UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM SD

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

 

 

KVH Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-28082

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

  (Commission file number)

 

50 Enterprise Center, Middletown, RI 02842

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Felise Feingold

(401) 847-3327

(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:

 

x Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2022.

 

¨ Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended ____________.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1. Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

KVH Industries, Inc. (“KVH”, “we”, or “our”) is a leading manufacturer of solutions that provide global high-speed Internet, television, and voice services via satellite to mobile users at sea and on land as well as a leading provider of commercially licensed entertainment including news, sports, movies, and music to commercial and leisure customers in the maritime, hotel, and retail markets. Until August 2022, we were also a premier manufacturer of high-performance navigational sensors and integrated inertial systems for defense and commercial inertial navigation applications.

 

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

This Form SD is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

 

Item 1.02 Exhibit

 

KVH’s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. A copy of our Conflict Minerals Report may be found at https://ir.kvh.com/financial-information/sec-filings.

 

Section 2. Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure

 

Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report

 

Not applicable.

 

Section 3. Exhibits

 

Item 3.01 Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
1.01   Conflict Minerals Report of KVH Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

KVH Industries, Inc.    
(Registrant)    
     
By: /s/ Roger A. Kuebel   May __, 2023
  Roger A. Kuebel, Chief Financial Officer   (Date)

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1.01

 

KVH Industries, Inc.

 

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

 

This Conflict Minerals Report of KVH Industries, Inc. (“KVH”, “we”, or “our”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

 

Rule 13p-1 and Form SD require companies to disclose certain information regarding products that they manufacture, or contract to manufacture, when: (a) those products contain one or more of the minerals gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, or wolframite, or their derivatives tantalum, tin, and tungsten (the “Conflict Minerals”); (b) those Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products; and (c) those Conflict Minerals originated, or may have originated, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or in a country that shares an internationally recognized border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the “Covered Countries”).

 

Section 1. Product Review and Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry

 

Section 1.1 Product Review

 

KVH conducted an analysis of its product lines and determined that Conflict Minerals are used in its system-level products and components.

 

Section 1.2 Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry and Conclusion

 

KVH’s international supply chain is complex. KVH is several layers removed from the smelters in its supply chain, making it difficult to trace the origin of any Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of its products.

 

For our 2022 reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), we reviewed our suppliers of direct materials, components and system-level products (collectively referred to as “Supplier Materials”). We generated internal reports analyzing all Supplier Material purchases for 2022 (“Total Supplier Spend”). We then ranked each supplier based on the aggregate Total Supplier Spend. We determined that suppliers with $50,000 or more in Total Supplier Spend accounted for approximately 96% of Total Supplier Spend made by KVH during 2022, and determined that it would be reasonable to concentrate our RCOI efforts on this group of 93 suppliers. We refer to this group of suppliers as our “Primary Suppliers.”

 

In our RCOI for 2022, we surveyed our Primary Suppliers using a template developed by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) (the “Conflict Minerals Reporting Template”). KVH sent the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to all 93 Primary Suppliers and received 91 responses, which represented approximately 98% of our targeted supplier group and approximately 96% of Total Supplier Spend. We made additional requests for responses from the two Primary Suppliers that did not respond initially, but our efforts were not successful. Of the 91 responses received by KVH, 28 indicated that the Conflict Minerals used in Supplier Materials supplied to KVH came from “conflict-free” sources and furnished a list of their verified smelters; 45 confirmed that no Conflict Minerals were used in the Supplier Materials supplied to KVH; and 18 indicated that they were unsure of the origin of the Conflict Minerals in the Supplier Materials that they supplied to us.

 

 

 

 

Although the response rate of our Primary Suppliers increased slightly from approximately 96% in 2021 to 98% in 2022, the number of respondents who reported themselves as DRC “conflict-free” did not change. However, the percentage of the responding Primary Suppliers who reported themselves as DRC “undeterminable” increased from 16% in 2021 to 20% in 2022. Thus, we concluded that, for 2022, as in prior reporting years, we do not have sufficient information from our suppliers or other sources to determine with specificity the countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals used in our products or whether they are from recycled or scrap sources. Therefore, we cannot exclude the possibility that some of these Conflict Minerals may have originated in the Covered Countries and/or are not from recycled or scrap sources.

