the smelters and refiners to become Conformant through its membership in the RMI. Among other things, the RMI conducts outreach to non-Conformant smelters and refiners. The Company also utilizes information provided by the RMI to its members to monitor smelter and refiner improvement.
Carry out independent third-party audits of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain
In connection with its due diligence, the Company utilized and relied on information made available by the RMI concerning independent third-party audits of smelters and refiners to assess smelter and refiner due diligence and to determine whether smelters and refiners are Conformant. Due to its position in the supply chain, the Company does not directly audit smelters and refiners. However, it supports independent third-party audits through its continued membership in the RMI.
Report on supply chain due diligence
The Company prepared and filed a Form SD and this Report to publicly report the results of its supply chain due diligence, and it does so on an annual basis.
In-Scope Products and Results of Diligence
The Company determined that a portion of its products in apparel, including jewelry, and home fashions, could be considered to be In-Scope Products under the Rule.
Through the RCOI and due diligence processes described above on the Company’s Covered Vendors, the Company compiled a list of 462 validated smelters and refiners, meaning the smelter or refiner was included on the CMRT’s Smelter Look-up tab list. Of those 462 smelters and refiners across all 3TG, 230 were listed as Conformant (approximately 50% of the total identified), including 100 for gold (48%), 53 for tin (34%), 40 for tungsten (68%), and 37 for tantalum (97%), and 9 of the refiners were listed as Active (as defined below) by the RMI (0.2% of the total identified), in each case as of May 25, 2022. Forty-three (43), or approximately 19%, of the Conformant smelters and refiners may have sourced from the DRC or an adjoining country, based on information made available by the RMI to its members. A list of the identified smelters and refiners that were identified by the Covered Vendors, together with the RMAP status and country of origin information, can be found in Appendix A.
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Most of the Covered Vendors reviewed in the diligence process reported their information at a company level rather than at a product level (meaning that they reported the smelters and refiners that processed the 3TG in all of their products, rather than solely those that processed the 3TG for specific products sold to the Company). It therefore generally was not feasible for the Company to connect identified smelters and refiners that were used to process 3TG with specific In-scope Products.
Additional Risk Mitigation Efforts
The Company expects to take additional steps to refine its 3TG compliance program and enhance its due diligence measures for 2022 to further mitigate the risk that the 3TG in its covered products may support armed groups in the DRC region. These steps include, among others:
•Continue vendor compliance training, either remote or by returning to in-person training, as earlier described in this Report;
•Working to further increase the response rate for the next reporting cycle;
•Engaging more directly with vendors to improve the quality of responses overall; and
•Continuing to remind vendors of the requirements under the Rule and the Company’s conflict minerals policy, including its expectations that all Covered Vendors cooperate with its diligence efforts.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Conflict Minerals Report contains “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and potentially inaccurate assumptions. Such statements give the Company’s current expectations or forecasts of future events; they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. TJX has generally identified such statements by using words indicative of the future such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “looking forward,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will” and “would” or any variations of these words or other words with similar meanings. All statements that address activities, events or developments that TJX intends, expects or believes may occur in the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act. These “forward-looking statements” may relate to such matters as the Company’s future actions and results and the outcome of diligence efforts.
The Company cannot guarantee that the results and other expectations expressed, anticipated or implied in any forward-looking statement will be realized. The risks set forth under Item 1A of the Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2022 describe major risks to TJX’s business. A variety of factors including these risks could cause actual results and other expectations to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed, anticipated or implied in the Company’s forward-looking statements. If known or unknown risks materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could differ materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated or projected in the forward-looking statements. You should bear this in mind as you consider forward-looking statements.
The Company’s forward-looking statements speak only as of the dates on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether to reflect new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures TJX may make in future reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, on the Company’s website, or otherwise.
