UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM SD

SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

 

 

AudioCodes Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

ISRAEL   0-30070
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission file number)
incorporation or organization)    

  

Hayarden St. 1, Airport City, Lod, Israel 7019900

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Lior Aldema, 972-3-9764000

(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, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 

x Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2014.

 

 
 

 

Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (“Form SD”) of AudioCodes Ltd. (“AudioCodes,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) for the year ended December 31, 2014 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Item 1.01. Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

 

AudioCodes evaluated its current product lines and determined that certain products we manufacture or contract to manufacture contain tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold, which are defined as “conflict minerals” by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, that are necessary to the functionality or production of our products. Accordingly, AudioCodes is filing this disclosure along with a Conflict Minerals Report to disclose the measures we have taken to determine the origin of the conflict minerals used in our products.

 

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

We undertook due diligence measures, including surveying our direct suppliers through an industry-standard survey template for conflict minerals, to try to determine the sources of these minerals, which we purchase through a complex supply chain. Currently, we do not have sufficient information from our suppliers or other sources to determine the country of origin of the conflict minerals used in our products or identify the facilities used to process those conflict minerals. Thus, we have determined that our supply chain is “DRC conflict undeterminable” (as defined in Form SD).

 

A copy of our Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto. Our Conflict Minerals Report, as well as our Conflict Minerals Policy, are publicly available on our website at http://www.audiocodes.com/sustainability under the heading "About Us-AudioCodes Going Sustainable". Except as expressly provided herein, the information on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this Form SD.

 

Item 1.02 Exhibit

 

See Item 2.01 below.

 

Section 2 – Exhibits

 

Item 2.01. Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

 

 
 

 

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 duly authorized undersigned.

 

AUDIOCODES LTD.

 

By: /s/ Lior Aldema

Name: Lior Aldema

Title: Chief Operating Officer and Head of Global Sales

 

May 26, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Exhibit 1.01

 

AudioCodes Ltd.

Conflict Minerals Report

For The Year Ended December 31, 2014

 

1.Introduction

 

This is the Conflict Minerals Report for AudioCodes Ltd. (herein referred to as “AudioCodes,” “we,” “us” or “our”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”) for the reporting period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. The Rule was adopted by the 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. 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 for the purpose of this assessment.

 

If a registrant can establish that the conflict minerals in its products 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, the registrant must submit a specialized disclosure report under Form SD that describes the steps that the registrant took to determine the origin of the conflict minerals in its products.

 

If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the conflict minerals in its supply chain may have originated in a Covered Country, or if the registrant is unable to determine the country of origin of those conflict minerals, then the registrant must exercise due diligence on the conflict minerals’ source and chain of custody, and the registrant must annually submit a Conflict Minerals Report to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.

 

The report presented herein is not audited by an independent private sector auditor because the Rule provides that if a registrant’s products are “DRC conflict undeterminable” in 2013 or 2014, then such audit is not required.

 

2.Company Overview

 

This report has been prepared by AudioCodes. The information includes the activities of all of our majority-owned subsidiaries that are required to be consolidated.

 

 

AudioCodes designs, develops and sells products and services for voice and data over packet networks. In broad terms, voice over packet, or VoP, networks consist of key network elements such as software switches, application servers, IP phones, media gateways and session border controllers (“SBC”). Our products primarily provide the media gateway and SBC element in the network, as well as voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, end-points such as IP Phones and VoIP mobile clients.

 

 
 

 

3.Products Overview

 

Our principal hardware product lines are essentially classified into the following categories: signal processor chips, media gateways, enterprise session border controllers, multi-service business routers, IP phones and media servers.

 

4.Supply Chain Overview

 

Because our supply chain is complex, AudioCodes relies upon our suppliers to provide information with respect to the origin of the conflict minerals contained in components and materials supplied to us, including sources of conflict minerals that are supplied to them from sub-tier suppliers. Our suppliers are expected to provide conflict minerals sourcing information to us pursuant to our Conflict Minerals Policy.