 

Section 2. Due Diligence

 

KVH’s due diligence efforts related to products: (i) for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of that product; (ii) that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by KVH; (iii) for which the manufacture was completed during 2022; and (iv) for which KVH was unable to form the basis for a reasonable belief that none of the Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of those products originated in a Covered Country. The products, which are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Covered Products,” include KVH’s mobile satellite communications products and components, as well as inertial navigation products and components. We sold our inertial navigation business in August 2022. Accordingly, this report addresses only the inertial navigation products sold by KVH before that date.

 

Section 2.1 Design of KVH’s Due Diligence Measures

 

KVH designed its due diligence measures to conform to the framework set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, including the related supplements on gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten (the “OECD Guidance”).

 

 

 

 

Section 2.2 Due Diligence Measures Performed by KVH

 

The due diligence processes followed by KVH are described below under sub-headings corresponding to the five-step framework of the OECD Guidance.

 

1.Management Systems

 

We previously established and have maintained throughout 2022 internal processes for Conflict Minerals supply chain due diligence and reporting. We have implemented a Conflict Minerals Policy Statement and related procedures to help support our supply chain due diligence efforts and communication processes designed to provide information, including our Conflict Minerals Policy Statement, to our suppliers and to the public. In this regard, our supplier purchase contracts include terms and conditions and other contractual flow-downs requiring supplier cooperation and compliance with KVH’s due diligence efforts. We also maintain a “Supplier Information” web page to facilitate supplier access to important documents, including but not limited to KVH’s Conflicts Minerals Policy Statement, General Terms and Conditions of Purchase and General Supplier Quality Clauses, each of which can be found at http://www.kvh.com/suppliers. Additionally, prior to any engagement with KVH, we generally require all prospective suppliers to (a) provide information about their due diligence program and the steps they have taken to determine whether there are any Conflict Minerals in their supply chain; and (b) submit a completed copy of their latest Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. This information gives our Global Supply Chain team early visibility into the compliance program maturity level and smelter base of prospective vendors before we start to do business with that company.

 

For 2022, our efforts to identify smelters/refiners in our supply chain was facilitated through the use of due diligence tools created by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) founded by the RBA and GeSI for independent third-party audit information, including the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. The information furnished by our Primary Suppliers was reviewed and analyzed by our internal team led by KVH’s Director of Global Supply Chain and retained within the company’s document retention system. The data obtained from our Primary Suppliers was vetted by our Global Supply Chain team and then used to generate a comprehensive list of all smelters/refiners that had been identified by our Primary Suppliers, which list was then cross-referenced against information from RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) to help us identify the compliant smelters/refiners and origin of minerals processed.

 

2.Assessment of Risk in the Supply Chain

 

In order to determine the origin of Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products:

 

·An initial meeting of our Global Supply Chain team was held on February 13, 2023 to review our 2022 annual spending and to determine the parameters of our RCOI for 2022.
  
·On or around February 17, 2023, we sent letters to our Primary Suppliers, explaining our conflict minerals disclosure obligations and referring the suppliers to online training materials and instructions, and solicited survey responses using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.
 
·Having received responses from only 26 of the 93 Primary Suppliers by the end of March 2023, a second meeting of our Global Supply Chain team was held on April 3, 2023, during which team members were tasked with following-up with all non-responsive Primary Suppliers.

 

 

 

 

·Over the next 3 weeks, members of KVH’s Global Supply Chain team continued its efforts to contact the remaining Primary Suppliers, and by April 21, 2023, KVH had received responses from 91 of the 93 Primary Suppliers. Of the 91 respondents, 77 returned the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template and 14 provided a separate company statement regarding conflict minerals.
 
·Having received responses from approximately 98% of our Primary Suppliers, which represented approximately 96% of Total Supplier Spend for 2022, KVH then reviewed the responses and followed up on any incomplete or ambiguous responses.
 
·Our Global Supply Chain team then compared the smelters/refiners identified by its Primary Suppliers against the list of facilities that have received a “conformant” designation from the RMI’s RMAP, which designations provide country of origin and due diligence information on the Conflict Minerals sourced by such facilities.

