UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
CONDUENT INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New York | 001-37817 | 81-298362 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
100 Campus Drive, Suite 200
Florham Park, New Jersey
07932
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (844) 663-2638
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last 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:
| ☒ | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017. |
Section 1 – Conflicts Minerals Disclosure
Items 1.01 and 1.02 Conflicts Minerals Disclosure and Report, Exhibit
This Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report, filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto, are publicly available on our Conduent Investor Relations Website, as well as the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov. The content of any website referred to in this Form SD is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD.
Conduent is a leading provider of diversified business process services with advanced capabilities in digital processing, automation and analytics. As a leading provider of diversified business process services, we are a critical partner to thousands of business and government entities around the world. We manage key aspects of their operations while handling millions of interactions daily with the many people they serve – seamlessly, at massive scale and personalized to each individual. This allows our clients to access new technology, remain in compliance with new regulations, achieve new levels of efficiency and improve the way they interact with their constituents.
Section 2 – Exhibits
Item 2.01 – Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01 – Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.
Forward Looking Statements
This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and any exhibits to this Report may contain “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements and other information are based on our beliefs as well as assumptions made by us using information currently available. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “should” and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect Management’s current beliefs, assumptions and expectations and are subject to a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. Such factors include, but are not limited to: termination rights contained in our government contracts; our ability to renew commercial and government contracts awarded through competitive bidding processes; our ability to recover capital and other investments in connection with our contracts; our ability to attract and retain necessary technical personnel and qualified subcontractors; our ability to deliver on our contractual obligations properly and on time; competitive pressures; our significant indebtedness; changes in interest in outsourced business process services; our ability to obtain adequate pricing for our services and to improve our cost structure; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; the failure to comply with laws relating to individually identifiable information, and personal health information and laws relating to processing certain financial transactions, including payment card transactions and debit or credit card transactions; breaches of our security systems and service interruptions; our ability to estimate the scope of work or the costs of performance in our contracts; our ability to collect our receivables for unbilled services; a decline in revenues from or a loss or failure of significant clients; fluctuations in our non-recurring revenue; our failure to maintain a satisfactory credit rating; our ability to attract and retain key employees; increases in the cost of telephone and data services or significant interruptions in such services; our failure to develop new service offerings; our ability to receive dividends or other payments from our subsidiaries; changes in tax and other laws and regulations; changes in government regulation and economic, strategic, political and social conditions; changes in U.S. GAAP or other applicable accounting policies; and other factors that are set forth in the “Risk Factors” section, the “Legal Proceedings” section, the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section and other sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as in our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements made by us in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q speak only as of the date on which they are made. We are under no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any obligation to, update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized.
Date: May 31, 2018
| CONDUENT INCORPORATED | ||
| By: | /s/ J. Michael Peffer | |
| James Michael Peffer | ||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 | |
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Exhibit 1.01
Conflict Minerals Report
Conduent Incorporated
For the Year Ended December 31, 2017
This report for the year ended December 31, 2017 is made by Conduent Incorporated in compliance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Rule).
The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on SEC registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals that 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 (3TG). These requirements apply to registrants regardless of the geographic origin of the conflict minerals and whether or not the trading in those minerals benefits armed groups. References in this report to “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Conduent Incorporated and its consolidated subsidiaries. If a registrant has reason to believe that any of the conflict minerals in their supply chain may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or an adjoining country (the Covered Countries), or a registrant is unable to determine the country of origin of those conflict minerals, then the registrant must exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of those conflict minerals. The registrant must annually submit a specialized disclosure (Form SD) and Conflict Minerals Report (CMR) to the SEC that includes a description of those due diligence measures.
| 1. | COMPANY OVERVIEW |
Conduent is a leading provider of diversified business process services with advanced capabilities in digital processing, automation and analytics. As a leading provider of diversified business process services, we are a critical partner to thousands of business and government entities around the world. We manage key aspects of their operations while handling millions of interactions daily with the many people they serve — seamlessly, at massive scale and personalized to each individual. This allows our clients to access new technology, remain in compliance with new regulations, achieve new levels of efficiency and improve the way they interact with their constituents.
The content of any website referred to in this CMR is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Report.
| 2. | OUR CONFLICT MINERALS PROGRAM |
2.1 Supply Chain — Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
Conduent is many steps removed from the mining of conflict minerals. The origin of conflict minerals cannot be determined with any certainty once the raw ores are smelted, refined and converted to ingots, bullion or other conflict mineral containing derivatives. The 3TG smelters or refiners are consolidating points for raw ore and are in the best position in the total supply chain to know the origin of the ores. Conduent has conducted an analysis of our products and found that, although we do not directly purchase conflict minerals from our suppliers, Conduent purchases products, component parts and materials that contain metals, some of which contain conflict minerals. We rely on our Tier 1 suppliers to provide information on the origin of the conflict minerals contained in components that are included in our products by using the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT).
