EX-1.01 2 d937455dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF

THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY

FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD FROM

JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

I.

Introduction

This is the Conflict Minerals1 Report of The Gorman-Rupp Company (“we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company”) prepared for calendar year 2019 in accordance with Rule 13p-1 (“Rule 13p-1”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”). Numerous terms in this Report are defined in Rule 13p-1 of the Act and SEC Release No. 34-67716 (August 22, 2012) under the Act (the “Adopting Release”). The reader is referred to these sources for the definitions of defined terms contained herein.

In accordance with Rule 13p-1, we undertook efforts to determine the presence and source of the conflict minerals within our products. The Company designed its efforts in conformity with the internationally recognized due diligence framework set forth in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas2 (“OECD Due Diligence Guidance”) and related Supplements.

The statements below are based on the activities performed to date in good faith by the Company and are based on the infrastructure and information available at the time of this filing. Factors that could affect the accuracy of these statements include, but are not limited to, incomplete supplier data or available smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers or smelters, evolving identification of smelters, incomplete information from industry or other third-party sources, continuing guidance regarding the SEC final rules, and other issues.

 

II.

Overview

Company Profile

The Gorman-Rupp Company (“Registrant”, “Gorman-Rupp” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Ohio in 1934. The Company designs, manufactures and globally sells pumps and pump systems for use in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire protection, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (“HVAC”), military and other liquid-handling applications.

We are subject to this rule as we have determined that, during 2019, conflict minerals were likely necessary to the functionality or production of products we manufactured or contracted to manufacture. The Company, as a purchaser of component parts, is many steps removed from the mining of conflict minerals. We do not purchase raw ore or unrefined conflict minerals and we conduct no purchasing activities directly in the DRC or adjoining countries.

 

 

 

1 

The term “conflict mineral” is defined in Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as (A) columbite-tantalite, also known as coltan (the metal ore from which tantalum is extracted); cassiterite (the metal ore from which tin is extracted); gold; wolframite (the metal ore from which tungsten is extracted); or their derivatives; or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country.

2 

OECD (2016), OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264252479-en

 

1


Conflict Minerals Policy

The Company developed a policy statement to support the goals expressed by Congress in enacting Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The policy highlights the Company’s commitment to complying with the reporting and due diligence obligations required by the SEC rule and the Company’s expectations from its suppliers. In addition, the policy includes language encouraging suppliers to source responsibly. The policy resides on our corporate website (http://gormanrupp.com/wp-content/uploads/Conflict-Minerals-Policy.pdf).

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry Information

We have conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether the necessary conflict minerals originated in the DRC or an adjoining country or came from recycled or scrap sources.

The Company’s RCOI process included reviewing the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope as described by the Adopting Release and conducting an inquiry of our direct suppliers of the in-scope products using the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (“RMI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”). Based on the results of our RCOI which indicated sourcing from the DRC or an adjoining country, we exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. Our due diligence efforts are discussed further in this Conflict Minerals Report.

Due Diligence Program Design

The Company designed its conflict minerals program to conform, in all material respects, with the five-step framework of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten, and the Supplement on Gold, specifically as they relate to our position in the minerals supply chain as a “downstream” company:

 

Step 1:

Establish strong company management systems

 

Step 2:

Identify and assess risks in the supply chain

 

Step 3:

Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

 

Step 4:

Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner’s due diligence practices

 

Step 5:

Report annually on supply chain due diligence.

 

III.

Due Diligence Measures Performed by The Company

The following describes the measures taken to reasonably determine the country of origin and to exercise due diligence in the mineral supply chain in conformance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.

 

2


Step 1: Establish strong company management systems

 

a.

Conflict minerals team – The Company established a conflict minerals team that includes individuals from the relevant business units and departments, including compliance, finance, procurement, sales, and legal. The team was structured to include the involvement from those in upper management roles, including the Vice President and General Counsel, to ensure that critical information, including the Company’s conflict minerals policy, reached relevant employees and suppliers. We also engaged Crowe LLP, an international accounting and consulting firm, to assist us with our compliance efforts.

 

b.

Conflict minerals policy – The Company adopted and published a policy establishing the expectations of our suppliers. The policy resides on our corporate website.

 

c.

Internal engagement – We developed a training program to educate employees on our conflict minerals process, the goals of our program, and our reporting obligations as a supplier and a public filer.

 

d.