 

3.Strategies to Respond to Identified Risks

 

KVH’s due diligence efforts are an evolving process that we strive to improve by: (i) maintaining a supplier onboarding process that solicits information about sourcing of conflict minerals, (ii) focusing on the reliability and quality of the information received from our Primary Suppliers; (iii) reviewing responses and following up on incomplete, inaccurate or ambiguous data; (iv) contacting Primary Suppliers who have consistently reported products to be “DRC conflict undeterminable” or the equivalent to determine what steps they have taken to improve their due diligence processes; and (v) maintaining internal processes designed to emphasize the importance of supplier cooperation and compliance with our Conflict Minerals Policy Statement through readily accessible policies and contractual flow-down clauses governing the business relationship, which not only provide us with leverage to promote compliance but also the flexibility needed to reassess and/or terminate certain relationships, as appropriate.

 

4.Independent Third-Party Audits

 

As a result of KVH’s position in the supply chain, there are generally several tiers of suppliers between KVH and the smelters/refiners in our supply chain, and therefore we do not conduct or commission independent third-party audits of the smelters and refiners from which our Primary Suppliers source Conflict Minerals. KVH has relied upon industry initiatives, including the RMI’s RMAP, for independent third-party audit information.

 

5.Reporting

 

With the preparation and submission of this Conflict Minerals Report, KVH has provided a public report of its due diligence measures with regard to the sourcing of Conflict Minerals. A copy of this report is available at https://ir.kvh.com/financial-information/sec-filings.

 

 

 

 

Section 3. Results of Due Diligence

 

The response rate among our Primary Suppliers in 2022 was 98%. Among the responses, some of our Primary Suppliers were unable to identify any of the smelters or refiners used in the Supplier Materials supplied to us and certain responses also included names of smelters or refiners that we believe may have been incomplete or misidentified. Such names have not been included among the list of smelters and refiners identified by our Primary Suppliers in Annex 1 below.

 

In total, we identified approximately 392 smelters as potential sources of Conflict Minerals that were reported to be in the supply chain at some point during the 2022 calendar year. The table below presents the total number of identified smelters or refiners for each mineral and the corresponding percentage of each group that we have been able to verify as conflict-free according to information provided on the RMI website.

 

Metal   Total Number of Identified
Smelters for Each Metal
   Identified Smelters or Refiners
Verified or certified as RMAP
Conformant
 
Gold    184    50%
Tantalum    45    51%
Tin    101    56%
Tungsten    62    52%

 

For the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products, KVH’s due diligence efforts failed to clarify whether the Conflict Minerals contained in those products may have originated in a Covered Country or came from recycled or scrap sources. Fourteen Primary Suppliers identified three smelters in their supply chains that KVH believes to be higher-risk based on publicly available information regarding their location, namely:

 

Mineral   Smelter   Location 
Gold   African Gold Refinery   Uganda 
Gold   Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia   Zambia 
Tin   Luna Smelter, Ltd.   Rwanda 

 

RMI identified Luna Smelter, Ltd. of Rwanda as a “conformant” smelter.

 

Our Global Supply Chain team previously contacted the Primary Suppliers who identified the smelters listed above to confirm what efforts each has taken either to certify its smelters or to identify alternate sources. Each of the Primary Suppliers informed KVH that they do not directly purchase materials from any of the smelters listed above and that they were either (i) downstream distributors of components and/or (ii) engaged as build-to-print contract manufacturers who do not choose the components. Consequently, as in prior reporting years, we were unable to validate that any of the smelters or refiners identified by our Primary Suppliers, including the smelters identified above, are actually in our supply chain. We will continue to follow our risk-mitigation processes implemented in 2019 to help identify possible higher-risk suppliers prior to engagement, and we intend to contact any new suppliers who identify higher-risk smelters such as these to confirm what efforts they have taken either to certify their smelters or to identify alternate sources, if necessary.

 

 

 

 

Based on our due diligence efforts, KVH has concluded that we do not have sufficient information to determine with specificity the country of origin of all of the Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products or to determine whether the Conflict Minerals were from recycled or scrap sources. Based on the information received from our Primary Suppliers, KVH believes that the facilities that may have been used to process Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products include the smelters and refiners listed in Annex 1 below.

 

Section 4. Future Steps to Improve Due Diligence

 

In order to improve our due diligence process and compliance efforts for 2023, KVH intends to:

 

·Continue to gather additional information which will assist us in determining whether the Conflict Minerals we utilize benefit armed groups contributing to human rights violations;

 

·Continue to collect and evaluate supplier responses and follow-up with those suppliers that we have deemed to be a higher risk due to incomplete or ambiguous responses; and

 

·Continue to review, and, if necessary, reassess supplier relationships based on information and resources provided by third-party conflict minerals audit programs such as the RMI’s RMAP and other industry initiatives promoting responsible mineral sourcing practices.