 

We have performed a comprehensive analysis of the components used in our products, and the role that suppliers play throughout our manufacturing and product delivery processes. We defined the scope of our conflict minerals due diligence by identifying and contacting our current suppliers that provide components or engage in manufacturing activities that are likely to contain conflict minerals. We adopted the standard Conflict Mineral reporting templates (“CMRT”) established by the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”), and sent our conflict minerals due diligence communication survey to these suppliers.

 

With respect to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have engaged a third party data collection vendor to conduct, collect and archive suppliers’ responses. Feedback from this engagement has allowed us to render the conclusions and statements in this report.

 

5.Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) and RCOI conclusion
5.1We conducted an analysis of our products and found that “conflict minerals”, as defined under the Rule (including tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold) can be found in our products and are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. Therefore, we are subject to the reporting obligations of the Rule.

 

 
 

 

5.2A list of all the suppliers and manufacturers AudioCodes contracts with to purchase all the items constructing its products was prepared by the Purchasing Department. The list was then reviewed and non-relevant suppliers and manufacturers were deleted (suppliers/manufacturers of items which definitely do not contain tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold). The final list was evaluated by Purchasing Director and Director of Quality Assurance, Environment & Safety.

 

5.3Due to the breadth and complexity of AudioCodes’ products and supply chain, it will take time for many of our suppliers to verify the origin of all conflict minerals. Using our supply chain due diligence processes and efforts, we hope to further develop transparency into our supply chain.

 

5.4Steps conducted this year include:

 

a.Performed internal applicability assessments of products and suppliers to determine which contain or may contain necessary conflict minerals.

 

b.Supplier engagement:

 

§Solicitation of survey responses from relevant suppliers.
§Assessment of suppliers responses - identify inconsistent, incomplete, or inaccurate responses.
§Engaging Purchasing Department to directly contact and push non-responsive suppliers.
§As part of our validation process, we sent training materials to suppliers, including an overview of the law and instructions on how to complete the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template, if relevant.

 

 

5.5Currently, we do not have sufficient information from our suppliers to determine the country of origin of the conflict minerals used in our products or the facilities used to process those conflict minerals. Therefore, we cannot exclude the possibility that some of these conflict minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country and are not from recycled or scrap sources. Based on this result, AudioCodes conducted due diligence activities and have described these activities in this Conflict Minerals Report.

 

6.Due Diligence Design

 

6.1Our due diligence processes and efforts have been developed in conjunction with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD Guidance) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten.

 

 
 

 

7.Due Diligence Performed

 

7.1Establish Strong Company Management Systems
7.1.1Conflict Minerals Policy

 

AudioCodes is committed to working with our global supply chain to ensure compliance with the SEC’s conflict minerals rules. Our conflict minerals policy is publicly available on our website at http://www.audiocodes.com/sustainability under the heading "Conflict Minerals”.

 

7.1.2Internal Team

AudioCodes has established a task force with representatives from our Legal, Finance, Purchasing and Quality departments to implement our conflict minerals compliance policy. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on a regular basis.

 

7.1.3Control Systems

 

AudioCodes has established our due diligence compliance process and set forth documentation and record maintenance mechanisms to ensure the retention of relevant documentation in a structured electronic database. Database content enables real-time identification of all countries of origin of the minerals as well as the smelters/refiners status. Since our databases are continuously backed up, this data retention assures availability with no time limitation.

 

Company level CMRT are amended on a monthly basis, as our sub-contractor collects new and/or corrected suppliers’ reports. AudioCodes makes its latest company level CMRT available to its customers upon request.

 

7.1.4Supplier Engagement

 

AudioCodes amended its Requirements from AudioCodes’ Suppliers Process Specification (P-08-03E) to include a paragraph detailing our mandatory requirement to comply with the Rule and to strictly follow the framework established by the OECD. This Process Specification is referenced in each Purchase Order issued to our suppliers, and is also available in AudioCodes’ website.