Supplier engagement – The Company communicated its conflict minerals policy and provided educational materials to our in-scope suppliers. Suppliers were informed when the request for information was initiated on the conflict minerals disclosure requirements as well as recommendations for developing, implementing, and documenting a conflict minerals compliance program.

 

e.

Company level grievance mechanism – As recommended by the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, the Company has a grievance mechanism in place as a risk-awareness system for conflict minerals issues. The Company engages a third-party to maintain its ethics compliance hotline. Both internal and external stakeholders can contact the hotline by telephone or internet.

 

f.

Records management – The Company will maintain records relating to our conflict minerals program in accordance with the recommended record retention guidelines of five years.

Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain

We performed the following steps as part of our risk assessment process:

 

a.

Identified products in scope – Our conflict minerals team conducted a detailed review of the products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured during the Reporting Period to identify products that should be deemed in-scope as described by the Adopting Release.

 

b.

Conducted RCOI – The Company utilized the most recent version of the industry-developed CMRT to query our suppliers for conflict minerals information. We requested this information from the Tier 1 suppliers who provide materials and components for the products deemed in-scope by our conflict minerals team. We evaluated the responses from the templates submitted by our suppliers to determine our reporting obligation based on this RCOI. See Appendix I for a list of countries of origin identified through the RCOI process.

 

c.

Completed additional follow-up – The Company contacted direct suppliers multiple times as needed to endeavor for compliance with our request for detailed conflict minerals information. We also worked to clarify and validate the accuracy of information provided by our suppliers.

 

d.

Identified smelters or refiners (“SORs”) – The Company compiled a list of SORs in our supply chain using our suppliers’ responses in their CMRTs. The Company reconciled this list to the list of smelter facilities designated by the RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”). The RMAP completes independent, third-party audits of smelters and refiners to determine which can be validated as having systems in place that ensure the minerals are responsible sourced according to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. The Company maintains a database of smelter aliases to reconcile suppliers’ smelters lists to the list of RMI SORs. We have provided that list in this report within section IV – Product Description; Processing Facilities.

 

3


Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks

We performed the following steps as part of our risk management plan:

 

a.

Reporting results to senior management – The Conflict Minerals team reports the results of our RCOI to upper management which included the team’s plan to respond to risks identified in the due diligence processes.

 

b.

Designed and implemented a plan – The Company used established risk rating criteria to evaluate suppliers based on the responses provided within their CMRT, as well as, any additional documentation furnished to support those responses and the suppliers’ due diligence processes. The resulting risk ratings were used to develop specific supplier outreach to address the identified risks and to take corrective actions with suppliers found not in compliance with the Company’s conflict minerals policy.

 

c.

Verified SORs – As part of the risk mitigation process, the Company reconciled the list of SORs collected from suppliers to the list of smelter facilities validated by the RMI. The Company maintains a database of smelter aliases to reconcile suppliers’ smelters lists to the list of RMI SORs.

Step 4: Carry out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner’s due diligence practices

The Company is using information provided by independent third party audit programs, including the RMI, London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), and Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC), to confirm the existence and verify the OECD-conformance status of SORs identified during our due diligence.

For smelters that had not been audited as conformant, the Company sent a communication to encourage participation in the RMAP and requested the SOR to provide the mines and/or locations the SOR sources from to assist in identifying all countries of origin. Additionally, the Company sent communications to all suppliers that reported SORs that had not been audited as conformant to request that these suppliers message the SORs to encourage participation in the RMAP.

Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence

Accordingly, this Conflict Minerals Report has been filed with the SEC and is available on our website at http://gormanrupp.com/corporate-governance/.

 

IV.

Product Description; Processing Facilities

Product Description – The Company manufactures and internationally sells pumps and pump systems.

Processing FacilitiesBased on our due diligence process and the information received from our suppliers, the following facilities were identified by the Company’s suppliers as the smelters and refiners of the tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold present in and necessary to the functionality of products manufactured by the Company in the calendar year ended December 31, 2019. The information from our suppliers is still evolving and may contain company-level declarations. As such, this smelter list is presented in good faith as the best information we have to date. For 2019 we identified 270 SORs in our supply chain, 230 have been audited as conformant with the RMAP. This list may contain smelters that are not in our supply chain and/or there may be other smelters not yet identified in our due diligence process. We will continue to update the list as our information and the relevant third-party data from RMI, LBMA, and RJC improves.

