DocumentUNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
ATRICURE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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Delaware | 000-51470 | 34-1940305 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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7555 Innovation Way | |
Mason, OH | 45040 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
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Angela L. Wirick | (513) 755-4100 |
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.) |
Check the appropriate box below to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
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☒ | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2021. |
Section 1 — Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01. Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
AtriCure, Inc. (AtriCure or the Company) evaluated its products during the year ended December 31, 2021 and determined that certain products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by the Company contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. As is required, the Company has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (RCOI) designed to determine whether the necessary conflict minerals came from recycled or scrap sources or originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.
AtriCure’s RCOI process included conducting an inquiry of our direct suppliers using the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. We relied upon our suppliers’ representations regarding the origin of their minerals and their smelter data to determine the existence and source of conflict minerals within our supply chain. Based on the results of our RCOI, we exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals.
The Company has filed a Conflict Minerals Report (CMR). A copy of the Company’s CMR is furnished as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Company’s CMR is also available on the Company’s website at www.atricure.com.
Item 1.02. Exhibit
A copy of the Company’s Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto.
Section 2 — Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure
Item 2.01. Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure
Section 3 — Exhibits
Item 3.01. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Dated: | May 31, 2022 | By: | /s/ Angela L. Wirick |
| | | Angela L. Wirick |
| | | Chief Financial Officer |
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AtriCure, Inc.
Conflict Minerals Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
This report for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the Reporting Period) is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Rule). The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals which are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict minerals are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (collectively, 3TG) for the purposes of this assessment. Additionally, this report is presented to comply with the Public Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule issued by the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2014 and the Updated Statement on the Effect of the Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule issued on April 7, 2017, which states that companies must continue to comply with the requirements of Items 1.01(a) and (b) of Form SD, which require a description of the company’s reasonable country of origin inquiry, however, companies will not face enforcement actions if they fail to conduct due diligence on the source and chain of custody of conflict minerals required by Item 1.01(c) of Form SD (collectively, the SEC Statements). These requirements apply to all registrants, whatever the geographic origin of the conflict minerals and whether or not they fund armed conflict.
If a registrant can establish that the conflict minerals originated from sources other than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or an adjoining country (the Covered Countries), or from recycled and scrap sources, it must submit a Form SD which describes the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) completed.
If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the conflict minerals in its supply chain may have originated in the Covered Countries, or if it is unable to determine the country of origin of those conflict minerals, then the issuer must exercise due diligence on the conflict minerals’ source and chain of custody. The registrant must annually submit a Conflict Minerals Report (CMR) to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.
Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements contained in this CMR are made based on known events and circumstances at the time of release, and, as such, are subject in the future to unforeseen uncertainties and risks. Statements in this CMR which express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including statements related to the Company's compliance efforts and expected actions identified in this CMR. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, among other matters, the Company's customers' requirements to use certain suppliers, the Company's suppliers' responsiveness and cooperation with the Company's due diligence efforts, the Company's ability to implement improvements in its conflict minerals program and the Company's ability to identify and mitigate related risks in its supply chain. If one or more of these or other risks materialize, actual results may vary materially from those expressed. For a more complete discussion of these and other risk factors, see the Company's other filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company makes these statements as of the date of this disclosure and undertakes no obligation to update them unless otherwise required by law.
1.Company Overview
AtriCure, Inc. (the Company, AtriCure, we, or our) provides innovative technologies for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage management and post-operative pain management. The Company sells ablation and left atrial appendage exclusion devices to medical centers globally through its direct sales force and distributors. 3TG can be found in certain AtriCure devices. Therefore, certain products that AtriCure manufactures and distributes are subject to the reporting obligations of the Rule.