 

7.1.5Grievance Mechanism

 

Grievance mechanism & reporting are defined in the company Policy.

 

7.2Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain

 

7.2.1AudioCodes' risk analysis efforts address the information assessed within the risk analysis tool. For example: while trying to move towards the goal of being a conflict minerals free company, we assessed two primary risks in our supply chain:  (1) the risk of not receiving on time accurate information from the supplier; and (2) the risk of not being able to replace a supplier. The result was the segmentation of the suppliers into 3 levels of risks: high, medium and low, allowing the Company to focus its risk mitigation efforts according to the supplier level of risk.

 

 
 

 

7.3Design and Implement Strategy to Respond to Risks

 

7.3.1Suppliers are requested to supply their conflict minerals compliance declarations using the CMRT template. Such declarations are reviewed by AudioCodes (or its assigned sub-contractor) and verified for completeness and inconsistency.

 

7.3.2Any declaration determined to be inconsistent or missing data is returned to the supplier to correct and complete.

 

7.3.3Under this activity we also track smelters/refiners that have not received a conflict-free designation based on the CFSI/CFSP or other independent third party validation program, and also compare smelters/refiners identified by the supply chain survey against the list of facilities that have received a “conflict free” designation.

 

7.3.4Red Flags analysis on the topics listed below were defined to better identify suspicious behavior and activities:
a.Data completion
b.Locations of mineral origin
c.Existence of Company Policy

 

7.4Carry Out Independent Third Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Point in the Supply Chain

 

7.4.1AudioCodes does not have a direct relationship with smelters and refiners of conflict minerals, nor do we perform direct audits of these entities that provide our supply chain with conflict minerals. However we do rely upon the industry efforts and tools (for example, the CFSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template) in our evaluations.

 

7.5Report Annually on Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

 
 

 

7.5.1AudioCodes’ CMRT is amended on a monthly basis and is available to all requestors. The company’s annual Conflict Minerals Report is downloadable from AudioCodes’ website, at http://www.audiocodes.com/sustainability under the heading "Conflict Minerals”, and filed with the SEC on Form SD.

 

8.Results of Assessments
8.1Survey Responses

 

8.1.1Because of our size, the breadth and complexity of our products, and constant changes to our supply chain, it is difficult to identify entities downstream from our direct suppliers. We are relying on our direct suppliers to provide us with information about the source of conflict minerals contained in the components supplied to us. Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers.

 

8.1.2Despite receiving responses from suppliers listing smelter or refiner names in their supply chain, a few suppliers were unable to accurately report which specific smelters were part of the supply chain of the components that were sold to AudioCodes in 2014. Therefore, we are not able to determine the facilities that processed the conflict minerals in such products.

 

8.1.3We received responses from more than 80% of the suppliers surveyed. We reviewed the responses against criteria developed to determine which required further engagement with our suppliers. These criteria included untimely or incomplete responses, as well as inconsistencies within the data reported in the Template. We are working directly with these suppliers to have them provide revised responses.

 

8.1.4Most CMRTs were reported at the company level, see table below.
Declaration Scopes of Delivered Consolidated Manufacturers
Reported at company level 85%
Reported user defined 4%
Reported product list/product 11%

 

8.1.5As of today, the 80% responses received from our suppliers can be further categorized as in the table below. CMRTs with major issues are CMRTs with significant incompleteness, inaccuracy, or contradictory information submitted. For example, tantalum, tin, gold, or tungsten was declared used but no smelters were entered for these metals. A CMRT which was escalated is a CMRT of manufacturer with at least one or multiple escalations (no major issues).

 

 
 

 

Consolidated Manufacturers Sub-Collection Status
MFRs delivered satisfactory CMRT 32%
MFRs delivered CMRT with major issues 52%
MFRs whose CMRT was escalated* 11%
MFRs still in process 6%
*MFR with at least one or multiple escalations (no major issues). Escalated by the subcontractor to AudioCodes to supply better/correct contact information, to contact the manufacturer directly, etc. due to manufacturer’s poor responsiveness.