 

4


LOGO

 

Metal

 

Smelter Name

 

Country

 

Smelter ID

Gold   8853 S.p.A.   ITALY   CID002763
Gold   Advanced Chemical Company   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000015
Gold   Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)   AUSTRALIA   CID002030
Gold   Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000019
Gold   Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID002560
Gold   Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.   GERMANY   CID000035
Gold   Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)   UZBEKISTAN   CID000041
Gold   Asahi Pretec Corp.   JAPAN   CID000082
Gold   AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao   BRAZIL   CID000058
Gold   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001947
Gold   Argor-Heraeus S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID000077
Gold   Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.   CANADA   CID000924
Gold   Asahi Refining USA Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000920
Gold   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000090
Gold   AU Traders and Refiners   SOUTH AFRICA   CID002850
Gold   Aurubis AG   GERMANY   CID000113
Gold   Bangalore Refinery   INDIA   CID002863
Gold   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)   PHILIPPINES   CID000128
Gold   Boliden AB   SWEDEN   CID000157
Gold   C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG   GERMANY   CID000176
Gold   CCR Refinery – Glencore Canada Corporation   CANADA   CID000185

 

5


Gold   Cendres + Metaux S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID000189
Gold   CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.   INDIA   CID003382
Gold   Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000197
Gold   Chimet S.p.A.   ITALY   CID000233
Gold   Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation   CHINA   CID002224
Gold   The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001916
Gold   Chugai Mining   JAPAN   CID000264
Gold   Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.   CHINA   CID000343
Gold   Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH   GERMANY   CID002867
Gold   Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID003348
Gold   DSC (Do Sung Corporation)   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID000359
Gold   DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH   GERMANY   CID000362
Gold   Dowa   JAPAN   CID000401
Gold   DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID003195
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant   JAPAN   CID000425
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant   JAPAN   CID003424
Gold   Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant   JAPAN   CID003425
Gold   Emirates Gold DMCC   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   CID002561
Gold   Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001204
Gold   OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID000493
Gold   Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002243
Gold   GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.   INDIA   CID002852
Gold   Geib Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002459
Gold   Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM   CHINA   CID001909
Gold   Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited   CHINA   CID002312
Gold   Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000671
Gold   LT Metal Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID000689
Gold   Heimerle + Meule GmbH   GERMANY   CID000694
Gold   Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.   CHINA   CID000707
Gold   Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   CID000711
Gold   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000767
Gold   Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000773
Gold   Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000801
Gold   Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000807
Gold   Istanbul Gold Refinery   TURKEY   CID000814
Gold   Italpreziosi   ITALY   CID002765
Gold   JALAN & Company   INDIA   CID002893
Gold   Japan Mint   JAPAN   CID000823

 

6


Gold   Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000855
Gold   JSC Uralelectromed   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID000929
Gold   JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000937
Gold   Kazakhmys Smelting LLC   KAZAKHSTAN   CID000956
Gold   Kazzinc   KAZAKHSTAN   CID000957
Gold   Kennecott Utah Copper LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000969
Gold   KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna   POLAND   CID002511
Gold   Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000981
Gold   Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID002605
Gold   Kyrgyzaltyn JSC   KYRGYZSTAN   CID001029
Gold   Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID002865
Gold   Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001056
Gold   Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001058
Gold   L’Orfebre S.A.   ANDORRA   CID002762
Gold   LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID001078
Gold   Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001093
Gold   Marsam Metals   BRAZIL   CID002606
Gold   Materion   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001113
Gold   Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001119
Gold   Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001798
Gold   Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.   MEXICO   CID001161
Gold   Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining   BELGIUM   CID001980
Gold   Metalor Technologies S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID001153
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.   CHINA   CID001149
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.   SINGAPORE   CID001152
Gold   Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.   CHINA   CID001147
Gold   Metalor USA Refining Corporation   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001157
Gold   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN   CID001188
Gold   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001193
Gold   MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA   CID002509
Gold   Morris and Watson   NEW ZEALAND   CID002282
Gold   Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.   TURKEY   CID001220
Gold   Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat   UZBEKISTAN   CID001236
Gold   Nihon Material Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001259
Gold   Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH   AUSTRIA   CID002779
Gold   Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001325
Gold   OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001326

 