2.Products and Facilities Overview
AtriCure’s product lines are classified as follows:
Radio Frequency (RF) Ablation Devices. Our Isolator® SynergyTM Ablation System and related RF devices, such as our multifunctional pens and linear ablation devices, represent our primary RF product lines. The devices are single-use disposable RF products that come in multiple configurations and are powered by an RF generator. Physicians use these devices to ablate cardiac tissue for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in both open and minimally invasive procedures.
cryoICE Cryoablation System. The cryoICE® cryoablation system consists of the cryoICE BOX generator along with a single-use disposable probe. The cryoICE cryoablation system is used to ablate cardiac tissue for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. The cryoSPHERE® probe and certain cryoICE devices are used in Cryo Nerve Block therapy to apply cryo-energy to targeted intercostal peripheral nerves in the ribcage in order to provide temporary pain relief to thoracic surgery patients.
EPi-Sense® Guided Coagulation System with VisiTrax® Technology. The EPi-Sense Guided Coagulation System with VisiTrax technology utilizes monopolar RF energy for the coagulation of cardiac tissue. The EPi-Sense device is a single-use disposable product which is also capable of intraoperative cardiac signal sensing and recording when connected to an external recording device. The EPi-Sense System is designed for treatment of symptomatic, drug-refractory, long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation, when augmented with an endocardial ablation catheter.
AtriClip System. Our AtriClip® LAA Exclusion System is designed to exclude the left atrial appendage by mechanically clamping the appendage from the outside of the heart, eliminating blood flow between the left atrial appendage and the atrium while avoiding contact with circulating blood.
LARIAT System. The LARIAT® System is a suture-based solution for soft-tissue closure and is compatible with a wide range of anatomical shapes. The LARIAT System includes a suture loop coupled to a single-use disposable applier. The loop is designed to exclude the left atrial appendage by mechanically cinching the appendage from the outside of the heart, eliminating blood flow between the left atrial appendage and the atrium while avoiding contact with circulating blood.
We manufacture a substantial majority of the disposable and implantable products we sell and generally purchase items that would be deemed capital equipment (generators). Throughout 2021, we inspected, assembled, tested and packaged our products in our facilities in Mason, Ohio. Our products are sterilized by third-party sterilizers at their facilities.
3.Conflict Minerals Program
The Company designed its conflict minerals program to conform, in all material respects, to the five-step framework of the second edition of The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance, the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten, and the Supplement on Gold, specifically as they relate to our position in the minerals supply chain as a "downstream" company:
Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner due diligence practices
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence
The Company relied upon multi-stakeholder initiatives that provide verification processes for conflict-free minerals from smelters or refiners who may provide those minerals to companies in our supply chain. The Company, as a purchaser of component parts or finished products, is many steps removed from the mining of conflict minerals. The Company does not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals and conducts no purchasing activities directly in the Covered Countries.
The statements below are based on the activities performed to date and in good faith by AtriCure and are based on the information available at the time of this filing. Factors that could affect the accuracy of these statements include, but are not limited to, the complexity of the supply chain, incomplete supplier data or available smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers or smelters, the ability of suppliers to identify smelters, evolving definition and confirmation of smelters, incomplete information from industry or other third-party sources, continuing guidance regarding the SEC final rules and other factors.
4.Due Diligence Process
The following describes the measures taken to reasonably determine the country of origin and to exercise due diligence in the mineral supply chain in conformance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
a.Conflict minerals team – AtriCure established a conflict minerals team that includes individuals from the appropriate departments. The team was structured to ensure critical information reached relevant employees and suppliers.
b.Supplier engagement – AtriCure provided informational materials to our queried suppliers related to the conflict minerals disclosure requirements and conflict minerals compliance.
c.Company level grievance mechanism – AtriCure has established a grievance mechanism as a risk-awareness system for issues, including conflict minerals issues. Stakeholders can communicate directly and confidentially with our Chief Compliance Officer.
d.Records management – AtriCure will maintain records relating to our conflict minerals program in accordance with the recommended five-year record retention guidelines.
Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
a.Identify products in scope – The conflict minerals team conducted a detailed review of the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope.
b.Conduct Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI) – AtriCure utilized the industry-developed Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) to query suppliers for conflict minerals information. The Company requested this information from tier 1 suppliers who provide material and components for the products deemed in-scope by the conflict minerals team. The responses submitted by our suppliers were evaluated to determine the Company’s reporting obligation based on this RCOI.
c.Completed additional follow-up – AtriCure contacted direct suppliers to ensure they responded to the request for conflict minerals information by the requested date. AtriCure also worked to clarify and validate the information provided by certain suppliers, such as distributors.
d.Identify smelters/processors – AtriCure compiled a list of smelters/processors in our supply chain using supplier responses in their CMRTs. The Company reconciled this list to the list of smelter facilities designated by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative's (CFSI) Conflict-Free Smelter Program. We have provided the listing within this report.
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
As part of the risk mitigation process, the Company reconciled the list of smelters collected from suppliers to the list of smelter facilities designated as "conflict free" by the CFSI's Conflict-Free Smelter Program. AtriCure continues to develop the process used to identify suppliers that potentially provide materials and components that contain Conflict Minerals and conduct a good-faith RCOI of its supply chain, including a risk-based evaluation of our suppliers’ responses.
Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner due diligence practices
AtriCure is relying on the CFSI's published lists to verify the conflict-free status of smelters/processors that source from Covered Countries. The Company has not been subject to an independent private sector audit in accordance with the SEC Statements.
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence
AtriCure has determined that a portion of the conflict minerals used to manufacture our products may have originated from the Covered Countries. Accordingly, this Conflict Minerals Report has been filed with the SEC and is available on our website at http://ir.atricure.com.
5.Determination
Based on the due diligence measures described above, including the RCOI process, the Company does not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of all the 3TG necessary to the Company’s product functionality or production or whether the 3TG used in its products were from recycled or scrap sources or whether or not any conflict minerals may have, in fact, directly or indirectly financed or benefited any armed groups in a Covered Country.
Based on the information received from our suppliers, the facilities listed in the table below may have been used to process conflict minerals used in certain AtriCure products.
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Metal | Facility Name | Facility Location |
Gold | 8853 S.p.A. | ITALY |
Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | African Gold Refinery | UGANDA |
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | Al Ghaith Gold | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | Alexy Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | GERMANY |
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração | BRAZIL |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | ARY Aurum Plus | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN |
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CANADA |
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY |
Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | SOUTH AFRICA |
Gold | Augmont Enterprises Private Limited | INDIA |
Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY |
Gold | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA |
Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES |
Gold | Bauer Walser AG | GERMANY |
Gold | Boliden AB | SWEDEN |
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY |
Gold | C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS | COLOMBIA |
Gold | Caridad | MEXICO |
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. | INDIA |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY |
Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN |
Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Dowa | JAPAN |
Gold | DS PRETECH Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
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Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant | JAPAN |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant | JAPAN |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant | JAPAN |
Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1) | INDIA |
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2) | INDIA |
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3) | INDIA |
Gold | Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4) | INDIA |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | ZIMBABWE |
Gold | Fujairah Gold FZC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd. | INDIA |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Gold Coast Refinery | GHANA |
Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA |
Gold | Guangdong Hua Jian Trade Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA |
Gold | GUANGDONG JINXIAN GAOXIN CAI LIAO GONG SI | CHINA |
Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Hang Seng Technology | CHINA |
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG | GERMANY |
Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | HeTai Gold Mineral Guangdong Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Hop Hing Electroplating Factory Zhejiang | CHINA |
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Hung Cheong Metal Manufacturing Limited | CHINA |
Gold | HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | International Precious Metal Refiners | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY |
Gold | Italpreziosi | ITALY |
Gold | JALAN & Company | INDIA |
Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Jin Jinyin Refining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Jinlong Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | K.A. Rasmussen | NORWAY |
Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN |
