SD

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM SD

 

 

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

 

GENTHERM INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Michigan   000-21810

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

21680 Haggerty Road, Northville, MI   48167
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Wayne Kauffman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, (248) 504-0500

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed:

 

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.

 

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

 

 

 


Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01

Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

A copy of the Conflict Minerals Report of Gentherm Incorporated for the reporting period January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto. Such report is also publicly available at https://gentherm.gcs-web.com/financial-information/sec-filings. The information included in such Conflict Minerals Report is incorporated herein by reference. This Form SD, including Exhibit 1.01 attached hereto, contains references to our website; however, the information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Form SD or Exhibit 1.01.

 

Item 1.02

Exhibit

The Conflict Minerals Report as required by Item 1.01 of Form SD is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.01.

Section 2 – Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure

 

Item 2.01

Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report

Not applicable.

Section 3 – Exhibits

 

Item 3.01    Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01    Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of Form SD.

 

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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 duly authorized undersigned.

 

GENTHERM INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Wayne Kauffman
Wayne Kauffman
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Date: May 31, 2024

 

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EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report of Gentherm Incorporated

This Conflict Minerals Report of Gentherm Incorporated (“Gentherm”, “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company”) covers the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023. This report was prepared in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Business Overview

Gentherm Incorporated is the global market leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies for the automotive industry and a leader in medical patient temperature management. Automotive products include variable temperature Climate Control Seats®, heated automotive interior systems (including heated seats, steering wheels, armrests and other components), battery performance solutions, cable systems, lumbar and massage comfort solutions, fuel management valves and other valves for brake and engine systems, and other electronic devices. Our automotive products can be found on vehicles manufactured by nearly all the major automotive original equipment manufacturers operating in North America and Europe, and several major original equipment manufacturers in Asia. We operate in locations aligned with our major customers’ product strategies to provide locally enhanced design, integration and production capabilities. Medical products include patient temperature management systems.

In July 2022, Gentherm completed the acquisition of Jiangmen Dacheng Medical Equipment Co. Ltd, and in August 2022, Gentherm completed the acquisition of Alfmeier Präzision SE. In accordance with Instruction 3 to Item 1.01 of Form SD, the products and related activities of these acquired entities are excluded from this report.

The products that the Company manufactured or contracted to have manufactured in 2023 that it determined contain or may contain any 3TG (as defined below) are listed below (the “Covered Products”).

 

   

Automotive Passenger Climate Comfort and Convenience Products:

 

   

Heater Mats

 

   

Air Moving Devices

 

   

Thermoelectric Modules

 

   

Electronic Control Modules

 

   

Thermal Cup Holders and Bins

 

   

Battery Performance Systems:

 

   

Thermoelectric Cooling Modules

 

   

Battery Heaters

 

   

Battery Cell Connecting Boards

 

   

Wiring Harnesses and Cables

 

   

Electronics and Medical Products:

 

   

Printed Circuit Boards

 

   

Patient Thermal Management Devices

 

   

Cardiovascular Heater/Cooler Devices

 

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Due Diligence Framework and Overview

We undertook due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold (“Conflict Minerals” or “3TG”) that are necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by us. We designed our due diligence to conform to an internationally recognized due diligence framework, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition, and related supplements (“OECD Framework”).

The OECD Framework divides the entire Conflict Mineral supply chain into upstream and downstream entities. An upstream entity is within the Conflict Mineral supply chain from the mine to the smelter or refiner and includes miners, local traders, and exporters from the country of mineral origin, international concentrate traders, mineral processors, smelters, and refiners. A downstream entity is within the Conflict Mineral supply chain from when the mineral leaves the smelter or refiner to when it arrives at the retailer and includes metal traders and exchanges, component manufacturers, product manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers, and retailers.

The Company is a downstream entity and is typically several tiers removed from the smelter or refiner and the origin of the Conflict Minerals present in our supply chain for Covered Products. We have limited visibility beyond our direct suppliers to entities within the supply chain. Therefore, we rely principally on our direct suppliers to provide us with sourcing information for the Conflict Minerals present in their supply chain.