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Appendix A
List of Identified Smelters and Refiners; Country of Origin Information
| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| GOLD | ||||||||
| 8853 S.p.A. | Italy | Yes | ||||||
| Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Advanced Chemical Company | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| African Gold Refinery | Uganda | No | ||||||
| Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | United Arab Emirates | Yes | ||||||
| Al Ghaith Gold | United Arab Emirates | No | ||||||
| Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | Uzbekistan | Yes | ||||||
| AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Argor-Heraeus S.A. | Switzerland | Yes | ||||||
| ARY Aurum Plus | United Arab Emirates | No | ||||||
| Asahi Pretec Corp. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | Canada | Yes | ||||||
| Asahi Refining USA Inc. | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | Turkey | No | ||||||
| AU Traders and Refiners | South Africa | No | ||||||
| Aurubis AG | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Bangalore Refinery | India | Yes | ||||||
| Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | Philippines | Yes | ||||||
| Boliden AB | Sweden | Yes | ||||||
| C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS | Colombia | Active | ||||||
| Caridad | Mexico | No | ||||||
| CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | Canada | Yes | ||||||
| Cendres + Metaux S.A. | Switzerland | Yes | ||||||
| CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. | India | No | ||||||
| Chimet S.p.A. | Italy | Yes | ||||||
| Chugai Mining | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | No | ||||||
| Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | Germany | No | ||||||
| Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC | United Arab Emirates | No | ||||||
| DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Dowa | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant | Japan | Yes | ||||||
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| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Elemetal Refining, LLC | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Emirates Gold DMCC | United Arab Emirates | Yes | ||||||
| Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | Zimbabwe | No | ||||||
| Fujairah Gold FZC | United Arab Emirates | No | ||||||
| GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | India | Active | ||||||
| Geib Refining Corporation | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Gold Coast Refinery | Ghana | No | ||||||
| Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | China | No | ||||||
| Guangdong Hua Jian Trade Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | China | No | ||||||
| GUANGDONG JINXIAN GAOXIN CAI LIAO GONG SI | China | No | ||||||
| Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Hang Seng Technology | China | No | ||||||
| Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Heimerle + Meule GmbH | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Hetai Gold Mineral Guangdong Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Hop Hing electroplating factory Zhejiang | China | No | ||||||
| Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Hung Cheong Metal Manufacturing Limited | China | No | ||||||
| HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | Korea, Republic of | No | ||||||
| Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| International Precious Metal Refiners | United Arab Emirates | No | ||||||
| Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Istanbul Gold Refinery | Turkey | Yes | ||||||
| Italpreziosi | Italy | Yes | ||||||
| JALAN & Company | India | No | ||||||
| Japan Mint | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jin Jinyin Refining Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Jinlong Copper Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | Russian Federation | No | ||||||
| JSC Novosibirsk Refinery | Russian Federation | No | ||||||
| JSC Uralelectromed | Russian Federation | No | ||||||
| JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Kaloti Precious Metals | United Arab Emirates | No | ||||||
| Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | Kazakhstan | No | ||||||
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| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| Kazzinc | Kazakhstan | Yes | ||||||
| Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | Poland | Yes | ||||||
| Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Kosak Seiren | Japan | No | ||||||
| Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | Kyrgyzstan | No | ||||||
| Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO | Russian Federation | No | ||||||
| L'azurde Company For Jewelry | Saudi Arabia | No | ||||||
| Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| L'Orfebre S.A. | Andorra | Yes | ||||||
| LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| LT Metal Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Marsam Metals | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Materion | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa | Yes | ||||||
| Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | Singapore | Yes | ||||||
| Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Metalor Technologies S.A. | Switzerland | Yes | ||||||
| Metalor USA Refining Corporation | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | Mexico | Yes | ||||||
| Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | India | Yes | ||||||
| Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | No | ||||||
| Morris and Watson | New Zealan | No | ||||||
| Morris and Watson Gold Coast | Australia | No | ||||||
| Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | Russian Federation | No | ||||||
| Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | Turkey | Yes | ||||||
| Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | Uzbekistan | Yes | ||||||
| NH Recytech Company | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Nihon Material Corporation | Japan | No | ||||||
| Nihon Superior Co., Ltd. | Japan | No | ||||||
| Nyrstar Metals | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | Austria | Yes | ||||||
| Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | Russian Federation | No | ||||||
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| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| PAMP S.A. | Switzerland | Yes | ||||||
| Pease & Curren | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | Chile | Yes | ||||||
| Precious Metals Sales Corp. | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | Russian Federation | No | ||||||
| PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PX Precinox S.A. | Switzerland | Yes | ||||||
