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Exhibit 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
For The Year Ended December 31, 2016
Introduction
This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Quidel Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule”). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in Item 1.01 of Form SD promulgated under the Rule, and the reader is referred to Form SD and Release No. 34-67716 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 22, 2012 for such definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, references below in this Conflict Minerals Report to “Quidel”, “we”, “our” or “us” refer to Quidel Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
The terms “Conflict Minerals” or “3TG” are defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten. The Rule requires us to undertake in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine whether any of the 3TG in our products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country, which for the purposes of the Rule are Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia (together with the DRC, collectively defined as the “Covered Countries”) or were from recycled or scrap sources.
Company Overview
Quidel’s products are marketed under the Sofia®, QuickVue®, D3® Direct Detection, Thyretain® and InflammaDry® leading brand names, as well as under the Solana®, AmpliVue® and Lyra® molecular brands. Quidel's products aid in the detection and diagnosis of many critical diseases and conditions, including, among others, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, Strep A, herpes, pregnancy, thyroid disease and fecal occult blood. Quidel’s principal executive offices are located at 12544 High Bluff Dr., Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92130.
Description of Our Products Covered by this Report
This Report relates to Quidel products: (i) for which 3TG are necessary to the functionality or production of that product; (ii) that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by Quidel; and (iii) for which the manufacture was completed during calendar year 2016. During this reporting period, we identified that our Sofia®, Virena®, AmpliVue®, and Solana® equipment and QuickVue® iFOB products that include test strips that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture may contain 3TG that are necessary to the functionality of the products.
Quidel’s supply chain is complex and there are many third parties in the supply chain between the ultimate manufacture of Quidel products and the original sources of Conflict Minerals. In this regard, Quidel does not purchase 3TG directly from mines, smelters or refiners. Quidel must therefore rely on its suppliers to
provide information regarding the origin of the 3TG that is contained in Quidel products. Moreover, Quidel believes that the smelters anAS
d refiners of the 3TG are best situated to identify the sources of 3TG, and therefore has taken steps to identify the applicable smelters and refiners of 3TG in Quidel’s supply chain.
Conflict Minerals Compliance Program
Our due diligence processes and efforts have been designed to conform with the five-step framework recommended by the Second Edition of The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten (the “OECD Guidance”). In addition, we used the standard Conflict Minerals Reporting Template developed jointly by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) (the “Template”), along with other resources employed by a third-party consultant, to obtain information necessary to prepare this Report.
(1) Establish Strong Management Systems
Conflict Minerals Compliance Team - We have established a team comprised of representatives from our Operations, Supply Chain management, Finance, and Legal departments to review the Rule, the adopting release associated with the Rule and the related FAQs published by the SEC staff. To date, we have focused our efforts on implementation of our processes to communicate with suppliers and record and store responses to our inquiries. In 2016, we also engaged a recognized third party professional agency to assist us in our efforts to implement the due diligence process in accordance with the OECD Guidance.
Conflict Minerals Policy - We have adopted a policy on Conflict Minerals, which is posted on our website at quidel.com through the “Investor Relations” link under the heading “Corporate Governance.” Our policy includes principles that we expect all of our suppliers to: prohibit human rights abuses and unethical practices; source materials from socially responsible suppliers and sub-suppliers in pursuit of conflict free supply chains; abide by applicable legal standards and requirements; and cooperate with us as necessary for us to meet our disclosure requirements.
System of Controls and Transparency over Supply Chain - We continue to try to identify upstream actors in our supply chain through the utilization of the Template and the resources employed by our third-party consultant.
Supplier Engagement - As in the prior years, in 2016, we engaged a recognized third-party professional agency to assist us in engaging suppliers, including by providing access to the third-party's Conflict Minerals Supplier Resource Center and to escalate communications as needed to obtain requested information and raise awareness of our Conflicts Minerals Compliance Program.
Grievance Mechanism - We provide an ethics hotline to report any concerns about violations of Quidel’s Code of Conduct, which provides a mechanism for escalating any issues and concerns, including those related to Conflict Minerals.
Maintain Records - We retain documentation with respect to our due diligence compliance process and in accordance with record retention requirements that are designed to to ensure the retaining of relevant documentation.
(2) Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain
We seek to identify and assess risks in the supply chain, including by adopting processes to identify whether 3TG “necessary to the functionality of the products” has been identified and by implementing processes to collect, review, and record data from suppliers and follow up with suppliers regarding source information. We also conducted a third party analysis of the collected supplier information, comparing the information
against a national database gathered from various industries over the years. Utilizing the database and other data points, we collaborated with our third-party consultant to establish a ranking system that identified possible risk patterns in the supplier/smelter data, allowing us to further scrutinize the supply chain and country of origin information.
(3) Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
If, based on red flags that are identified, we determine that there is a reasonable risk that a supplier is sourcing Conflict Minerals that are directly or indirectly financing or benefiting armed groups, we encourage suppliers to comply with our Conflict Minerals Policy. Our third-party consultant also applied quality assurance measures in connection with aggregation of the collected data.