 

8.1.6The smelters analysis of those 80% responsive manufacturers is given below. The list of smelters is set forth in the attached Appendix A. The list of mines’ countries of origin is set forth in the attached Appendix B.

 

 

Smelters Analysis
 With Certification
Certified Smelters - CFSP/RJC/LBMA/DMCC* 58%
Non-Certified Smelters - CFSP/RJC/LBMA/DMCC* 42%
 Legitimacy
Alleged Smelters - FSI/RJC/LBMA/DMCC/DOC/APPLE/INTEL/GS* 90%
Unknown Smelters 10%
*Initials of credible sources for conflict minerals information (organizations or company names).

 

8.1.7Based on the information obtained through the due diligence process, AudioCodes does not have sufficient information as yet to determine the country of origin of all the conflict minerals contained in our products.

 

8.1.8The large majority of the responses received provided data at a company or divisional level or, as described above, were unable to specify the smelters or refiners used for components supplied to AudioCodes. We are therefore unable to determine whether any of the conflict minerals reported by the suppliers were contained in components or parts supplied to us or to validate that any of these smelters or refiners are actually in our supply chain.

 

8.1.9Information gathered from our suppliers is not on a continuous, real-time basis, (since according to the Rule a product would “not be found to be DRC conflict free” if it does not meet the required standard for even one day of the reporting year).

 

 
 

 

8.1.10The Company can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals, since the information comes from: direct and secondary suppliers and independent third party audit programs.

 

8.2Efforts to Determine Country of Origin of Mine or Conflict Minerals

 

8.2.1Tracing materials back to their mine of origin is a complex aspect of responsible sourcing in our supply chain. By adopting a methodology based on the OECD guidelines and the CFSI template, we have determined that the information we gathered from the smelters and refiners in our supply chain represents the most reasonable known mine of origin information available to us.

 

9.Continuous Improvement Efforts to Mitigate Risks

 

9.1AudioCodes will engage with suppliers who may be sourcing from non-conflict free smelters to move towards using conflict free smelters within a reasonable time frame. The time frame will be dependent on the criticality of the specific component and the availability of alternative suppliers.

 

9.2AudioCodes will continue implementing risk mitigation actions such as: follow up letters to high risk non responsive suppliers; and follow up letters to suppliers with conflict minerals from the Covered Countries from non-certified smelters.

 

9.3AudioCodes will examine the possibility of establishing new terms and conditions in supplier contracts that stipulate responses to conflict mineral related inquires.

 

10.Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as “may”, “will,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” or “opportunity,” the negative of these words or words of similar import. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements relating to our future plans, and any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions, which may not prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they are made and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except as required by U.S. federal securities laws.

 
 

 

Appendix A: Smelters list

 

1. Gold

Metal Smelter Name Smelter country
Gold Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. JAPAN
Gold Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. GERMANY
Gold Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) UZBEKISTAN
Gold AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Minerção BRAZIL
Gold Argor-Heraeus SA SWITZERLAND
Gold Asahi Pretec Corp. JAPAN
Gold Asaka Riken Co Ltd JAPAN
Gold Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. TURKEY
Gold Aurubis AG GERMANY
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 Caridad MEXICO
Gold CCR Refinery – Glencore Canada Corporation CANADA
Gold Cendres & Métaux SA SWITZERLAND
Gold Chimet S.p.A. ITALY
Gold China National Gold Group Corporation CHINA
Gold Chugai Mining Co., Ltd JAPAN
Gold Codelco CHILE
Gold Colt Refining UNITED STATES
Gold Daejin Indus Co. Ltd KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold DaeryongENC KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. CHINA
Gold Do Sung Corporation KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

 
 

 