 

KVH will continue to expect our suppliers to reasonably assure us that the minerals in the products they supply are conflict-free.

 

Section 5. Forward Looking Statements

 

This report includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including for example statements regarding our due diligence processes with respect to Conflict Minerals. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. KVH assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.

 

 

 

 

Annex 1

 

* Denotes smelters/ refiners that received a “conflict-free” designation from an independent third-party audit program, as of May 19, 2023.

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
Gold 8853 S.p.A. Italy
Gold ABC Refinery Pty Ltd. Australia
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 Albino Mountinho Lda. Portugal
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 Corrego do Sitio Mineracao* Brazil
Gold Argor-Heraeus S.A.* Switzerland
Gold Asahi Pretec Corp. Japan
Gold Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.* Canada
Gold Asahi Refining USA Inc.* United States of America
Gold Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.* Japan
Gold 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 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 + Metaux S.A. Switzerland
Gold CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd. India
Gold Chimet S.p.A.* Italy
Gold Chugai Mining* Japan
Gold Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. Republic of Korea
Gold Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. China

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
Gold Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH Germany
Gold Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC United Arab Emirates
Gold DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH Germany
Gold Dongwu Gold Group China
Gold Dowa* Japan
Gold DSC (Do Sung Corporation)* Republic of Korea
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 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 by Gold Colombia* Colombia
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 Jinding Gold Limited China
Gold Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. China
Gold Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. China
Gold Heimerle + Meule GmbH* Germany
Gold Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd. China
Gold Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.* China
Gold Heraeus Germany GmbH & Co. KG* Germany
Gold Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. China
Gold Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd. China
Gold HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD. Republic of Korea
Gold Industrial Refining Company Belgium
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 JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant Russian Federation
Gold JSC Uralelectromed Russian Federation
Gold JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.* Japan

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
Gold K.A. Rasmussen Norway
Gold Kaloti Precious Metals United Arab Emirates
Gold Kazakhmys Smelting LLC Kazakhstan
Gold Kazzinc* Kazakhstan
Gold Kennecott Utah Copper LLC* United States of America
Gold KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna* Poland
Gold Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.* Japan
Gold Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.* Republic of Korea
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.* Republic of Korea
Gold LT Metal Ltd.* Republic of Korea
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 Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.* Mexico
Gold Mitsubishi Materials Corporation* Japan
Gold Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.* Japan
Gold MKS PAMP S.A.* Switzerland
Gold MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.* India
Gold Modeltech Sdn Bhd Malaysia
Gold Morris and Watson New Zealand
Gold Morris and Watson Gold Coast Australia
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* Republic of Korea

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
Gold Nihon Material Co., Ltd.* Japan
Gold Ogussa Osterreichische 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 Pease & Curren United States of America
Gold Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. China
Gold Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA* Chile
Gold Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals Russian Federation
Gold PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk* Indonesia
Gold PX Precinox S.A.* Switzerland
Gold QG Refining, LLC United States of America
Gold Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.* South Africa
Gold Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. China
Gold REMONDIS PMR B.V.* Netherlands
Gold Republic Metals Corporation United States of America
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 Republic of Korea
Gold Samwon Metals Corp. Republic of Korea
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 Joyeria Plateria S.A.* Spain
Gold Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. China
Gold Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. China
Gold Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.* China
Gold Shenzhen CuiLu Gold 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
Gold SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals Russian Federation
Gold Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.* Taiwan
Gold Sovereign Metals India
Gold State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology Lithuania

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
Gold Sudan Gold Refinery Sudan
Gold Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.* Japan
Gold SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.* Republic of Korea
Gold Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd. China
Gold T.C.A S.p.A* Italy
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 TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn* Kazakhstan
Gold Torecom* Republic of Korea
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 Value Trading Belgium
Gold WEEEREFINING France
Gold Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)* Australia
Gold WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH* Germany
Gold Yamakin Co., Ltd.* Japan
Gold Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.* Japan
Gold Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. China
Gold Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. China
Gold Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation* China
Tantalum 5D Production OU Estonia
Tantalum Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum CP Metals Inc. United States of America
Tantalum D Block Metals, LLC* United States of America
Tantalum Duoluoshan China
Tantalum Exotech Inc. United States of America
Tantalum F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.* China
Tantalum FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.* China
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Aizu* Japan
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Boyertown* United States of America
Tantalum Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd. China
Tantalum Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. Thailand