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Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna | POLAND |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Kosak Seiren | JAPAN |
Gold | Kundan Care Products Ltd. | INDIA |
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN |
Gold | Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA |
Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | L'Orfebre S.A. | ANDORRA |
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | LT Metal Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Marsam Metals | BRAZIL |
Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | MD Overseas | INDIA |
Gold | Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA |
Gold | Metallix Refining Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO |
Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA |
Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA |
Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | TURKEY |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN |
Gold | NH Recytech Company | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Nihon Superior Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Nyrstar Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA |
Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | PAMP S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Pease & Curren | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA | CHILE |
Gold | Precious Metals Sales Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA |
Gold | PX Précinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | QG Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA |
Gold | Realized the Enterprise Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | REMONDIS PMR B.V. | NETHERLANDS |
Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Rio Tinto Group | AUSTRALIA |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA |
Gold | SAAMP | FRANCE |
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Safimet S.p.A | ITALY |
Gold | SAFINA A.S. | CZECHIA |
Gold | Sai Refinery | INDIA |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA) | COLOMBIA |
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | NETHERLANDS |
Gold | Sellem Industries Ltd. | MAURITANIA |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A. | SPAIN |
Gold | Shan Dong Huangjin | CHINA |
Gold | Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shandon Jin Jinyin Refining Limited | CHINA |
Gold | Shandong Hengbang Smelter Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shandong Penglai Gold Smelter | CHINA |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shandong Yanggu Xiangguang Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shenzhen Heng Zhong Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. | INDIA |
Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Gold | Sino-Platinum Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Gold | Sovereign Metals | INDIA |
Gold | State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology | LITHUANIA |
Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | SUDAN |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Suntain Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Gold | Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | SuZhou ShenChuang recycling Ltd. | CHINA |
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Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY |
Gold | Taiwan Total Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN |
Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Tony Goetz NV | BELGIUM |
Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold | Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Tsai Brother Industries | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND |
Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Gold | Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia | ZAMBIA |
Gold | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Viagra Di Precious Metals (Zhaoyuan) Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Wang Ting | CHINA |
Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | AUSTRALIA |
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Wuzhong Group | CHINA |
Gold | Xiamen Jinbo Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Yamato Denki Ind. Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Yunnan Gold Mining Group Co., Ltd. (YGMG) | CHINA |
Gold | Zhaojun Maifu | CHINA |
Gold | Zhe Jiang Guang Yuan Noble Metal Smelting Factory | CHINA |
Gold | Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Zhongshan Hyper-Toxic Substance Monopolized Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Zhongshan Poison Material Proprietary Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA |
Gold | Zhuhai toxic materials Monopoly Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Zhuzhou Smelting Group Co., Ltd | CHINA |
Tantalum | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | GERMANY |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | JAPAN |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY |
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Tantalum | H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH | GERMANY |
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CHINA |
Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | MEXICO |
Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA |
Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | ESTONIA |
Tantalum | PRG Dooel | NORTH MACEDONIA |
Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Tantalum | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN |
Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin | An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | Arco Alloys | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin | Chengfeng Metals Co Pte Ltd | CHINA |
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Chofu Works | JAPAN |
Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL |
Tin | CRM Synergies | SPAIN |
Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA |
Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | INDONESIA |
Tin | CV Gita Pesona | INDONESIA |
Tin | CV JusTindo | INDONESIA |
Tin | CV United Smelting | INDONESIA |
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Dongguan City Xida Soldering Tin Products Co. | CHINA |
Tin | Dowa | JAPAN |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
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Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) |
Tin | Estanho de Rondonia S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND |
Tin | Fuji Metal Mining Corp. | JAPAN |