We conduct a portion of our due diligence using tools and relying on information provided by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”), an industry group that works to address Conflict Minerals issues within supply chains. We use the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) to facilitate the collection of information on the source of Conflict Minerals. We also rely on RMI’s Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”), which uses an independent third-party assessment of smelter and refiner management systems and sourcing practices for Conflict Minerals to validate conformance with RMAP standards.

Due Diligence Process

The OECD Framework provides a five-step framework for risk-based due diligence in the Conflict Mineral supply chain. Set forth below, we disclose the actions we took to exercise due diligence under this framework for the sourcing of Conflict Minerals we used or may have used when manufacturing or contracting to manufacture the Covered Products.

Step 1 - Establish strong company management systems

 

   

Gentherm communicated to our suppliers and the public a formal Company policy (“Conflict Minerals Policy”) regarding its commitment to avoid the use of Conflict Minerals that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). The Conflict Minerals Policy is publicly available on our corporate website:

https://ir.gentherm.com/corporate-governance/policies-reports

 

   

Gentherm’s standard purchasing Terms and Conditions require compliance with all statutory legal requirements currently in effect or as may be implemented from time to time relating to its products, including the Covered Products, and are available on our corporate website:

https://gentherm.com/en/automotive/automotive-resource-center/

 

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The Company structured an internal management and support system (“Conflict Minerals Leadership Team”), made up of a cross-section of senior management, which has oversight and ownership of the Conflict Minerals Policy. Gentherm also assembled a cross-functional internal working group to implement our Conflict Minerals Policy, determine program scope and process, collect and review supplier submissions and information and address the implementation and progress of our due diligence efforts. This working group includes representation from the Company’s Purchasing, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Engineering, Quality, and Sales/Program Management teams.

 

   

The Company subscribed to a Conflict Minerals Platform (“iPoint”), an on-demand software solution that enables the Company to collect, manage, aggregate, validate, and report Conflict Minerals information. Furthermore, iPoint performs an automated assessment of the applicable smelter and refiner list and the completeness and accuracy of the CMRT responses, which we utilize as part of our own assessment of CMRT responses.

 

   

The Company adopted the CMRT as our primary means of collecting data from our In-Scope Suppliers (as defined below). We encourage these suppliers to use the most current CMRT when reporting to us and obtaining information from their supply chain.

Step 2 - Identify and assess risks in the supply chain

 

   

Gentherm has instituted Conflict Minerals reporting requirements as part of our suppliers’ contractual obligations through our onboarding process, and we have encouraged our suppliers to extend the same obligations to their supply chain.

 

   

The Company conducted a survey of our In-Scope Suppliers using iPoint and/or the CMRT to identify the smelters and refiners in our supply chain for Covered Products. The Company also undertook reasonable efforts to obtain and review additional information on responses that were incomplete, unclear, or inconsistent.

 

   

For In-Scope Suppliers that are distributors and cannot legally report on behalf of their supply chain, we asked that they issue a statement regarding their company’s position on Conflict Minerals. Additionally, such suppliers can supplement their statement with CMRTs that have been submitted by their supply chain.

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

 

   

The Company’s Conflict Minerals working group reported findings of supply chain risk to the appropriate leadership, including the Conflict Minerals Leadership Team.

 

   

The Conflict Minerals Leadership Team implemented reasonable procedures to address certain In-Scope Suppliers who did not respond to initial requests. These procedures included follow-up requests, communication involving buyers and purchasing leadership, management escalation, and direct communication including emails and phone calls.

 

   

Gentherm adopted a supplier escalation process in accordance with the Conflict Minerals Policy, with the intention to discontinue business if it determined that a supplier purchased 3TG that directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.

 

   

The Company reviewed submitted CMRTs and other information for completeness and reasonableness of responses.