Gold Doduco GERMANY
Gold Dowa JAPAN
Gold ECHEMEMI ENTERPRISE CORP.(FUTURES EXCHANGE) CHINA
Gold Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. JAPAN
Gold FSE Novosibirsk Refinery RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd CHINA
Gold Gold Bell Group CHINA
Gold Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited CHINA
Gold Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. CHINA
Gold Heimerle + Meule GmbH GERMANY
Gold Heraeus Ltd Hong Kong HONG KONG
Gold Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG GERMANY
Gold Heraeus Precious Metals North America UNITED STATES
Gold Hunan Chenzhou Mining Industry Group CHINA
Gold Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited CHINA
Gold Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. JAPAN
Gold Istanbul Gold Refinery TURKEY
Gold Japan Mint JAPAN
Gold Jiangxi Copper Company Limited CHINA
Gold Johnson Matthey Inc UNITED STATES
Gold Johnson Matthey Ltd CANADA
Gold JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold JSC Uralelectromed RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd JAPAN
Gold Kazzinc Ltd KAZAKHSTAN
Gold Kennecott Utah Copper LLC UNITED STATES
Gold Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd JAPAN
Gold Korea Metal Co. Ltd KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold Kyrgyzaltyn JSC KYRGYZSTAN
Gold L' azurde Company For Jewelry SAUDI ARABIA
Gold Lingbao Gold Company Limited CHINA
Gold Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd. CHINA
Gold London Bullion Market Association UNITED KINGDOM
Gold LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd CHINA

 

 
 

 

Gold Materion UNITED STATES
Gold Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd JAPAN
Gold Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd HONG KONG
Gold Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. SINGAPORE
Gold Metalor Technologies SA SWITZERLAND
Gold Metalor USA Refining Corporation UNITED STATES
Gold METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V MEXICO
Gold Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. MEXICO
Gold Mitsubishi Materials Corporation JAPAN
Gold Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. JAPAN
Gold Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. TURKEY
Gold Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat UZBEKISTAN
Gold Nihon Material Co. LTD JAPAN
Gold Ohio Precious Metals, LLC UNITED STATES
Gold Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd JAPAN
Gold OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet) RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold OJSC Kolyma Refinery RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold PAMP SA SWITZERLAND
Gold Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd CHINA
Gold Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk INDONESIA
Gold PX Précinox SA SWITZERLAND
Gold Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd SOUTH AFRICA
Gold Republic Metals Corporation UNITED STATES
Gold Royal Canadian Mint CANADA
Gold Sabin Metal Corp. UNITED STATES
Gold Samduck Precious Metals KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold SAMWON METALS Corp. KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold Schone Edelmetaal NETHERLANDS
Gold SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA SPAIN
Gold Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co.,  Ltd CHINA
Gold Shanghai Gold Exchange CHINA
Gold Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd CHINA
Gold Singway Technology Co., Ltd. TAIWAN
Gold So Accurate Group, Inc. UNITED STATES

 

 
 

 

Gold SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gold Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. TAIWAN
Gold Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. JAPAN
Gold Suzhou xingrui CHINA
Gold Suzhou Xingrui Noble CHINA
Gold Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. JAPAN
Gold The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China CHINA
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 Torecom KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Gold Umicore Brasil Ltda BRAZIL
Gold Umicore Precious Metals Thailand THAILAND
Gold Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining BELGIUM
Gold United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. UNITED STATES
Gold Valcambi SA SWITZERLAND
Gold Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint AUSTRALIA
Gold YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD. JAPAN
Gold Yantai Zhaojin Lai Fuk Precious Metals Ltd CHINA
Gold Yokohama Metal Co Ltd JAPAN
Gold Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd CHINA
Gold Zhejiang Suijin CHINA
Gold Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation CHINA
Gold Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd CHINA

 