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
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
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 Janny New Material Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.* China
Tantalum Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.* China
Tantalum Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.* China
Tantalum KEMET de Mexico Mexico
Tantalum KEMET Blue Powder United States of America
Tantalum LSM Brasil S.A. Brazil
Tantalum Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.* India
Tantalum Mineracao Taboca S.A.* Brazil
Tantalum Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.* Japan
Tantalum Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.* China
Tantalum NPM Silmet AS* Estonia
Tantalum Power Resources Ltd. The Former Yugoslav Republic of 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 Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. China
Tantalum Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.* China
Tantalum Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. China
Tin Alpha* United States of America
Tin An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company Vietnam
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 CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. China
Tin CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda* Brazil
Tin CRM Synergies* Spain

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
Tin CV Ayi Jaya* Indonesia
Tin CV Gita Pesona Indonesia
Tin CV Tiga Sekawan Indonesia
Tin CV United Smelting Indonesia
Tin CV Venus Inti Perkasa* Indonesia
Tin Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. China
Tin Dowa* Japan
Tin DS Myanmar* Myanmar
Tin Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company Vietnam
Tin EM Vinto* Plurinational State of Bolivia
Tin Estanho de Rondonia S.A.* Brazil
Tin Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.* Brazil
Tin Fenix Metals* Poland
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 Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. China
Tin Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.* China
Tin Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant China
Tin HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.* China
Tin Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. China
Tin Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.* China
Tin Luna Smelter, Ltd.* Rwanda
Tin Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.* China
Tin Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.* Brazil
Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)* Malaysia
Tin Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. Brazil
Tin Metallic Resources, Inc.* United States of America
Tin Metallo Belgium N.V. Belgium
Tin Metallo Spain S.L.U. Spain
Tin Mineracao Taboca S.A.* Brazil
Tin Minsur* Peru
Tin Mitsubishi Materials Corporation* Japan
Tin Modeltech Sdn Bhd Malaysia
Tin Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company Vietnam
Tin Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd. Russian Federation
Tin O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.* Thailand
Tin O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.* Philippines
Tin Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.* Plurinational State of Bolivia

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
Tin Pongpipat Company Limited Myanmar
Tin Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited India
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 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 Masbro Alam Stania Indonesia
Tin PT Menara Cipta Mulia* Indonesia
Tin PT Mitra Stania Prima* Indonesia
Tin PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo* Indonesia
Tin PT Panca Mega Persada Indonesia
Tin PT Premium Tin Indonesia* Indonesia
Tin PT Prima Timah Utama* Indonesia
Tin PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)* Indonesia
Tin PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa* Indonesia
Tin PT Refined Bangka Tin* Indonesia
Tin PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa* Indonesia
Tin PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa* Indonesia
Tin PT 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
Tin Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.* Brazil
Tin Rui Da Hung* Taiwan
Tin Soft Metais Ltda. Brazil
Tin Super Ligas Brazil
Tin Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.* Vietnam
Tin Thaisarco* Thailand
Tin Tin Technology & Refining* United States of America

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
Tin Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company Vietnam
Tin VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC Vietnam
Tin White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.* Brazil
Tin Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.* China
Tin Yunnan Tin Company Limited China
Tin Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten A.L.M.T. Corp.* Japan
Tungsten ACL Metais Eireli Brazil
Tungsten Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd. Brazil
Tungsten Artek LLC Russian Federation
Tungsten Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.* Vietnam
Tungsten Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten China Molybdenum 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 Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten 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 HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd. Republic of Korea
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 Dayu Longxintai Tungsten 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 Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. China

 

 

 

 

Metal Smelter or Refiner Name Country
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.* Republic of Korea
Tungsten Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.* Taiwan
Tungsten LLC Volstok Russian Federation
Tungsten Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC) Vietnam
Tungsten Moliren Ltd. Russian Federation
Tungsten Niagara Refining LLC* United States of America
Tungsten NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC Russian Federation
Tungsten OOO “Technolom” 1 Russian Federation
Tungsten Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.* Philippines
Tungsten South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City China
Tungsten Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. Vietnam
Tungsten Unecha Refractory metals plant Russian Federation
Tungsten Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. Vietnam
Tungsten Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG* Austria
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.* China
Tungsten Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. China
Tungsten Yudu Ansheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. China