 

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Step 4 - Carry out independent third-party audits of supplier’s due diligence practices

 

   

The Company utilizes, when necessary, the RMI’s RMAP assessments to validate its due diligence in conformance with the OECD Framework. The RMAP confirms if such smelter or refiner has completed an RMAP audit and has maintained good standing with the RMAP’s program and continual validation process. Gentherm works with submitted data and participating In-Scope Suppliers to identify smelters and refiners in the supply chain for Covered Products and encourages In-Scope Suppliers to participate in the program through direct communication and smelter outreach communication.

Step 5 - Report annually on supply chain due diligence

 

   

Gentherm annually publishes information regarding our supply chain due diligence within our Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report on our website:

https://ir.gentherm.com/financial-information/sec-filings

RCOI and Due Diligence Measures Performed

The Company’s Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) was designed to determine whether the Conflict Minerals, which are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured (or contracted to be manufactured) by the Company, originated in the Covered Countries. The Company performed a good faith, risk-based, global scoping exercise to identify suppliers of Covered Products that were considered in-scope and therefore subject to RCOI in the 2023 calendar year. Through communications with these suppliers, the Company attempted to identify smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals that are or may be utilized in the Covered Products during the reporting period.

The Company’s RCOI and due diligence employed a combination of measures to determine whether the necessary Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products originated from the Covered Countries. The Company identified suppliers of commodity groups with high potential of containing Conflict Minerals. In other cases, the materials supplied were analyzed by other means. All identified first-tier suppliers of Conflict Minerals were surveyed to ascertain for each Conflict Mineral (a) the smelter or refiner where it was processed, (b) its country of origin and (c) the mine or location of origin, using the CMRT and RMAP.

The Company strives for participation of all In-Scope Suppliers but did not receive responses from all of such suppliers and, in some cases, responses were incomplete or did not appear to be accurate, even after reasonable follow-up. Furthermore, the majority of our suppliers that did provide names of smelters and refiners and country of origin information, did so only on an entity-wide basis without distinguishing between 3TG purchased for goods supplied to Gentherm and 3TG purchased for other purposes. Because we did not receive full and complete responses covering products supplied to Gentherm from every supplier in every case, we were unable to determine the country of origin of Conflict Minerals for some of the Covered Products or whether such Conflict Minerals for Covered Products were from recycled or scrap sources.

Smelters and Refiners

Gentherm identified 549 suppliers of Covered Products that were considered in-scope and subject to RCOI in the 2023 calendar year (the “In-Scope Suppliers”). These In-Scope Suppliers covered approximately $490 million, representing over 74%, of our total material spending in 2023. Out-of-scope suppliers included those suppliers providing exclusively products that were evaluated and determined to contain no metallic content or to be of de minimus spend. We received CMRTs or similar supporting data covering over 95% of the in-scope material spend in 2023.

 

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The smelters and refiners that our suppliers identified in the CMRTs submitted to us for this reporting year are provided in a listing in Attachment A to this report. Our submitted supplier CMRTs included two smelters or refiners that were not identified on RMI’s Smelter Reference List or related materials, but are nonetheless included in Attachment A (with Smelter Country noted as “Unknown”). As noted above, the majority of the CMRTs we received from our suppliers were made on an entity-wide basis, rather than on a product-level basis. Therefore, we believe the list of smelters in Attachment A both omits smelters that are in the Company’s supply chain for Covered Products and includes smelters that are not in the Company’s supply chain for Covered Products.

Due Diligence Enhancements

We consider ongoing compliance improvements during each reporting period to (1) increase our ability to determine the country of origin of the Conflict Minerals and the facilities used to mine and refine the Conflict Minerals used in, and necessary to, the functionality or production of our products, including by obtaining more Company-specific product information, and (2) further mitigate the risks that necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Company’s products finance or benefit armed groups in Covered Countries. Additional steps may include the following:

 

   

Continue to strengthen our engagement with our suppliers regarding Conflict Minerals, including requiring CMRT information from In-Scope Suppliers and new suppliers for all Gentherm locations, including suppliers from recent acquisitions within a reasonable time.