7


Gold   PAMP S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID001352
Gold   Pease & Curren   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002872
Gold   Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001362
Gold   Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA   CHILE   CID002919
Gold   Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001386
Gold   PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk   INDONESIA   CID001397
Gold   PX Precinox S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID001498
Gold   QG Refining, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID003324
Gold   Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.   SOUTH AFRICA   CID001512
Gold   Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000522
Gold   REMONDIS PMR B.V.   NETHERLANDS   CID002582
Gold   Royal Canadian Mint   CANADA   CID001534
Gold   SAAMP   FRANCE   CID002761
Gold   Sabin Metal Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001546
Gold   Safimet S.p.A   ITALY   CID002973
Gold   Sai Refinery   INDIA   CID002853
Gold   Samduck Precious Metals   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID001555
Gold   SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY   CID002777
Gold   SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.   SPAIN   CID001585
Gold   Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002525
Gold   Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001619
Gold   Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001622
Gold   Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.   JAPAN   CID001875
Gold   SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001756
Gold   Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001736
Gold   Singway Technology Co., Ltd.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   CID002516
Gold   Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   CID001761
Gold   Sovereign Metals   INDIA   CID003383
Gold   State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology   LITHUANIA   CID003153
Gold   SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID002918
Gold   T.C.A S.p.A   ITALY   CID002580
Gold   Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001938
Gold   TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn   KAZAKHSTAN   CID002615
Gold   Torecom   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID001955
Gold   Umicore Brasil Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID001977

 

8


Gold   Umicore Precious Metals Thailand   THAILAND   CID002314
Gold   United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001993
Gold   Valcambi S.A.   SWITZERLAND   CID002003
Gold   WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH   GERMANY   CID002778
Gold   Yamakin Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID002100
Gold   Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID002129
Tantalum   Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000092
Tantalum   Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000211
Tantalum   CP Metals Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID003402
Tantalum   D Block Metals, LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002504
Tantalum   Exotech Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000456
Tantalum   F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.   CHINA   CID000460
Tantalum   FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.   CHINA   CID002505
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Aizu   JAPAN   CID002558
Tantalum   Global Advanced Metals Boyertown   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002557
Tantalum   Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000616
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.   THAILAND   CID002544
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH   GERMANY   CID002547
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002548
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Ltd.   JAPAN   CID002549
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   CID002550
Tantalum   H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH   GERMANY   CID002545
Tantalum   Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002492
Tantalum   Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002512
Tantalum   Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material   CHINA   CID002842
Tantalum   JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000914
Tantalum   Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000917
Tantalum   Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002506
Tantalum   KEMET Blue Metals   MEXICO   CID002539
Tantalum   LSM Brasil S.A.   BRAZIL   CID001076
Tantalum   Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.   INDIA   CID001163
Tantalum   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL   CID001175
Tantalum   Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001192
Tantalum   NPM Silmet AS   ESTONIA   CID001200
Tantalum   Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001277

 

9


Tantalum   PRG Dooel   NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF   CID002847
Tantalum   QuantumClean   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001508
Tantalum   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID002707
Tantalum   Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001522
Tantalum   Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID001769
Tantalum   Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID001869
Tantalum   Telex Metals   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001891
Tantalum   Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC   KAZAKHSTAN   CID001969
Tantalum   XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002508
Tin   Alpha   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000292
Tin   An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company   VIET NAM   CID002703
Tin   PT Refined Bangka Tin   INDONESIA   CID001460
Tin   Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002158
Tin   Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000228
Tin   Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003190
Tin   China Tin Group Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001070
Tin   Yunnan Tin Company Limited   CHINA   CID002180
Tin   Dowa   JAPAN   CID000402
Tin   EM Vinto   BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)   CID000438
Tin   Estanho de Rondonia S.A.   BRAZIL   CID000448
Tin   Fenix Metals   POLAND   CID000468
Tin   Minsur   PERU   CID001182
Tin   Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC   CHINA   CID000942
Tin   Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000538
Tin   Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID001908
Tin   Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000555
Tin   Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003116
Tin   Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant   CHINA   CID002849
Tin   HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002844
Tin   Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000760
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Mentok   INDONESIA   CID001482
Tin   Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.   CHINA   CID001231
Tin   PT Timah Tbk Kundur   INDONESIA   CID001477
Tin   Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003379
Tin   Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID002468

 

