UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 000-49602 | 77-0118518 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1251 McKay Drive
San Jose, California 95131
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(408) 904-1100
(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:
| x | 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
Synaptics Incorporated (including its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Registrant”) is filing this Form SD pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 (the “Reporting Period”).
For the Reporting Period, the Registrant conducted, in good faith, a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of products that the Registrant manufactures or contracts to manufacture (the “Minerals”). The inquiry was reasonably designed to determine if the Minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country or are from recycled or scrap sources.
The Registrant has determined that it is required to file a Conflict Minerals Report, which is attached as Exhibit 1.01 to this report. The Conflict Minerals Report is also publicly available at http://www.synaptics.com. The content on, or accessible through, any website referred to in this Form SD is not incorporated by reference into this Form SD unless expressly noted.
| Item 1.02. | Exhibit. |
The Registrant’s Conflict Mineral Report is included as Exhibit 1.01 to this report.
Section 2 – Exhibits
| Item 2.01. | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form. | |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Synaptics Incorporated |
| By: /s/ Alex Wong |
| Alex Wong |
| Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations |
| May 29, 2015 |
EXHIBIT 1.01
CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT
This Conflict Minerals Report (“Report”) of Synaptics Incorporated and its consolidated subsidiaries (“Synaptics,” the “Registrant” or “we”) for the year ended December 31, 2014 (the “Reporting Period”), is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”), the instructions to Form SD, and the Public Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule issued by the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2014. Please refer to the Rule, Form SD, and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Release No. 34-67716 issued by the SEC on August 22, 2012 for definitions to the terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein.
Synaptics is a leading worldwide developer and supplier of custom-designed human interface semiconductor product solutions that enable people to interact more easily and intuitively with a wide variety of mobile computing, communications, entertainment, and other electronic devices. Synaptics currently targets the markets for mobile product applications, including smartphones and tablets; the personal computer, or PC, product applications market, primarily notebook computers; and other select electronic device markets, with our customized human interface solutions. Every solution we deliver either contains or consists of our semiconductor solutions, which includes our ASIC, customer-specific firmware, and software. We generally supply our human interface solutions to our original equipment manufacturer customers through their contract manufacturers, which take delivery of our products and pay us directly for such products.
Synaptics does not engage in the actual mining of conflict minerals (the “Minerals”), does not make purchases of raw ore or unrefined Minerals from mines, and is many steps removed in the supply chain from the mining of the Minerals. We purchase the materials used in our products from a large network of suppliers, who may contribute necessary Minerals to our products. The smelters and refiners used by our suppliers are in the best position in the total supply chain to know the origin of ores, which cannot be determined with any certainty once the ores are smelted, refined and converted to ingots, bullions or other Minerals containing derivatives. We rely on our suppliers to assist with our due diligence efforts, including our suppliers’ self-identification of the smelters and refiners used in their supply chain, and the countries from which the Minerals used in their supply chain may originate.
| I. | Products |
The following products were identified during the Reporting Period as products that may contain conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, by Synaptics:
| • | Our mobile solutions include our ClearPadTM product line, designed for clear, capacitive touchscreen solutions that enable the user to interact directly with the |
| display on electronic devices, such as mobile smartphones and tablets, and our family of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) drivers. We typically sell our ClearPad products as a chip, together with customer-specific firmware, to sensor manufacturers or LCD manufacturers to integrate into their touch-enabled products. A discrete touchscreen product typically consists of a transparent, thin capacitive sensor that can be placed over any display, such as an LCD or an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), and combined with a flexible circuit material and a touch controller chip. |
| • | Our display driver products offer advanced image processing technology for entry-level smartphones through high-resolution tablets. The adaptive image processing works in concert with proprietary customization options enabling development of efficient and cost-effective high performance solutions and faster time to market. We typically sell these products to LCD manufacturers. |
| • | Our personal computer, or PC, solutions, include our TouchPadTM, ClickPadTM, ForcePadTM, Dual Pointing Solutions, and TouchStykTM product lines, which are touch-sensitive pads and other interfaces that sense the position, movement, force, or a combination thereof, applied by one or more fingers on its surface through the measurement of capacitance. We typically sell our PC solutions as a module to the contract manufacturers of original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for assembly into notebook computers or other PC products. |
| • | Our Natural ID Fingerprint Identification products, used in both our mobile and PC solutions, is a fingerprint authentication solution that uses capacitive imaging technology, along with sophisticated digital image processing to unlock devices and access online services such as retail, banking, and social media portals. We typically sell our Natural ID Fingerprint products as a module to the contract manufacturers of OEMs or directly to the OEM for assembly into mobile or PC products. |
| II. | Due Diligence |
Based on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chain of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (Second Edition OECD 2013) and the due diligence framework published by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), including the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) template developed jointly by the EICC-GeSI (the “Template”), the Registrant took the following measures, during calendar year 2014, to determine the source and chain of custody for the Minerals which the Registrant believed necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by the Registrant in such calendar year.