2.2 Supplier Risk Assessment
Conduent conducted a product review to determine products in scope with supply managers, with the ultimate goal of identifying and targeting 3TG minerals. This process was developed to identify those suppliers whose products may contain the presence of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold.
We conducted a survey of these suppliers to determine whether the conflict minerals in components contained in our products originated from the DRC or adjoining countries. This supply-chain survey was conducted with our Tier 1 suppliers using the CMRT, which contains questions about the facilities used to process these minerals, as well as supplier RCOI. The goal of this activity was to identify, where applicable, the 3TG smelters or refiners who contribute refined conflict minerals to Conduent components, assemblies and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Products. The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters or refiners that provide material to a company’s supply chain. In 2017, Conduent surveyed 33 suppliers with an 18% response rate.
The responses contained varying degrees of information regarding the names and locations of 3TG smelters or refiners which process necessary conflict minerals used by our suppliers, which are ultimately incorporated into our products. Due to the fact that this is our first year reporting, we are in the process of creating a risk management plan that will summarize our risk mitigation efforts. The risk-assessment process will include a questionnaire that will assess the risk of any inaccuracies or omissions in supplier responses regarding their use of 3TG and conduct follow-up actions with suppliers, encouraging further requests for accurate, complete or missing template information where responses identified red flags based on our risk assessment of the level of risk of the commodities supplied to us.
2.3 Company Management Systems
Policy
Conduent is in the process of creating a Supplier Code of Conduent which will address Conduent’s expectations for Suppliers in regards to Conflict Minerals and has posted a statement on the Supplier Governance website at https://www.conduent.com/supplier-relations/governance/.
Internal Team
Conduent is in the process of creating a team that will establish a management system for conflict minerals. This team will include Global Procurement, Legal, and other key individuals who have functional subject matter expertise that will assist in seeking to have Conduent and our suppliers adhere and implement a conflict minerals compliance strategy.
2.4 Control Systems
Controls include, but are not limited to, our Code of Business Conduct for our employees and a conflict minerals contract clause incorporated in our Master Purchasing Agreements.
2.5 Grievance Mechanism
Conduent has a Global Ethics and Compliance Program whereby employees and suppliers can report violations of Conduent policies. This is communicated annually in our employee code of ethics training process.
| 3. | DUE DILIGENCE |
3.1 Design of Due Diligence
Conduent is in the process of developing its due diligence measures, which will include a Supplier Code of Conduct that is intended to be in material conformity with the nationally or internationally recognized due diligence framework in the OECD 2016.
3.2 Smelter or Refiner Results
Our due diligence process includes following the OECD implementation framework. We requested that our suppliers complete the CMRT survey in order to obtain information about 3TG smelters or refiners in our supply chain. We have determined that these actions represent the most reasonable effort we can make to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TG in our supply chain.
The majority of survey responses provided smelter and refiner data, although some responses did not completely list all the smelters or refiners used in their supply chain. We analyzed and compared all the 3TG smelter and refiner data we received against information obtained from the RMI smelter database. For the calendar year 2017, our due diligence identified 309 smelters and refiners as potential sources of 3TG minerals that were reported to be in our supply chain.
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In order to provide compliance status, we completed further analysis of the 309 smelters and refiners against The Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP), which is managed by the RMI. The results are in the table below:
| Audit Status | Definition |
# of Smelter and Refiners | ||
| Conformant | Audited and found conformant with the relevant RMAP standard | 246 | ||
| Outreach Required | Outreach needed by RMI member companies to contact entity and encourage their participation in RMAP audit | 25 | ||
| Active | Engaged in the program but not yet conformant | 9 | ||
| Communication Suspended | Temporarily Ceased Operations – facility has temporarily ceased operations | 8 | ||
| Non Conformant | Audited but found not conformant with the relevant RMAP standard | 8 | ||
| In Communication | Not yet active but in communication with RMAP and/or member company | 5 | ||
| RMI Due Diligence Review |
For facilities that have not met the threshold for Due Diligence Vetting Process after a period of 6 months. Status may change if additional information is submitted | 5 | ||
| Not Applicable | Not eligible for the RMAP | 3 | ||
| TOTAL | 309 |
| 4. | DETERMINATION |
The information received from our due diligence efforts from suppliers or other sources is not sufficient to determine the origin of all 3TG our products contain, whether the 3TG come from recycled or scrap sources, the facilities used to process them, their country of origin, or their mine or location of origin. We have found no reasonable basis for concluding that these refiners, or the other smelters preparing to be audited, sourced 3TG minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups of the conflict region of the Covered Countries.
Based on the information provided by our suppliers, we believe that the facilities that may have been used to process the 3TG minerals in our products include the RMI smelters listed in Appendix I below. Based on our due diligence efforts, we do not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of the 3TG minerals in our products or whether the 3TG minerals in our products are from recycled or scrap sources. Due to the fact that we have not voluntarily elected to describe any of our products as “DRC conflict free,” an independent private sector audit of the report presented herein has not been conducted.