 

   

Continue to educate and drive our suppliers to provide current, accurate, and complete information from their supply chain regarding their smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals.

 

   

Strengthen engagement with our suppliers by encouraging an open line of communication throughout the year, including involving Gentherm Purchasing and Operations teams to more actively engage our suppliers.

 

   

Increase our efforts to identify smelters and refiners within our supply chain by evaluating the information received from our suppliers and comparing them with information published by the RMI.

 

   

Consider transitioning business to suppliers that expressly state that they use smelters conformant with or actively engaged in the RMAP process.

 

   

Identify opportunities to increase participation with the Automotive Industry Action Group, RMI, and/or other relevant trade associations as appropriate, to define and improve good practices and utilize leverage in our supply chain in accordance with the OECD Framework.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for historical information contained herein, statements in this Conflict Minerals Report are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The principal forward-looking statements in this Conflict Minerals Report include the Company’s expected or potential changes to its Conflict Minerals program, including its RCOI and due diligence efforts. The forward-looking statements included in this Conflict Minerals Report are made as of the date hereof or as of the date specified herein and are based on management’s reasonable expectations and beliefs. Such statements are subject to a number of important assumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or performance to differ materially from that described in or indicated by the forward-looking statements, including (a) the continued implementation of compliance measures by the Company’s direct and indirect suppliers, (b) global changes in regulatory requirements and geopolitical developments relating to the sourcing of 3TG, (c) a supplier’s responsiveness and cooperation with the Company’s RCOI and due diligence efforts, (d) the Company’s integration of recent acquisitions, (e) the effectiveness and evolving standards of the RMI, OECD and other sources of frameworks, audits, guidance and support, and (f) those factors described under “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

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Attachment A

The Company compiled the following information from CMRTs submitted by its In-Scope Suppliers as part its RCOI and due diligence measures covering all of 2023. The smelter names listed below are based on information made publicly available by the RMI as part of its RMAP conformant assessments as of May 9, 2024. This data includes two smelters or refiners that were listed in submitted supplier CMRTs but were not identified in the RMI Smelter Reference List or related materials and are nonetheless included in Attachment A (with Smelter Country noted as “Unknown”). All smelters or refiners noted with an “*” below have been noted as conformant with or actively engaged with the RMAP process, as of May 9, 2024.

 

Metal

  

Smelter Name

  

Smelter Country

GOLD    8853 S.p.A.    ITALY
GOLD    ABC Refinery Pty Ltd.    AUSTRALIA
GOLD    Abington Reldan Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
GOLD    Advanced Chemical Company    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
GOLD    Agosi AG    GERMANY*
GOLD    Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GOLD    Albino Mountinho Lda.    PORTUGAL
GOLD    Alexy Metals    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GOLD    Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)    UZBEKISTAN*
GOLD    AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao    BRAZIL*
GOLD    Argor-Heraeus S.A.    SWITZERLAND*
GOLD    Asahi Pretec Corp.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.    CANADA*
GOLD    Asahi Refining USA Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
GOLD    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.    TURKEY
GOLD    AU Traders and Refiners    SOUTH AFRICA
GOLD    Augmont Enterprises Private Limited    INDIA
GOLD    Aurubis AG    GERMANY*
GOLD    Bangalore Refinery    INDIA*
GOLD    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)    PHILIPPINES*
GOLD    Boliden Ronnskar    SWEDEN*
GOLD    C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG    GERMANY*
GOLD    C.I Metales Procesados Industriales SAS    COLOMBIA
GOLD    Caridad    MEXICO
GOLD    CCR Refinery—Glencore Canada Corporation    CANADA*
GOLD    Cendres + Metaux S.A.    SWITZERLAND
GOLD    CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.    INDIA
GOLD    Chimet S.p.A.    ITALY*
GOLD    Chugai Mining    JAPAN*
GOLD    Coimpa Industrial LTDA    BRAZIL*
GOLD    Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GOLD    Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.    CHINA

