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| EX-1.01 | exhibit_1-01.htm |
| Exhibit 1.01 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
Nice-Systems Ltd.
(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
Israel
0-27466 (Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
N/A (Zip Code)
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
13 Zarchin Street, P.O. Box 690, Ra'anana 4310602, Israel (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Yechiam Cohen, +972-9-7753911 (Name and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of the Person to Contact in Connection with this Report.)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
☒ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2014.
Section 1- Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Conflict Minerals Disclosure
This Form SD of NICE-System Ltd. ("NICE") is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Rule"), for the reporting period January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.
A copy of NICE's Conflict Minerals Report, which includes a brief description of the reasonable country of origin inquiry conducted by NICE as required by the Rule, is provided as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD, and is publicly available at http://www.nice.com/investor-relations/annual-report/sec. Additionally, NICE maintains a policy with respect to the sourcing of conflict minerals, which is available at http://www.nice.com/sites/default/files/conflict_mineral_policy.pdf. The website and information accessible through it are not incorporated into this document.
Item 1.02 Exhibit
As specified in Section 2, Item 2.01 of this Form SD, the Company is hereby filing its Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Report.
Section 2- Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01 – Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.
Signature
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.
Nice-Systems Ltd.
By: /s/ Yechiam CohenDate: May 31, 2016 Name: Yechiam Cohen Title: General Counsel
Conflict Minerals Report of NICE-SYSTEMS LTD.
Section 1: Introduction
This Conflict Minerals Report has been prepared by NICE-Systems Ltd. (herein referred to as "NICE", the "Company", "we", "us", or "our") pursuant to Rule 13p-1 ("the Rule") of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), for calendar year 2015.
Rule 13p-1, enacted pursuant to The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, requires that an issuer that is required to file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (including foreign private issuers) disclose certain information if that issuer manufactures or contracts to manufacture one or more products for which the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified minerals are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively "Conflict Minerals"). The "Covered Countries" for the purposes of the Rule are the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC"), and nine adjoining countries.
Company and Products Overview
NICE is a provider of enterprise software solutions to permit advanced analytics of structured and unstructured data. Some of our software solutions include audio (and during 2015 some included video) recording systems. These systems rely on hardware products including servers, assembly boards and other electronics equipment, for which Conflict Minerals are necessary for the functionality or production of the products. NICE does not engage in manufacturing, but contracts to manufacture certain of the hardware products on which these systems rely.
The products that we contract to manufacture are highly complex, and typically contain thousands of parts from many suppliers. We have relationships with a network of manufacturers and suppliers throughout the world and there are multiple tiers between the mines where Conflict Minerals are extracted and our contract manufacturers and suppliers. In accordance with the Rule we undertook a country of origin inquiry to determine the source of the Conflict Minerals, which are necessary for the functionality or production of the products we manufacture or contract to manufacture.
Section 2: Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry ("RCOI") and RCOI Conclusion
We performed a good faith RCOI for the Conflict Minerals that we determined were necessary to the functionality or production of our products in order to determine whether the Conflict Minerals in such products originated from the Covered Countries. There was significant overlap between our RCOI and the diligence efforts on the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals because of the large number of contract manufacturers and related suppliers from which we obtain materials that we surveyed, and the time frame necessary for completion of both the RCOI and due diligence process.
Our RCOI procedures consisted of surveying our contract manufacturers and the suppliers whom we concluded were providing us with components that do, or may, contain Conflict Minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of our products. Such procedures included the following steps:
(1) Updating the applicable list for 2015 of contract manufacturers and suppliers to survey based on the likelihood of Conflict Minerals contained in the supplied products and materials.
(2) Sending a notification to relevant contract manufacturers and suppliers informing them about the Conflict Minerals disclosure requirements and asking them to complete the Conflict Minerals survey based on the standard template designed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), known as the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template.
(3) Use of a set of checks ("red flags") to identify inconsistent, incomplete or inaccurate responses. Responses that were identified as incomplete or inconsistent based on red flags were subject to further review and follow up with the parties that provided the incomplete or inaccurate responses.
(4) Sending periodic reminders to non-responsive manufacturers and suppliers.
Based on the RCOI conducted, NICE had reason to believe that a portion of the Conflict Minerals which were necessary to the functionality or production of certain products NICE contracted to manufacture may have originated in a Covered Country and knew, or had reason to believe, that those necessary Conflict Minerals may not be from recycled or scrap sources. These products include: NICE Interaction Management TDM and NICE Trading Recording (the "Covered Products").