| QG Refining, LLC | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa | Yes | ||||||
| Realized the Enterprise Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| REMONDIS PMR B.V. | Netherlands | Yes | ||||||
| Republic Metals Corporation | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Royal Canadian Mint | Canada | Yes | ||||||
| SAAMP | France | Yes | ||||||
| Sabin Metal Corp. | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Safimet S.p.A | Italy | Yes | ||||||
| SAFINA A.S. | Czechia | Yes | ||||||
| Sai Refinery | India | No | ||||||
| Samduck Precious Metals | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Samwon Metals Corp. | Korea, Republic of | No | ||||||
| SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany | No | ||||||
| Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | Netherlands | No | ||||||
| SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | Spain | Yes | ||||||
| Shan Dong Huangjin | China | No | ||||||
| Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Shandon Jin Jinyin Refining Limited | China | No | ||||||
| Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Shandong Hengbang Smelter Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Shandong penglai gold smelter | China | No | ||||||
| Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Shandong Yanggu Xiangguang Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Shenzhen Heng Zhong Industry Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | Yes | ||||||
| Sino-Platinum Metals Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| So Accurate Group, Inc. | United States of America | No | ||||||
| SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | Russian Federation | No | ||||||
| Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | Taiwan, Province of China | Yes | ||||||
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| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| Sovereign Metals | India | No | ||||||
| State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | Lithuania | No | ||||||
| Sudan Gold Refinery | Sudan | No | ||||||
| Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Suntain Co., Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | No | ||||||
| Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| SuZhou ShenChuang recycling Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| T.C.A S.p.A | Italy | Yes | ||||||
| TAIWAN TOTAI CO., LTD. | Taiwan, Province of China | No | ||||||
| Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Tony Goetz NV | Belgium | No | ||||||
| TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | Kazakhstan | Yes | ||||||
| Torecom | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Tsai Brother industries | Taiwan, Province of China | No | ||||||
| TSK Pretech | Korea, Republic of | No | ||||||
| Umicore Brasil Ltda. | Brazil | No | ||||||
| Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | Thailand | Yes | ||||||
| Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | Belgium | Yes | ||||||
| United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia | Zambia | No | ||||||
| Valcambi S.A. | Switzerland | Yes | ||||||
| Viagra Di precious metals (Zhaoyuan) Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| WANG TING | China | No | ||||||
| Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | Australia | Yes | ||||||
| WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Wuzhong Group | China | No | ||||||
| Yamakin Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Yamato Denki Ind. Co., Ltd. | Japan | No | ||||||
| Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Yunnan Gold Mining Group Co., Ltd. (YGMG) | China | No | ||||||
| Zhaojun Maifu | China | No | ||||||
| Zhe Jiang Guang Yuan Noble Metal Smelting Factory | China | No | ||||||
| Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Zhongshan Hyper-Toxic Substance Monopolized Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Zhongshan Poison Material Proprietary Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | China | Yes | ||||||
| Zhuhai toxic materials Monopoly Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Zhuzhou Smelting Group Co., Ltd | China | No | ||||||
A-5
| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| TIN | ||||||||
| Alpha | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam | No | ||||||
| An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | Viet Nam | No | ||||||
| Arco Alloys | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Chofu Works | Japan | No | ||||||
| CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | Brazil | No | ||||||
| CV Ayi Jaya | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| CV Dua Sekawan | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| CV Gita Pesona | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| CV Justindo | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| CV United Smelting | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| CV Venus Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | Active | ||||||
| Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Dongguan City Xida Soldering Tin Products Co. | China | No | ||||||
| Dowa | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam | No | ||||||
| EM Vinto | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Yes | ||||||
| Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Fenix Metals | Poland | Yes | ||||||
| Fuji Metal Mining Corp. | Japan | No | ||||||
| Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | China | No | ||||||
| Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | China | No | ||||||
| Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | China | No | ||||||
| Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Gejiu Yunxi Group Corp. | China | No | ||||||
| Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| GUANGXI HUA TIN GOLD MINUTE FEE, LTD. | China | No | ||||||
| Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group | China | No | ||||||
| Guangxi Zhongshan Jin Yi Smelting Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | China | No | ||||||
| Hezhou Jinwei Tin Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Hongqiao Metals (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
A-6
| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| Hulterworth Smelter | China | No | ||||||
| Jiang Jia Wang Technology Co. | China | No | ||||||
| Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Ju Tai Industrial Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| LIAN JING | China | No | ||||||
| Luna Smelter, Ltd. | Rwanda | Yes | ||||||
| M/s ECO Tropical Resources | Singapore | No | ||||||
| Ma An Shan Shu Guang Smelter Corp. | China | No | ||||||
| Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | Malaysia | Yes | ||||||
| Materials Eco-Refining Co., Ltd. | Japan | No | ||||||
| Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | Brazil | No | ||||||
| Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | Malaysia | No | ||||||
| Metallic Resources, Inc. | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Metallo Belgium N.V. | Belgium | Yes | ||||||
| Metallo Chimique | Belgium | No | ||||||
| Metallo Spain S.L.U. | Spain | Yes | ||||||
| Minchali Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | No | ||||||
| Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Ming Li Jia smelt Metal Factory | China | No | ||||||
| Minsur | Peru | Yes | ||||||
| Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | No | ||||||
| Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam | No | ||||||
| O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Thailand | Yes | ||||||
| O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Philippines | Yes | ||||||
| Old City Metals Processing Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Yes | ||||||
| Pan Light Corporation | Taiwan, Province of China | No | ||||||
| Pongpipat Company Limited | Myanmar | No | ||||||
| Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited | India | No | ||||||
| PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | Indonesia | Active | ||||||
| PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Babel Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Bangka Prima Tin | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Bangka Serumpun | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Bangka Tin Industry | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | Indonesia | No | ||||||
A-7
| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| PT Bukit Timah | Indonesia | Active | ||||||
| PT Cipta Persada Mulia | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT DS Jaya Abadi | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Inti Stania Prima | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Karimun Mining | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Menara Cipta Mulia | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Mitra Stania Prima | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo | Indonesia | Active | ||||||
| PT NATARI | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT O.M. Indonesia | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Panca Mega Persada | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Premium Tin Indonesia | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Prima Timah Utama | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Rajehan Ariq | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Refined Bangka Tin | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Sukses Inti Makmur | Indonesia | Active | ||||||
| PT Sumber Jaya Indah | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Timah Tbk Kundur | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Timah Tbk Mentok | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | Indonesia | Yes | ||||||
| PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Tommy Utama | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| PT Wahana Perkit Jaya | Indonesia | No | ||||||
| Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Rui Da Hung | Taiwan, Province of China | Yes | ||||||
| Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Shenzhen Hong Chang Metal Manufacturing Factory | China | No | ||||||
| Sichuan Guanghan Jiangnan casting smelters | China | No | ||||||
| Sigma Tin Alloy Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Soft Metais Ltda. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Solder Court Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Spectro Alloys Corp. | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Super Ligas | Brazil | Active | ||||||
| Suzhou Nuonengda Chemical Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Taiwan high-tech Co., Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | No | ||||||
| Taiwan's lofty Enterprises Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | No | ||||||
A-8
| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| TAP | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam | Yes | ||||||
| Thaisarco | Thailand | Yes | ||||||
| Three green surface technology limited company | China | No | ||||||
| Tianshui Ling Bo Technology Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| TIN PLATING GEJIU | China | No | ||||||
| Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Company Limited | China | Yes | ||||||
| Tin Technology & Refining | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| TONG LONG | China | No | ||||||
| Top-Team Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam | No | ||||||
| VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | Viet Nam | No | ||||||
| WELLEY | Taiwan, Province of China | No | ||||||
| White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| WUJIANG CITY LUXE TIN FACTORY | China | No | ||||||
| Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Xianghualing Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Xin Furukawa Metal ( Wuxi ) Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| XURI | China | No | ||||||
| Yifeng Tin | China | No | ||||||
| Yiquan Manufacturing | China | No | ||||||
| Yuecheng Tin Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Yunnan Chengo Electric Smelting Plant | China | No | ||||||
| Yunnan Copper Zinc Industry Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Yunnan Geiju Smelting Corp. | China | No | ||||||
| Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Yunnan Malipo Baiyi Kuangye Co. | China | No | ||||||
| Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Zhongshan Jinye Smelting Co.,Ltd | China | No | ||||||
| TANTALUM | ||||||||
| Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| D Block Metals, LLC | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Exotech Inc. | United States of America | No | ||||||
| F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Global Advanced Metals Aizu | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| H.C. Starck Inc. | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
A-9
| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | China | Yes | ||||||
| JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| KEMET de Mexico | Mexico | Yes | ||||||
| LSM Brasil S.A. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Meta Materials | North Macedonia, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | India | Yes | ||||||
| Mineracao Taboca S.A. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| NPM Silmet AS | Estonia | Yes | ||||||
| QuantumClean | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | Russian Federation | Yes | ||||||
| Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. | Thailand | Yes | ||||||