10


Tin   Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)   MALAYSIA   CID001105
Tin   Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.   BRAZIL   CID002500
Tin   Metallic Resources, Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID001142
Tin   Metallo Belgium N.V.   BELGIUM   CID002773
Tin   Metallo Spain S.L.U.   SPAIN   CID002774
Tin   Mineracao Taboca S.A.   BRAZIL   CID001173
Tin   Mitsubishi Materials Corporation   JAPAN   CID001191
Tin   Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM   CID002573
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.   THAILAND   CID001314
Tin   O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.   PHILIPPINES   CID002517
Tin   Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.   BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)   CID001337
Tin   Pongpipat Company Limited   MYANMAR   CID003208
Tin   PT Bangka Serumpun   INDONESIA   CID003205
Tin   PT Mitra Stania Prima   INDONESIA   CID001453
Tin   Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID002706
Tin   Rui Da Hung   TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA   CID001539
Tin   Soft Metais Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID001758
Tin   Super Ligas   BRAZIL   CID002756
Tin   Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM   CID002834
Tin   Thaisarco   THAILAND   CID001898
Tin   Tin Technology & Refining   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID003325
Tin   Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company   VIET NAM   CID002574
Tin   White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.   BRAZIL   CID002036
Tin   Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003397
Tungsten   A.L.M.T. Corp.   JAPAN   CID000004
Tungsten   ACL Metais Eireli   BRAZIL   CID002833
Tungsten   Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.   BRAZIL   CID003427
Tungsten   Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.   VIET NAM   CID002502
Tungsten   Kennametal Huntsville   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000105
Tungsten   Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000218
Tungsten   Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002513
Tungsten   Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000875
Tungsten   Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000258
Tungsten   CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000281
Tungsten   CP Metals Inc.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID003448

 

11


Tungsten   Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000499
Tungsten   Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002645
Tungsten   Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002315
Tungsten   Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002494
Tungsten   Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000568
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG   GERMANY   CID002542
Tungsten   H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH   GERMANY   CID002541
Tungsten   Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000769
Tungsten   Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID000766
Tungsten   Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji   CHINA   CID002579
Tungsten   Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID003182
Tungsten   Hydrometallurg, JSC   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID002649
Tungsten   Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.   JAPAN   CID000825
Tungsten   Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002551
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002647
Tungsten   Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002321
Tungsten   Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002318
Tungsten   Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002317
Tungsten   Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002316
Tungsten   Kennametal Fallon   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID000966
Tungsten   KGETS Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID003388
Tungsten   Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002319
Tungsten   Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)   VIET NAM   CID002543
Tungsten   Moliren Ltd.   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID002845
Tungsten   Niagara Refining LLC   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   CID002589
Tungsten   Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.   PHILIPPINES   CID002827
Tungsten   Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002095
Tungsten   Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.   VIET NAM   CID001889
Tungsten   Unecha Refractory metals plant   RUSSIAN FEDERATION   CID002724
Tungsten   Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG   AUSTRIA   CID002044
Tungsten   Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.   KOREA, REPUBLIC OF   CID002843
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002320
Tungsten   Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002082
Tungsten   Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.   CHINA   CID002830

 

12


V.

Future Due Diligence

We will continue to communicate our expectations and information requirements to our direct suppliers. Over time, we anticipate that the amount of information available globally on the traceability and sourcing of these ores will increase and improve our knowledge. We will continue to make inquiries to our direct suppliers and undertake additional risk assessments when potentially relevant changes in facts or circumstances are identified. If we become aware of a supplier whose due diligence needs improvement, we may continue the trade relationship while that supplier improves its compliance program. We expect our suppliers to take similar measures with their suppliers to ensure alignment throughout the supply chain.

In addition to those above, the Company will undertake the following steps during the next compliance period:

 

   

Review the conflict minerals policy statement and update if necessary.

 

   

Continue to collect responses from suppliers using the most recent revision of the CMRT.

 

   

Engage with suppliers that did not provide a response in 2019 or provided incomplete responses to enhance our data collection for 2020.

 

   

Monitor and track performance of risk mitigation efforts.

 

   

Continue engagement with smelters by sending letters to those that have not been audited as conformant.

 

   

Continue to send messages to our suppliers to engage with these smelters.

 

   

Collect from suppliers product-level or user-defined level responses where useful and reasonably feasible.

 

   

Compare and validate RCOI results to information collected via independent third-party audit programs, such as the RMI, and through our Company’s own coordinated outreach to smelters.

 

   

Encourage responsible sourcing from the DRC and adjoining countries.

 

13


APPENDIX I – Countries of Origin

The information provided in this Appendix is based on the information collected from the Company’s suppliers.

 

Austria

Benin

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Brazil

Burundi

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Ecuador

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Guyana

India

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Kazakhstan

Laos

Madagascar

Malaysia

Mali

Mauritania

Mexico

Mongolia

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Peru

Portugal

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Swaziland

Taiwan

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

Uganda

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther Ireland

United States of America

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

 

 

 

14