Section 3: Design of Due Diligence Framework
Our due diligence measures have been designed to conform, in all material respects, with the due diligence framework of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the publication OECD (2013) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, OECD Publishing (OECD Guidance) and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten.
Section 4: Due Diligence Measures Performed
NICE due diligence efforts for calendar year 2015 included the following:
1. Company management systems
- · NICE utilized its cross-functional Conflict Minerals steering committee that includes representatives from the following areas: supply chain, procurement, legal, compliance and senior management.
- · NICE has a Conflict Minerals policy that has been published on its publically available website: http://www.nice.com/sites/default/files/conflict_mineral_policy.pdf.
- · NICE set up and published a dedicated email address to provide a grievance mechanism for any person who had concerns about the sourcing of our conflict minerals.
- · NICE sent a letter to those of its contract manufacturers and suppliers identified during the applicability assessment phase, informing them that NICE is subject to the Rule and, as a supplier or contract manufacturer of NICE, their cooperation in the due diligence process is expected.
· NICE made training materials available to its contract manufacturers and suppliers that included an overview of the Rule and provided instructions on how to respond to the survey.
2. Identifying and assessing risks in the supply chain
In 2015, NICE conducted a supply chain survey with the 476 contract manufacturers and suppliers identified during the applicability assessment phase. The survey was based on the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition/Global e-Sustainability Initiative (EICC/GeSI). Although not every supplier responded to the request to complete the survey, each and every survey completed and received was reviewed and logged by us.
Responses received were subject to a "red flag" review. Responses that were identified as incomplete or inconsistent based on the red flag review process were noted for follow up. Many of the responses included information as to smelters or refiners from which the contract manufacturer or supplier obtained Conflict Minerals. Smelters or refiners that were identified in the responses were compared against the list of facilities which have received a DRC conflict free designation from the Conflict Free Smelter Program (CFSP). The list of smelters identified is set forth in the attached Appendix A. The list of mines' country of origin is set forth in the attached Appendix B.
We identified two primary risks in our supply chain relating to our contract manufacturers and suppliers: (1) the risk of not receiving accurate information on a timely basis with respect to their sourcing of Conflict Minerals, and (2) the risk of NICE not being able to replace contract manufacturers or suppliers, should we determine that there is a reasonable risk of the manufacturers' use of Conflict Minerals from sources that contribute to human rights abuses. The result of these assessments was the segmentation of the manufacturers and suppliers into three levels of risks (high, medium and low), based on the manufacturers' or suppliers' characteristics using criteria such as whether the manufacturer or supplier is an SEC filer, their geographical location and other factors, as well as the level of our dependency on the goods or materials of that manufacturer or supplier. This assessment allowed us to invest our communication and response validation efforts according to the level of risk. The higher the risk, the greater our investment.
3. Designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks
- · Senior management is briefed about our due diligence efforts on a regular basis.
- · We found no instance where it was necessary to implement risk mitigation efforts, temporarily suspend trade or disengage with manufacturers or suppliers. We engage in regular ongoing risk assessment through our manufacturers' and suppliers' annual data submissions.
- · Manufacturers and suppliers who provided incomplete or inconsistent responses were sent follow-up corrective action notifications asking for clarification.
- · We also reviewed manufacturers' and suppliers' responses to track smelters and refiners which could be in our supply chain and have not received a conflict-free designation based on the Conflict Free Smelters Initiative (CFSI) and Conflict Free Smelters Programs (CSFP) or other independent third party validation program.
4. Carrying out independent third-party audit of smelter/refiner due diligence practices
We do not have a direct relationship with any Conflict Mineral smelters or refiners and do not perform or direct audits of those entities which were identified as possibly being within our supply chain. As a result, our due diligence efforts relied on responses from our manufacturers and suppliers and then reference to publication of the cross-industry initiatives such as the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI).
5. Reporting annually on supply chain due diligence
This report is our annual report on our supply chain diligence efforts. A copy of this report can be accessed on our website as indicated in our Form SD.
Section 5: Determination
As indicated above, the Covered Products that we contracted to manufacture are highly complex and typically contain thousands of parts from many manufacturers and suppliers. We have relationships with a network of contract manufacturers and suppliers throughout the world and there are multiple tiers between the mines that extract Conflict Minerals and those manufacturers and suppliers. Therefore, we must rely on our contract manufacturers and suppliers to provide information on the origin of the Conflict Minerals contained in components and materials supplied to us – including sources of Conflict Minerals that are supplied to our contract manufacturers and suppliers from lower tiers in the chain.