| 1. | The Registrant identified 65 suppliers, whom the Registrant believed could provide materials containing the Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by the Registrant, or contracted by the Registrant to be manufactured. |
| 2. | The Registrant sent out a Conflict Minerals survey, based on the Template, to the suppliers described in No. 1 above requesting them to (a) determine whether they supplied the Registrant with metals or materials containing tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold; (b) conduct their own due diligence of their own supply chain; (c) using EICC-GeSI resources, identify all smelters in their supply chain that supply tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold; and (d) download, complete and return the Template to the Registrant identifying all smelters and whether such smelters were certified as conflict-free. For any non-conflict free certified smelters identified, the Registrant required the supplier to submit a plan detailing the supplier’s efforts to remove or replace the non-conflict free certified smelter. In addition, Registrant’s suppliers were required to establish and document a policy on conflict minerals. |
| 3. | All suppliers identified in No. 1 above completed the steps described in No. 2 above. Three suppliers declared that their products did not contain any conflict minerals. Of the 62 suppliers who stated their products may contain conflict minerals, approximately 68% stated gold may be in the products supplied to Registrant; approximately 71% stated tin may be in the products supplied to Registrant; approximately 11% stated tantalum may be in the products supplied to Registrant; and approximately 20% stated tungsten may be in the products supplied to Registrant. |
| 4. | 95% of the suppliers identified all smelters used in their supply chain in accordance with the Template and its instructions and of these suppliers, 95% certified that the metals or materials they supplied to Synaptics were conflict-free Minerals. |
| 5. | Less than 5% of our suppliers were unable to fully disclose their smelters due to confidentiality policies in place between the supplier and smelter. |
| 6. | Synaptics compared the smelters identified by each of our suppliers to the list of smelters identified as conflict-free or “Active” by CFSI. Approximately 80% of the smelters used by our suppliers appeared on this list and are certified by the CFSI as conflict-free smelters or as Active smelters currently undergoing or committed to undergoing a Conflict-Free Smelter Program (CFSP) audit. All smelters who were identified by Registrant’s suppliers as providing conflict minerals are listed in Exhibit A below. |
| a. | Our suppliers used approximately 36 different smelters located in 12 different countries for tantalum. These countries include Austria, Brazil, China, Estonia, Germany, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, South Africa, Thailand and the United States. Of these smelters, 100% are certified conflict-free smelters according to the CFSI compared to 72% of these smelters who were certified as conflict-free in the Registrant’s prior reporting period. |
| b. | Our suppliers used approximately 115 different smelters located in 29 different countries for gold. Those countries include Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United States, and Uzbekistan. Of these smelters, approximately 84% are certified conflict-free smelters or are Active smelters as defined by the CFSI compared to 25% of these smelters who were certified as conflict-free in the Registrant’s prior reporting period. |
| c. | Our suppliers used approximately 88 different smelters located in 19 different countries for tin. These countries include Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam. Of these smelters, approximately 76% are certified conflict-free smelters or are Active smelters as defined by the CFSI compared to 8% of these smelters who were certified as conflict-free in the Registrant’s prior reporting period. |
| d. | Our suppliers used approximately 37 different smelters located in 8 different countries for tungsten. These countries include Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Russian Federation, the United States, and Vietnam. Of these smelters, approximately 65% are certified conflict-free smelters according to the CFSI compared to 2% of these smelters who were certified as conflict-free in the Registrant’s prior reporting period. |
| 7. | Based on these due diligence efforts, Synaptics is unable, at this time, to conclusively determine the countries of origin of all the Minerals used in its products. |
In calendar year 2014, we conducted the due diligence efforts described in this Report to determine the mine or location of the necessary conflict minerals in our products. We relied on the information provided by independent third party audit programs, such as the CFSI, to determine whether the smelters disclosed by our suppliers had been conflict-free certified or were “Active smelters” who had committed to undergo a Conflict-Free Smelter Program audit, according to the CFSI’s standards. For the Reporting Period, certain smelters had not yet received a conflict-free designation from an independent third party audit program such as the CFSI.