Through our participation in the RMI, we continue to support independent third party audits through the RMI or other third party certification schemes.
In accordance with the OECD Guidance and the Rule, this CMR is available on our Conduent Investor Relations Website.
| 5. | STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN 2018 TO MITIGATE RISK |
Conduent expects to undertake the following steps during 2018 to improve the due diligence conducted in order to further mitigate the risk that the necessary conflict minerals in our products do not benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries, including:
| • | Strengthen engagement with relevant suppliers and to provide training, as appropriate, to help them understand and satisfy Conduent requirements related to 3TG minerals under the Rule. |
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| • | Create a review process with distributors submitting CMRT’s and develop appropriate practices in obtaining 3TG mineral data. |
| • | Utilize an internal escalation process within our supply chain organization when working with suppliers to obtain required information. |
| • | Create a process for ongoing feedback to suppliers on errors and corrections required in connection with the CMRT assessment. |
| • | Develop relationships with relevant trade associations to define and improve appropriate practices and build leverage over the supply chain in accordance with the OECD Guidance. |
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APPENDIX I
| Mineral |
Smelter or Refiner Name* |
Country Location
of | ||
| Gold | SAFINA A.S. | CZECH REPUBLIC | ||
| Gold | Remondis Argentia B.V. | NETHERLANDS | ||
| Gold | L’Orfebre S.A. | ANDORRA | ||
| Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | MALAYSIA | ||
| Gold | Bangalore Refinery | INDIA | ||
| Gold | Samwon Metals Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Caridad | MEXICO | ||
| Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND | ||
| Gold | Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia | ZAMBIA | ||
| Gold | Morris and Watson Gold Coast | AUSTRALIA | ||
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN | ||
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao | BRAZIL | ||
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES | ||
| Gold | Boliden AB | SWEDEN | ||
| Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA | ||
| Gold | Cendres + Metaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY | ||
| Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | Dowa | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | HeeSung Metal Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | ||
| 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 |
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| Mineral |
Smelter or Refiner Name* |
Country Location
of | ||
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | Asahi Refining Canada 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 | KAZAKHSTAN | ||
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN | ||
| Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE | ||
| Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO | ||
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. | TURKEY | ||
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | PAMP S.A. | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA | ||
| Gold | PX Precinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA | ||
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | NETHERLANDS | ||
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. | SPAIN | ||
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
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| Mineral |
Smelter or Refiner Name* |
Country Location
of | ||
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM | ||
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND | ||
| Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) | AUSTRALIA | ||
| Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | ||
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA | ||
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | ||
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY | ||
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | SAAMP | FRANCE | ||
| Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA | ||
| Gold | AU Traders and Refiners | SOUTH AFRICA | ||
| Gold | SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | ||
| Gold | Safimet S.p.A | ITALY | ||
| Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN | ||
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN | ||
| Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | KAZAKHSTAN | ||
| Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | Tony Goetz NV | BELGIUM | ||
| Gold | Abington Reldan Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
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| Mineral |
Smelter or Refiner Name* |
Country Location
of | ||
| Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Gold | Sai Refinery | INDIA | ||
| Gold | Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY | ||
| Gold | L’azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA | ||
| Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | ZIMBABWE | ||
| Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | ||
| Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | SUDAN | ||
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Nonferrous Metals Smelting Company Limited | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA | ||
| Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | ||
| Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS | ESTONIA | ||
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | MEXICO | ||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | ||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | GERMANY | ||
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN | ||
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | CHINA | ||
| Tantalum | Power Resources Ltd. | MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF |
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| Mineral |
Smelter or Refiner Name* |
Country Location
of | ||
| Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Tin | CV Gita Pesona | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV United Smelting | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | Dowa | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | ||
| Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND | ||
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA | ||
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA | ||
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | Minsur | PERU | ||
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | ||
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | ||
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Karimun Mining | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | 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 Sumber Jaya Indah | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA |
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| Mineral |
Smelter or Refiner Name* |
Country Location
of | ||
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES | ||
| Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | CV Tiga Sekawan | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. | BRAZIL | ||
| Tin | PT O.M. Indonesia | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | Metallo Belgium N.V. | BELGIUM | ||
| Tin | Metallo Spain S.L.U. | SPAIN | ||
| Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | CHINA | ||
| Tin | PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | INDONESIA | ||
| Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM | ||
| Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM | ||
| Tin | Super Ligas | BRAZIL | ||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao’an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | JAPAN | ||
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM | ||
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG | AUSTRIA | ||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH | GERMANY |
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| Mineral |
Smelter or Refiner Name* |
Country Location
of | ||
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | ||
| Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | VIET NAM | ||
| Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | CHINA | ||
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | ||
| Tungsten | South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | CHINA |
| * | Smelter or refiner names as reported by the RMI as of 12/23/2017. |
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