Despite receiving responses from many manufacturers and suppliers, we were unable to obtain responses from all that were included in our process. In addition, while many of those responding manufacturers and suppliers listed smelter or refiner names in their responses as being in their supply chain, the manufacturers and suppliers were unable to accurately report which specific smelters were part of the supply chain applicable to the components that were sold to us in 2015.
Based on the information obtained through the due diligence process described above, we do not have sufficient information to determine the country of origin of the Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products.
NICE's efforts to determine the origin of the Conflict Minerals with the greatest possible accuracy consisted of the due diligence measures described in this Conflict Minerals Report.
1. Gold
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | GERMANY |
| Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN |
| Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração | BRAZIL |
| Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Asahi Pretec Corporation | JAPAN |
| Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Limited | CANADA |
| Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY |
| Gold | 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 | Caridad | MEXICO |
| Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA |
| Gold | Cendres + Métaux SA | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY |
| Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN |
| Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | DODUCO GmbH | GERMANY |
| Gold | Dowa | JAPAN |
| Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A. | ITALY |
| Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | ZIMBABWE |
| Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES |
| 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 | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | CHINA |
| Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY |
| Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited | CHINA |
| Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY |
| Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN |
| Gold | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited | CHINA |
| Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna | POLAND |
| Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Korea Metal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN |
| Gold | L' azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA |
| Gold | Lingbao Gold Company Limited | CHINA |
| Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Metalor Technologies SA | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V | MEXICO |
| Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
| Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA |
| Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND |
| Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. | TURKEY |
| Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN |
| Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA |
| Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | PAMP SA | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA |
| Gold | PX Précinox SA | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA |
| Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA |
| Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | SAMWON Metals Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY |
| Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | NETHERLANDS |
| Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA | SPAIN |
| Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN |
| Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN |
| Gold | Sudan Gold Refinery | SUDAN |
| Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY |
| Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN |
| Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND |
| Gold | Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM |
| Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
| Gold | Valcambi SA | SWITZERLAND |
| Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | AUSTRALIA |
| Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY |
| Gold | Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA |
| Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery | CHINA |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry | CHINA |
| Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | Duoluoshan | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar | GERMANY |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg | GERMANY |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | GERMANY |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | GERMANY |
| Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium 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 Metals | MEXICO |
| Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA |
| Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tantalum | Mitsui Mining & Smelting | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S. | ESTONIA |
| Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen | AUSTRIA |
| Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte | AUSTRIA |
| Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Tantalum | Taki Chemicals | JAPAN |
| Tantalum | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
| Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN |
| Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide | CHINA |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES |
| Tin | An Thai Minerals Company Limited | VIET NAM |
| Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM |
| Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Company Limited | CHINA |
| Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Gita Pesona | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Justindo | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV United Smelting | INDONESIA |
| Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | Dowa | JAPAN |
| Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
| Tin | Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group) | SPAIN |
| Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA |
| Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH | GERMANY |
| Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND |
| Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA |
| Tin | Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA |
| Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S/A | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
| Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. | BELGIUM |
| Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Minsur | PERU |
| Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
| Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
| Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES |
| Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | BOLIVIA |
| Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd. | RWANDA |
| Tin | PT Alam Lestari Kencana | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Kudai Tin | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Fang Di MulTindo | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Karimun Mining | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Seirama Tin Investment | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Tommy Utama | INDONESIA |
| Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya | INDONESIA |
| Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN |
| Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND |
| Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
| Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | VIET NAM |
| Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | BRAZIL |
| Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tin | Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited | CHINA |
4. Tungsten
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | JAPAN |
| Tungsten | Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | UNITED STATES |
| Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH | GERMANY |
| Tungsten | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | GERMANY |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Metal | Smelter Name | Smelter Country |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon | UNITED STATES |
| Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES |
| Tungsten | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
| Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | UNITED STATES |
| Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Pobedit, JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Tungsten | Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
| Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG | AUSTRIA |
| Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Appendix B: Mines' Country of Origin
AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM BOLIVIA BRAZIL CANADA CHINA ESTONIA GERMANY INDIA INDONESIA ITALY JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KYRGYZSTAN MALAYSIA MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SUDAN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN THAILAND TURKEY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES UZBEKISTAN VIET NAM ZIMBABWE