 

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GOLD    Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH    GERMANY
GOLD    Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GOLD    DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH    GERMANY
GOLD    Dongwu Gold Group    CHINA
GOLD    Dowa    JAPAN*
GOLD    DSC (Do Sung Corporation)    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF *
GOLD    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
GOLD    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant    JAPAN*
GOLD    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant    JAPAN*
GOLD    Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant    JAPAN*
GOLD    Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)    INDIA
GOLD    Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)    INDIA
GOLD    Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)    INDIA
GOLD    Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)    INDIA
GOLD    Emirates Gold DMCC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GOLD    Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.    ZIMBABWE
GOLD    Fujairah Gold FZC    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GOLD    Geib Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GOLD    GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.    INDIA
GOLD    Gold by Gold Colombia    COLOMBIA*
GOLD    Gold Coast Refinery    GHANA
GOLD    Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM    CHINA
GOLD    Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited    CHINA
GOLD    Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Heimerle + Meule GmbH    GERMANY*
GOLD    Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd.    UNKNOWN
GOLD    Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG    GERMANY*
GOLD    Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GOLD    Industrial Refining Company    BELGIUM
GOLD    Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    International Precious Metal Refiners    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GOLD    Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Istanbul Gold Refinery    TURKEY*
GOLD    Italpreziosi    ITALY*
GOLD    JALAN & Company    INDIA
GOLD    Japan Mint    JAPAN*
GOLD    Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GOLD    JSC Novosibirsk Refinery    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GOLD    JSC Uralelectromed    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GOLD    JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*

 

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GOLD    K.A. Rasmussen    NORWAY
GOLD    Kaloti Precious Metals    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GOLD    Kazakhmys Smelting LLC    KAZAKHSTAN
GOLD    Kazzinc    KAZAKHSTAN*
GOLD    Kennecott Utah Copper LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
GOLD    KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna    POLAND*
GOLD    Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF *
GOLD    Kundan Care Products Ltd.    INDIA
GOLD    Kyrgyzaltyn JSC    KYRGYZSTAN
GOLD    Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GOLD    L’azurde Company For Jewelry    SAUDI ARABIA
GOLD    Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    L’Orfebre S.A.    ANDORRA*
GOLD    LS MnM Inc.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF *
GOLD    LT Metal Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF *
GOLD    Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Marsam Metals    BRAZIL
GOLD    Materion    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
GOLD    Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    MD Overseas    INDIA
GOLD    Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.    SOUTH AFRICA *
GOLD    Metallix Refining Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GOLD    Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.    SINGAPORE*
GOLD    Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    Metalor Technologies S.A.    SWITZERLAND*
GOLD    Metalor USA Refining Corporation    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
GOLD    Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.    MEXICO*
GOLD    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN*
GOLD    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    MKS PAMP SA    SWITZERLAND*
GOLD    MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA*
GOLD    Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA
GOLD    Morris and Watson    NEW ZEALAND
GOLD    Morris and Watson Gold Coast    AUSTRALIA
GOLD    Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GOLD    Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.    TURKEY*
GOLD    Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat    UZBEKISTAN*
GOLD    NH Recytech Company    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF *
GOLD    Nihon Material Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH    AUSTRIA*
GOLD    Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastsvetmet)    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GOLD    Pease & Curren    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