Tin | Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxi Group Corp. | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Guangxi Hua Tin Gold Minute Fee, Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group | CHINA |
Tin | Guangxi Zhongshan Jin Yi Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | CHINA |
Tin | Hezhou Jinwei Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Hongqiao Metals (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Hulterworth Smelter | CHINA |
Tin | IMPAG AG | SWITZERLAND |
Tin | Jiang Jia Wang Technology Co. | CHINA |
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Ju Tai Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Lian Jing | CHINA |
Tin | Luna Smelter, Ltd. | RWANDA |
Tin | M/s ECO Tropical Resources | SINGAPORE |
Tin | Ma An Shan Shu Guang Smelter Corp. | CHINA |
Tin | Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA |
Tin | Materials Eco-Refining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | MALAYSIA |
Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin | Metallo Belgium N.V. | BELGIUM |
Tin | Metallo Spain S.L.U. | SPAIN |
Tin | Minchali Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Ming Li Jia Smelt Metal Factory | CHINA |
Tin | Minsur | PERU |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA |
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Tin | Ney Metals and Alloys | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd. | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES |
Tin | Old City Metals Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Omodeo A. E S. Metallghe Srl | ITALY |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) |
Tin | Pan Light Corporation | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tin | Pongpipat Company Limited | MYANMAR |
Tin | Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited | INDIA |
Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bangka Serumpun | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Karimun Mining | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Natari | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT O.M. Indonesia | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Premium Tin Indonesia | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Rajehan Ariq | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Timah Nusantara | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Timah Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Timah Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | INDONESIA |
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Tin | PT Tommy Utama | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya | INDONESIA |
Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tin | Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Shenzhen Hong Chang Metal Manufacturing Factory | CHINA |
Tin | Sichuan Guanghan Jiangnan casting smelters | CHINA |
Tin | Sigma Tin Alloy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Solder Court Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Spectro Alloys Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin | Super Ligas | BRAZIL |
Tin | Suzhou Nuonengda Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Taiwan High-Tech Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tin | Taiwan Huanliang | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tin | Taiwan's Lofty Enterprises Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tin | TAP | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin | Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
Tin | Thailand Mine Factory | THAILAND |
Tin | Thailand Smelting & Refining Co Ltd | THAILAND |
Tin | Three Green Surface Technology Limited Company | CHINA |
Tin | Tianshui Ling Bo Technology Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Tin Plating Gejiu | CHINA |
Tin | Tin Technology & Refining | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tin | TONG LONG | CHINA |
Tin | Top-Team Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | Untracore Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | VIET NAM |
Tin | Welley | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Wujiang City Luxe Tin Factory | CHINA |
Tin | Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Xianghualing Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Xin Furukawa Metal ( Wuxi ) Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | XURI | CHINA |
Tin | Yifeng Tin | CHINA |
Tin | Yiquan Manufacturing | CHINA |
Tin | Yuecheng Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Yunnan Chengo Electric Smelting Plant | CHINA |
Tin | Yunnan Copper Zinc Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Yunnan Geiju Smelting Corp. | CHINA |
Tin | Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Yunnan Malipo Baiyi Kuangye Co. | CHINA |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Zhongshan Jinye Smelting Co.,Ltd | CHINA |
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | JAPAN |
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Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | BRAZIL |
Tungsten | Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. | BRAZIL |
Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM |
Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Cronimet Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL |
Tungsten | Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | GEM Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | GERMANY |
Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | CHINA |
Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant" | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten | KGETS Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Tungsten | Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC) | VIET NAM |
Tungsten | Moliren Ltd. | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Tungsten | NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | PHILIPPINES |
Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
Tungsten | Unecha Refractory metals plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | AUSTRIA |
Tungsten | Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
6.Future Due Diligence
We will continue to communicate our expectations and information reporting requirements to our direct suppliers. Over time, we anticipate that the amount of information available globally on the traceability and sourcing of these ores will increase and improve our knowledge. We will continue to make inquiries to our direct suppliers and undertake additional risk assessments when potentially relevant changes in facts or circumstances are identified. We expect our suppliers to take similar measures with their suppliers to ensure alignment throughout the supply chain.