Suppliers who had non-conflict free certified smelters in their supply chain in calendar year 2014 were required to submit a plan to the Registrant detailing their efforts to either remove or replace such smelter. We also created an audit plan in calendar year 2014 to specifically audit the design, performance and effectiveness of our due diligence framework and due diligence measures as they relate to the Minerals.
As discussed above, where possible, the Registrant has relied on third party assurances and certifications. For example, the Registrant accepts as reliable any smelter that is a member of the CFSI program. To the extent that other audited supplier
certifications are provided to the Registrant, the Registrant may consider reliance on such certifications on a case-by-case basis.
| III. | Additional Due Diligence and Risk Mitigation |
We will continue to monitor our supply chain, including smelters used by our suppliers and anticipate that in future years, we will be able to determine, with greater specificity, which of the smelters used by our suppliers are conflict-free. Specifically, we will continue to monitor and pressure our supply chain to provide complete and accurate information regarding their smelters who provide the Minerals; continue to pressure our supply chain to either remove or replace non conflict-free certified smelters from their own supply chain; and engage with third-party auditors to audit our due diligence design and measures, including the results from supplier responses to the Template.
Due to the size, breadth and complexity of our supply chain, the process of successfully tracing all of the necessary Minerals used in our products back to their country of origin will require additional time and resources. Our ability to make determinations about the presence and source of origin of such Minerals in our products depends upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, (i) the respective due diligence efforts of our tier one suppliers and their supply chain, as well as their willingness to disclose such information to us, and (ii) the ability and willingness of our supply chain to adopt the OECD Guidance and other initiatives or guidance that may develop over time with respect to responsible sourcing. The inability to obtain reliable information from any level of our supply chain could have a material impact on our ability to provide meaningful information on the presence and origin of necessary Minerals in our products’ supply chain with any reasonable degree of certainty. There can be no assurance that our suppliers will continue to cooperate with our diligence inquiries and our requests for certifications, or to provide us with the documentation or other evidence that we consider reliable in a timeframe sufficient to allow us to make a reasonable and reliable assessment following appropriate further diligence measures, as may be required.