(4) Third Party Audit
We do not have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners, nor do we perform direct audits of these entities that provide our supply chain with Conflict Minerals. However, we do rely upon the industry (for example, EICC and Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”)) efforts to influence smelters and refiners to get audited and certified through CFSI’s Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”).
(5) Reporting
We filed Form SD and this Report with the SEC and have made this Report available on our website at quidel.com through the “Investor Relations” link under the heading “Corporate Governance.” The content of any website referred to in this Report is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Report.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
Quidel has conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) that was designed to determine whether any 3TG in Quidel’s products originated in the DRC or an adjoining country or were from recycled or scrap sources through use of the Template and engagement with our third-party consultant. As a part of our RCOI, through our third-party consultant, we surveyed the 10 suppliers that were identified as in-scope for conflict mineral regulatory purposes. These suppliers were each contacted as part of the RCOI process and given a deadline of March 31, 2017 to respond to inquiries. 90% of these suppliers responded to us.
For those supply chains with smelters or refiners and associated mine countries of origin that are thought to be sourcing from a Covered Country, additional investigation was done to determine the source and chain-of-custody of the regulated metals. We relied on the following internationally accepted audit standards to determine which smelters or refiners are considered “DRC Conflict Free”: the CFSP, the London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery Program and the Responsible Jewellery Council Chain-of-Custody Certification. If the smelter or refiner is not certified by these internationally-recognized schemes, our third-party consultant may attempt to contact the smelter to gain more information about their sourcing practices. Internet research is also performed to determine whether there are any outside sources of information regarding the smelter’s sourcing practices. Up to three contact attempts are made to gather information on mine country of origin and sourcing practices.
None of our suppliers were able to identify the smelters or refiners used for a particular part, component, or product that was supplied to us and that was later incorporated into our Products. Therefore, we are unable to identify with certainty the specific facilities used to process the 3TG in our products. There were 304 identified smelters/refiners that have been reported to us by our suppliers. A list of smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers is included on Annex I below along with certain country of origin information provided to us.
Independent Private Sector Audit
An independent private sector audit of this Report is not required at this time.
Limitations
As a downstream purchaser of 3TG, our due diligence measures cannot provide absolute assurance regarding the source and chain of custody of the necessary Conflict Minerals. Our due diligence processes are based on the necessity of seeking data from our suppliers and those suppliers seeking similar information within their supply chains to identify the original sources of the necessary Conflict Minerals. We also rely on third-party audit programs and other industry efforts and information.
A number of factors could introduce errors or otherwise affect our determinations, including, but not limited to, gaps in supplier data, gaps in smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers, errors or omissions by smelters, confusion over requirements of SEC final rules, gaps in supplier education and knowledge, timeliness of data, public information not discovered during a reasonable search, errors in public data, language barriers and translation, supplier and smelter unfamiliarity with the reporting process, oversights or errors in conflict free smelter audits, Covered Country sourced materials being declared secondary materials, certification programs not being equally advanced for all industry segments and metals, and smuggling of Conflict Minerals to countries beyond the Covered Countries.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Report contains forward-looking statements, which are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. These statements include statements regarding our future plans and initiatives for our due diligence process and to mitigate the risk about the sourcing of 3TG. All forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include: failure to carry out these plans in a timely manner or at all; lack of cooperation or progress by our suppliers, their respective suppliers and smelters; lack of progress in smelter or refiner validation programs for conflict minerals (including the possibility of inaccurate information, fraud and other irregularities) or these plans not being effective. In addition, you should also consider the important factors described in reports and documents that we file from time to time with the SEC, including the factors described under the sections titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recently submitted Quarterly or Annual Reports. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Continuous Improvement
To help mitigate the risk that 3TG in our products benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, we endeavor to continuously improve upon our supply chain due diligence efforts, including through the following measures:
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• | Continue to assess the presence of 3TG in our supply chain; |
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• | Communicate with suppliers to continue to obtain a high response rate for the RCOI process; and |
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• | Continue to compare RCOI results to information collected via independent conflict free smelter validation programs such as the CFSP. |
Annex I
Smelters and Refiners
In connection with our reasonable country of origin inquiry and due diligence, as applicable, our suppliers identified to us the smelters and refiners listed below, sorted by mineral, as potentially having processed the necessary 3TG contained in our in-scope products in 2016.