| TANIOBIS GmbH | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Telex Metals | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | Kazakhstan | Yes | ||||||
| XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED | China | Yes | ||||||
| XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| TUNGSTEN | ||||||||
| A.L.M.T. Corp. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| ACL Metais Eireli | Brazil | Yes | ||||||
| Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. | Brazil | Active | ||||||
| Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | Viet Nam | Yes | ||||||
| Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| CP Metals Inc. | United States of America | No | ||||||
| DAIDO STEEL | Japan | No | ||||||
| Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Ganzhou Beseem Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
A-10
| Smelter or Refiner | Smelter Country | RMAP Conformant | ||||||
| Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | China | No | ||||||
| Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Hydrometallurg, JSC | Russian Federation | Yes | ||||||
| Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan | Yes | ||||||
| Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant" | Russian Federation | Yes | ||||||
| Kennametal Fallon | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Kennametal Huntsville | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| KGETS Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. | Taiwan, Province of China | Yes | ||||||
| Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Masan High-Tech Materials | Viet Nam | Yes | ||||||
| Mehra Ferro-Alloys Pvt. Ltd. | India | No | ||||||
| Moliren Ltd. | Russian Federation | Yes | ||||||
| Niagara Refining LLC | United States of America | Yes | ||||||
| Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | Philippines | Yes | ||||||
| South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | China | No | ||||||
| TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | Yes | ||||||
| Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam | No | ||||||
| Tungsten Diversified Industries LLC | United States of America | No | ||||||
| Unecha Refractory metals plant | Russian Federation | Yes | ||||||
| Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam | No | ||||||
| Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | Austria | Yes | ||||||
| Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of | Yes | ||||||
| Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | China | Yes | ||||||
| Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
| Zhangzhou Chuen Bao Apt Smeltery Co., Ltd. | China | No | ||||||
A-11
The Company notes the following in connection with the information contained in the foregoing table:
a.The smelters and refiners listed in the table were identified by the Covered Vendors as potentially being part of the Company’s 2021 supply chain. However, not all of the included smelters and refiners may be part of the Company’s supply chain. In addition, the smelters and refiners listed above may not be all of the smelters and refiners in its supply chain, as some Covered Vendors indicated that they were unable to identify all of the smelters and refiners used to process the necessary 3TG content contained in their products and not all of the Covered Vendors responded to the Company’s inquiries.
b.All compliance status information in the table is as of May 25, 2022.
c.“Conformant” means that a smelter or refiner has successfully completed an assessment against the applicable RMAP standard or an equivalent cross-recognized assessment protocol. Included smelters and refiners were not necessarily Conformant for all or part of 2021 and may not maintain that status in any future period.
d.“Active” means that the smelter or refiner committed to undergo an RMAP assessment, completed the relevant documents, and scheduled the on-site assessment. These may be in the pre-assessment, assessment, or corrective-action phases of the assessment.
e.“No” means that the smelter or refiner is not Conformant or Active. The RMI notes on its website that the operational impacts of COVID-19 have led to postponements of some RMAP assessments. The RMI website also notes that, due to the eligibility criteria for an RMAP assessment, smelters and refiners are sometimes removed from the Conformant list because they are no longer operational and not because they are non-conformant to the standard.
f.The RMAP status and smelter or refiner country location indicated in the table is based on information published by the RMI, without independent verification by the Company.
Country of Origin Information
The countries of origin of the newly-mined 3TG processed by the Conformant smelters and refiners listed in the table above are believed to have potentially included the countries listed below, as well as possibly other countries, based on information made available by the RMI to its members. The Company has not been able to reliably determine the country of origin of any of the other smelters or refiners listed in the table. These may not be all of the countries from which the identified smelters and refiners have sourced, and the identified smelters and refiners may not have sourced from all of these countries.
| Argentina | Guinea | Peru | ||||||
| Armenia | Guyana | Philippines | ||||||
| Australia | Honduras | Portugal | ||||||
| Austria | India | Russia | ||||||
| Azerbaijan | Indonesia | Russian Federation | ||||||
| Benin | Japan | Rwanda | ||||||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Kazakhstan | Saudi Arabia | ||||||
| Botswana | Kenya | Senegal | ||||||
| Brazil | Kyrgyzstan | Sierra Leone | ||||||
| Burkina Faso | Laos | Slovakia | ||||||
| Burundi* | Liberia | South Africa | ||||||
| Canada | Madagascar | South Korea | ||||||
| Chile | Malaysia | Spain | ||||||
| China | Mali | Sudan | ||||||
| Colombia | Mauritania | Suriname | ||||||
A-12
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the* | Mexico | Swaziland | ||||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | Mongolia | Sweden | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | Morocco | Taiwan | ||||||
| Ecuador | Mozambique | Tanzania* | ||||||
| Egypt | Myanmar | Thailand | ||||||
| Eritrea | Namibia | Turkey | ||||||
| Ethiopia | New Zealand | Uganda* | ||||||
| Fiji | Nicaragua | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Finland | Niger | United States of America | ||||||
| France | Nigeria | Uzbekistan | ||||||
| French Guiana | Oman | Vietnam | ||||||
| Germany | Panama | Zambia | ||||||
| Ghana | Papua New Guinea | Zimbabwe | ||||||
| Guatemala | ||||||||
* Represents a DRC Region country.
Alternatively, or in addition, some of the Conformant smelters and refiners may have sourced from recycled or scrap sources.
A-13