2. Tantalum

Metal Smelter Name Smelter country
Tantalum Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tantalum Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry CHINA
Tantalum Duoluoshan CHINA
Tantalum Exotech Inc. UNITED STATES
Tantalum F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. CHINA
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals UNITED STATES
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Aizu JAPAN
Tantalum Global Advanced Metals Boyertown UNITED STATES
Tantalum Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tantalum Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch CHINA
Tantalum H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. THAILAND
Tantalum H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar GERMANY
Tantalum H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg GERMANY

 

 
 

 

Tantalum H.C. Starck Group GERMANY
Tantalum H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH GERMANY
Tantalum H.C. Starck Inc. UNITED STATES
Tantalum H.C. Starck Ltd. JAPAN
Tantalum H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG GERMANY
Tantalum Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tantalum Hi-Temp UNITED STATES
Tantalum JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tantalum Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tantalum KEMET Blue Metals MEXICO
Tantalum KEMET Blue Powder UNITED STATES
Tantalum King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd CHINA
Tantalum LSM Brasil S.A. BRAZIL
Tantalum Metallurgical Products India (Pvt.) Ltd. INDIA
Tantalum Mitsui Mining & Smelting JAPAN
Tantalum Molycorp Silmet A.S. ESTONIA
Tantalum Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tantalum Plansee AUSTRIA
Tantalum Plansee SE Liezen AUSTRIA
Tantalum Plansee SE Reutte AUSTRIA
Tantalum QuantumClean UNITED STATES
Tantalum RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd CHINA
Tantalum Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd CHINA
Tantalum Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum Solikamsk Metal Works RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tantalum Taki Chemicals JAPAN
Tantalum Tantalite Resources SOUTH AFRICA
Tantalum Telex UNITED STATES
Tantalum Ulba KAZAKHSTAN
Tantalum Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd CHINA
Tantalum Zhuzhou Cement Carbide CHINA

 

3. Tin

Metal Smelter Name Smelter country
Tin AIM CANADA
Tin Alpha UNITED STATES
Tin American Iron and Metal CANADA
Tin An Xin Xuan Xin Yue You Se Jin Shu Co. Ltd. CHINA

 

 
 

 

Tin CFC Cooperativa dos Fundidores de Cassiterita da Amazônia Ltda. BRAZIL
Tin China Rare Metal Materials Company CHINA
Tin China Tin Group Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tin China Yunnan Tin Minerals Group Company Ltd. CHINA
Tin CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. CHINA
Tin Cookson UNITED STATES
Tin Cooper Santa BRAZIL
Tin COOPERMETAL - Cooperativa Metalúrgica de Rondônia Ltda. BRAZIL
Tin CV Duta Putra Bangka INDONESIA
Tin CV Gita Pesona INDONESIA
Tin CV JusTindo INDONESIA
Tin CV Makmur Jaya INDONESIA
Tin CV Nurjanah INDONESIA
Tin CV Serumpun Sebalai INDONESIA
Tin CV United Smelting INDONESIA
Tin Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd JAPAN
Tin EM Vinto BOLIVIA
Tin Estanho de Rondônia S.A. BRAZIL
Tin Eximetal S.A. ARGENTINA
Tin Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH GERMANY
Tin Fenix Metals POLAND
Tin Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC CHINA
Tin Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd. CHINA
Tin Gejiu Zi-Li CHINA
Tin Guangxi Huaxi Group Co.,Ltd CHINA
Tin Huaxi Guangxi Group CHINA
Tin Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd CHINA
Tin Jean Goldschmidt International BELGIUM
Tin Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tin Jiangxi Nanshan CHINA
Tin Kai Unita Trade Limited Liability Company CHINA

 

 
 

 