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Metal | Official Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | United States |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | United States |
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Al Etihad Gold | United Arab Emirates |
Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | Germany |
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | Uzbekistan |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti | Brazil |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corporation | Japan |
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Limited | Canada |
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | United States |
Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | Turkey |
Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | South Africa |
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 | Caridad | Mexico |
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | Canada |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux SA | Switzerland |
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 | DODUCO GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Dowa | Japan |
Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | Korea, Republic of |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | United Arab Emirates |
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | Zimbabwe |
Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd | China |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | United States |
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 |
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Gold | Gujarat Gold Centre | India |
Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd | China |
Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | HwaSeong CJ Co. Ltd | Korea, Republic of |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | Turkey |
Gold | Japan Mint | Japan |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited | 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 | Kaloti Precious Metals | United Arab Emirates |
Gold | Kazzinc | Kazakhstan |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | United States |
Gold | KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna | Poland |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of |
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | Kyrgyzstan |
Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry | Saudi Arabia |
Gold | Lingbao Gold Company 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 | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Materion | United States |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | China |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | Singapore |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Co Ltd | China |
Gold | Metalor Technologies SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | United States |
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 | Morris and Watson Gold Coast | Australia |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | Russian Federation |
Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. | Turkey |
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Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | Uzbekistan |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Japan |
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 |
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 Precinox SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa |
Gold | Remondis Argentia B.V. | Netherlands |
Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | United States |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | Canada |
Gold | SAAMP | France |
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | United States |
Gold | SAFINA A.S. | Czech Republic |
Gold | Sai Refinery | India |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | Korea, Republic of |
Gold | SAMWON METALS Corp. | Korea, Republic of |
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | Netherlands |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA | Spain |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | 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 | Sudan Gold Refinery | Sudan |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Sungeel Hitech Co., Ltd. | Korea, Republic of |
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 Holdings Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Tony Goetz NV | Belgium |
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 |
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Gold | Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia | Zambia |
Gold | Valcambi SA | Switzerland |
Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | Australia |
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd | China |
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | China |
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry | China |
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | United States |
Tantalum | Duoluoshan | China |
Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | United States |
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 |
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 |
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 | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. | United States |
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 Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited | China |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium 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 | Mineração Taboca S.A. | Brazil |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet AS | Estonia |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Power Resources Ltd. | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of |
Tantalum | QuantumClean | United States |
Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | Brazil |
Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | Russian Federation |
Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | Japan |
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Tantalum | Telex Metals | United States |
Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc. | United States |
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | Kazakhstan |
Tantalum | XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Alpha | United States |
Tin | An Thai Minerals Company Limited | Viet Nam |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Company Limited | China |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. | China |
Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Gita Pesona | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Tiga Sekawan | Indonesia |
Tin | CV United Smelting | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | Indonesia |
Tin | Dowa | Japan |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | Elmet S.L.U. | Spain |
Tin | EM Vinto | Bolivia |
Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | Brazil |
Tin | Fenix Metals | Poland |
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 Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy 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 | Jean Goldschmidt International SA | Belgium |
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material 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 |
Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. | Belgium |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | Brazil |
Tin | Minsur | Peru |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan |
Tin | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia |
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Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Thailand |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Philippines |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | Bolivia |
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 Bangka Prima Tin | 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 Justindo | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Karimun Mining | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | Indonesia |
Tin | PT O.M. Indonesia | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | 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 (Persero) Tbk Kundur | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Tommy Utama | Indonesia |
Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | Rui Da Hung | Taiwan |
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | Thaisarco | Thailand |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | Viet Nam |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd. | China |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Company Limited | China |
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. | Japan |
Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | Brazil |
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Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Industry 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 | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | United States |
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 | 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 |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | United States |
Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | United States |
Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Moliren Ltd | Russian Federation |
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | United States |
Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | Philippines |
Tungsten | South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | China |
Tungsten | TaeguTec Ltd. | Korea, Republic of |
Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Unecha Refractory Metals Plant | Russian Federation |
Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten 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 |
Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
We note the following in connection with the information in the table above: The smelters and refiners listed in the table were identified by our suppliers as being part of our 2016 supply chain. Some of the suppliers may have reported to us smelters and refiners that were not in our supply chain (i) since they reported at a “company level,” meaning that they reported to us the 3TG contained in all of their products, not just the products that they sold to us, or (ii) due to over-inclusiveness in the information received from their suppliers. In addition, the smelters and refiners reflected above may not be all of the smelters and refiners in our 2016 supply chain, since many of the suppliers were unable to identify all of the smelters and refiners used to process the necessary 3TG content contained in our in scope products. All information in the table is as of May 24, 2017.
Country of Origin Information
For 2016, we were not able to determine the country of origin of the 3TG processed by approximately 15% of the identified smelters or refiners. In addition, less than 20% of the identified smelters and refiners have not been certified as currently compliant with CFSP assessment protocols of the CFSI or other accredited organizations.
The countries of origin of the 3TG processed by the smelters and refiners listed above may have included countries in each of the categories listed below. The countries below are sorted by OECD risk level, with L1 being the lowest level of risk and L3 being the highest.
L1 - Little to no risk countries, such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, and the United States.
L2 - Low to medium risk countries, such as Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, and the United Arab Emirates.
L3 - High risk countries, such as the DRC, Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
In addition, some of the listed smelters and refiners may have processed 3TG originating from recycled or scrap sources.