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GOLD    Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA    CHILE*
GOLD    Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GOLD    PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk    INDONESIA*
GOLD    PX Precinox S.A.    SWITZERLAND*
GOLD    QG Refining, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GOLD    Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.    SOUTH AFRICA *
GOLD    Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    REMONDIS PMR B.V.    NETHERLANDS*
GOLD    Royal Canadian Mint    CANADA*
GOLD    SAAMP    FRANCE
GOLD    Sabin Metal Corp.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GOLD    Safimet S.p.A    ITALY
GOLD    SAFINA A.S.    CZECHIA*
GOLD    Sai Refinery    INDIA
GOLD    Sam Precious Metals    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GOLD    Samduck Precious Metals    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GOLD    Samwon Metals Corp.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GOLD    Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)    COLOMBIA
GOLD    SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY
GOLD    Sellem Industries Ltd.    MAURITANIA
GOLD    SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.    SPAIN*
GOLD    Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    Shenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.    INDIA
GOLD    Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
GOLD    Singway Technology Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
GOLD    SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GOLD    Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA *
GOLD    Sovereign Metals    INDIA
GOLD    State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology    LITHUANIA
GOLD    Sudan Gold Refinery    SUDAN
GOLD    Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF *
GOLD    Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
GOLD    T.C.A S.p.A    ITALY*
GOLD    Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn    KAZAKHSTAN*
GOLD    Torecom    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF *
GOLD    TSK Pretech    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

 

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GOLD    Umicore Brasil Ltda.    BRAZIL
GOLD    Umicore Precious Metals Thailand    THAILAND
GOLD    Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining    BELGIUM*
GOLD    United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
GOLD    Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia    ZAMBIA
GOLD    Valcambi S.A.    SWITZERLAND*
GOLD    Value Trading    BELGIUM
GOLD    WEEEREFINING    FRANCE*
GOLD    Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)    AUSTRALIA*
GOLD    WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH    GERMANY*
GOLD    YAMAKIN CO., LTD.    JAPAN
GOLD    Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
GOLD    Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
GOLD    Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation    CHINA*
TANTALUM    5D Production OU    ESTONIA
TANTALUM    AMG Brasil    BRAZIL*
TANTALUM    Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.    JAPAN
TANTALUM    Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    CP Metals Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TANTALUM    D Block Metals, LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TANTALUM    DUNKIRK SPECIALTY STEEL    UNKNOWN
TANTALUM    Exotech Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TANTALUM    F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Global Advanced Metals Aizu    JAPAN*
TANTALUM    Global Advanced Metals Boyertown    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TANTALUM    Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch    CHINA
TANTALUM    Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    KEMET Blue Powder    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TANTALUM    KEMET de Mexico    MEXICO*
TANTALUM    Materion Newton Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TANTALUM    Meta Materials    NORTH MACEDONIA
TANTALUM    Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.    INDIA*
TANTALUM    Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL*
TANTALUM    Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
TANTALUM    Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    NPM Silmet AS    ESTONIA*
TANTALUM    PowerX Ltd.    RWANDA*

 

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TANTALUM    QSIL Metals Hermsdorf GmbH    GERMANY*
TANTALUM    QuantumClean    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TANTALUM    Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL*
TANTALUM    RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TANTALUM    RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TANTALUM    Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
TANTALUM    TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.    THAILAND*
TANTALUM    TANIOBIS GmbH    GERMANY*
TANTALUM    TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.    JAPAN*
TANTALUM    TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY*
TANTALUM    Telex Metals    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TANTALUM    Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC    KAZAKHSTAN*
TANTALUM    XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED    CHINA*
TANTALUM    XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TANTALUM    Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TIN    Alpha    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TIN    An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company    VIET NAM
TIN    Aurubis Beerse    BELGIUM*
TIN    Aurubis Berango    SPAIN*
TIN    Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TIN    Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TIN    China Tin Group Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TIN    CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.    CHINA
TIN    CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda    BRAZIL*
TIN    CRM Synergies    SPAIN*
TIN    CV Ayi Jaya    INDONESIA*
TIN    CV Dua Sekawan    INDONESIA
TIN    CV Gita Pesona    INDONESIA
TIN    CV United Smelting    INDONESIA
TIN    CV Venus Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA*
TIN    Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TIN    Dowa    JAPAN*
TIN    DS Myanmar    MYANMAR*
TIN    Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM
TIN    EM Vinto    BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) *
TIN    Estanho de Rondonia S.A.    BRAZIL*
TIN    Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL*
TIN    Fenix Metals    POLAND*
TIN    Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TIN    Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant    CHINA
TIN    Gejiu 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    Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.    CHINA*

 