Tin Kaimeng (Gejiu) Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tin KOVOHUTĚ PŘÍBRAM NÁSTUPNICKÁ, A.S. CZECH REPUBLIC
Tin Kupol RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin Laibin Huaxi Smelterring Co.,Ltd CHINA
Tin Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co CHINA
Tin Liuzhou China Tin CHINA
Tin Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas LTDA BRAZIL
Tin MALAYSIA SMEL TING CORPORATION BERHAD MALAYSIA
Tin Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) MALAYSIA
Tin Melt Metais e Ligas S/A BRAZIL
Tin Metallic Materials Branch of Guangxi China Tin Group Co.,Ltd. CHINA
Tin Metallic Resources Inc UNITED STATES
Tin Metallo Chimique BELGIUM
Tin Mineração Taboca S.A. BRAZIL
Tin Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd. CHINA
Tin Minsur PERU
Tin Nathan Trotter & Co.,Inc. UNITED STATES
Tin Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tin O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. THAILAND
Tin O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. PHILIPPINES
Tin OMSA BOLIVIA
Tin Poongsan Corporation KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tin PT Alam Lestari Kencana 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 Kudai Tin INDONESIA
Tin PT Bangka Putra Karya INDONESIA
Tin PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera INDONESIA
Tin PT Bangka Tin Industry INDONESIA
Tin PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera INDONESIA

 

 
 

 

Tin PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari INDONESIA
Tin PT Bukit Timah INDONESIA
Tin PT DS Jaya Abadi INDONESIA
Tin PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri INDONESIA
Tin PT Fang Di MulTindo INDONESIA
Tin PT HANJAYA PERKASA METALS INDONESIA
Tin PT HP Metals Indonesia INDONESIA
Tin PT Inti Stania Prima INDONESIA
Tin PT Karimun Mining INDONESIA
Tin PT Koba Tin INDONESIA
Tin PT Mitra Stania Prima INDONESIA
Tin PT Panca Mega Persada INDONESIA
Tin PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk INDONESIA
Tin PT Prima Timah Utama INDONESIA
Tin PT REFINED BANGKA TIN INDONESIA
Tin PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa INDONESIA
Tin PT Seirama Tin investment INDONESIA
Tin PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa INDONESIA
Tin PT Sumber Jaya Indah INDONESIA
Tin PT Supra Sukses Trinusa INDONESIA
Tin PT Tambang Timah INDONESIA
Tin PT Timah INDONESIA
Tin PT Timah (Persero), Tbk INDONESIA
Tin PT Tinindo Inter Nusa INDONESIA
Tin PT Tommy Utama INDONESIA
Tin PT Yinchendo Mining Industry INDONESIA
Tin Rui Da Hung TAIWAN
Tin SA Minsur PERU
Tin Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co. Ltd. CHINA
Tin Sizer Metals PTE SINGAPORE
Tin Soft Metais, Ltda. BRAZIL
Tin Thaisarco THAILAND
Tin Tongding Metal Material Co.,Ltd. CHINA
Tin Traxys FRANCE
Tin White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. BRAZIL
Tin Wu Xi Shi Yi Zheng Ji Xie She Bei Company CHINA
Tin Yantai Zhaojin Precious Metals Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tin Yifeng Tin Industry (Chenzhou) Co Ltd CHINA
Tin Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd. CHINA
Tin Yunnan Tin Company Limited CHINA

 

 
 

 

4. Tungsten

Metal Smelter Name Smelter country
Tungsten A.L.M.T. Corp. JAPAN
Tungsten Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co Ltd CHINA
Tungsten Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. UNITED STATES
Tungsten Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten H.C. Starck GmbH GERMANY
Tungsten Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co CHINA
Tungsten Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd. CHINA
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 Richsea New Materials Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Kennametal Fallon UNITED STATES
Tungsten Kennametal Huntsville UNITED STATES
Tungsten Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing  LLC VIET NAM
Tungsten Sumitomo   CHINA
Tungsten Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. VIET NAM
Tungsten Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd VIET NAM
Tungsten Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG AUSTRIA
Tungsten Wolfram Company CJSC RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tungsten Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. CHINA
Tungsten Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co Ltd CHINA

 

 
 

 

Appendix B: Mines Country of Origin

 

Australia
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
Ethiopia
Germany
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea, Republic of
Peru
Russia
South Africa
Switzerland
Thailand
United States
Uzbekistan

 

 

 

 

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