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TIN    Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant    CHINA
TIN    HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TIN    Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TIN    Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.    CHINA*
TIN    Luna Smelter, Ltd.    RWANDA*
TIN    Ma’anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TIN    Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.    BRAZIL*
TIN    Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)    MALAYSIA*
TIN    Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.    BRAZIL
TIN    Metallic Resources, Inc.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TIN    Mineracao Taboca S.A.    BRAZIL*
TIN    Mining Minerals Resources SARL    CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE *
TIN    Minsur    PERU*
TIN    Mitsubishi Materials Corporation    JAPAN*
TIN    Modeltech Sdn Bhd    MALAYSIA
TIN    Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM
TIN    Novosibirsk Tin Combine    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TIN    O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.    THAILAND*
TIN    O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.    PHILIPPINES*
TIN    Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.    BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) *
TIN    Pongpipat Company Limited    MYANMAR
TIN    Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited    INDIA*
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 Babel Surya Alam Lestari    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Bangka Prima Tin    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Bangka Serumpun    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 Inti Stania Prima    INDONESIA
TIN    PT Karimun Mining    INDONESIA
TIN    PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri    INDONESIA
TIN    PT Menara Cipta Mulia    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Mitra Stania Prima    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Panca Mega Persada    INDONESIA
TIN    PT Premium Tin Indonesia    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Prima Timah Utama    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Rajehan Ariq    INDONESIA*

 

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TIN    PT Refined Bangka Tin    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Sukses Inti Makmur (SIM)    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Sumber Jaya Indah    INDONESIA
TIN    PT Timah Nusantara    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Timah Tbk Kundur    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Timah Tbk Mentok    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Tinindo Inter Nusa    INDONESIA*
TIN    PT Tirus Putra Mandiri    INDONESIA
TIN    PT Tommy Utama    INDONESIA*
TIN    Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.    BRAZIL*
TIN    Rui Da Hung    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA *
TIN    Soft Metais Ltda.    BRAZIL*
TIN    Super Ligas    BRAZIL*
TIN    Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM
TIN    Thaisarco    THAILAND*
TIN    Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TIN    Tin Technology & Refining    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
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 Mineracao Ltda.    BRAZIL*
TIN    Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TIN    Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    A.L.M.T Corp.    JAPAN
TUNGSTEN    ACL Metais Eireli    BRAZIL
TUNGSTEN    Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.    BRAZIL
TUNGSTEN    Artek LLC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TUNGSTEN    Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.    VIET NAM *
TUNGSTEN    China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Cronimet Brasil Ltda    BRAZIL*
TUNGSTEN    DONGKUK INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
TUNGSTEN    Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Global Tungsten & Powders LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TUNGSTEN    Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH    GERMANY*
TUNGSTEN    HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
TUNGSTEN    Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*

 

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TUNGSTEN    Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch    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 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 Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    JSC “Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant”    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TUNGSTEN    Kennametal Fallon    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TUNGSTEN    Kennametal Huntsville    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TUNGSTEN    KGETS CO., LTD.    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
TUNGSTEN    Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.    TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA *
TUNGSTEN    LLC Vostok    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TUNGSTEN    Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Masan High-Tech Materials    VIET NAM *
TUNGSTEN    Moliren Ltd.    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TUNGSTEN    Nam Viet Cromit Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM
TUNGSTEN    Niagara Refining LLC    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA *
TUNGSTEN    NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TUNGSTEN    OOO “Technolom” 1    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TUNGSTEN    OOO “Technolom” 2    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TUNGSTEN    Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.    PHILIPPINES*
TUNGSTEN    Shinwon Tungsten (Fujian Shanghang) Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG    GERMANY*
TUNGSTEN    Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.    VIET NAM
TUNGSTEN    Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock Company    VIET NAM *
TUNGSTEN    Unecha Refractory metals plant    RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TUNGSTEN    Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG    AUSTRIA*
TUNGSTEN    Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA*
TUNGSTEN    Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.    CHINA
TUNGSTEN    YUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.    CHINA

 

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