Exhibit A
| Smelter Name |
Smelter Country | |
| 5N Plus |
UNITED KINGDOM | |
| A.L.M.T. Corp. |
JAPAN | |
| Aida Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. |
JAPAN | |
| Air Products |
UNITED STATES | |
| Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. |
GERMANY | |
| Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) |
UZBEKISTAN | |
| Alpha |
UNITED STATES | |
| Alta Group |
UNITED STATES | |
| American Iron and Metal |
CANADA | |
| AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Minerção |
BRAZIL | |
| Argor-Heraeus SA |
SWITZERLAND | |
| Asahi Pretec Corporation |
JAPAN | |
| Asaka Riken Co Ltd |
JAPAN | |
| Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. |
TURKEY | |
| Aurubis AG |
GERMANY | |
| Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
PHILIPPINES | |
| Boliden AB |
SWEDEN | |
| C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG |
GERMANY | |
| Caridad |
MEXICO | |
| CCR Refinery – Glencore Canada Corporation |
CANADA | |
| Cendres & Métaux SA |
SWITZERLAND | |
| CFC Cooperativa dos Fundidores de Cassiterita da Amazônia Ltda. |
BRAZIL | |
| Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Chimet S.p.A. |
ITALY | |
| China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd |
CHINA | |
| China Tin Group Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| China Tin Smelter Co. Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Chugai Mining |
JAPAN | |
| CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Codelco |
CHILE | |
| Colt Refining |
UNITED STATES | |
| Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry |
CHINA | |
| Cooper Santa |
BRAZIL | |
| CV JusTindo |
INDONESIA | |
| CV Makmur Jaya |
INDONESIA | |
| CV Nurjanah |
INDONESIA | |
| CV Serumpun Sebalai |
INDONESIA | |
| CV United Smelting |
INDONESIA | |
| Daejin Indus Co. Ltd | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
| DaeryongENC |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Do Sung Corporation |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| Doduco |
GERMANY | |
| Dongguan Standard Electronic Material.Co.,Ltd |
CHINA | |
| Dowa |
JAPAN | |
| Dowa Metals & Mining Co.Ltd |
JAPAN | |
| Duoluoshan |
CHINA | |
| Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. |
JAPAN | |
| EM Vinto |
BOLIVIA | |
| Exotech Inc. |
UNITED STATES | |
| F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH |
GERMANY | |
| Fenix Metals |
POLAND | |
| FSE Novosibirsk Refinery |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| GANZHOU HONGFEI W&Mo MATERIALS CO.,LTD. |
CHINA | |
| Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Gejiu Jin Ye Mineral Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co. Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Gejiu YunXin Colored Electrolysis Ltd |
CHINA | |
| Gejiu Zi-Li |
CHINA | |
| Global Advanced Metals Boyertown |
UNITED STATES | |
| Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. |
UNITED STATES | |
| Gold Bell Group |
CHINA | |
| Golden Egret Special Allloy Coop. |
CHINA | |
| Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited |
CHINA | |
| Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. |
CHINA | |
| Guangxi Huaxi Group Co.,Ltd |
CHINA | |
| H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. |
THAILAND | |
| H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar |
GERMANY | |
| H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg |
GERMANY | |
| H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH |
GERMANY | |
| H.C. Starck Inc. |
UNITED STATES | |
| H.C. Starck Ltd. |
JAPAN |
| H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG | GERMANY | |
| HC Starck GmbH | GERMANY | |
| Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY | |
| Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | HONG KONG | |
| Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY | |
| Hitachi Metals, Ltd. | JAPAN | |
| Hi-Temp | UNITED STATES | |
| Hi-Temp Specialty Metals Inc. | UNITED STATES | |
| HuaXi Metals Co.,Ltd | CHINA | |
| Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd | CHINA | |
| Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co | CHINA | |
| Hunan Chenzhou Mining Industry Group | CHINA | |
| Hunan Chun-Chang Nonferrous Smelting & Concentrating Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Hutti Gold Mines Limited | INDIA | |
| Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| IBF IND BRASILEIRA DE FERROLIGAS LTDA | BRAZIL | |
| Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited | CHINA | |
| Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |
| Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY | |
| Japan Mint | JAPAN | |
| Japan New Metals Co Ltd | JAPAN | |
| Jean Goldschmidt International | BELGIUM | |
| Jia Tian | CHINA | |
| Jiangxi Copper Company Limited | CHINA | |
| Jiangxi Nanshan | CHINA | |
| Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Johnson Matthey Inc | UNITED STATES | |
| Johnson Matthey Ltd | CANADA | |
| JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| JSC Uralectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |
| Kai Unita Trade Limited Liability Company | CHINA | |
| Kazzinc Ltd | KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Kemet Blue Powder | UNITED STATES | |
| Kennametal Fallon | UNITED STATES |
| Kennametal Firth Sterling | UNITED STATES | |
| Kennametal Huntsville | UNITED STATES | |
| Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES | |
| King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd | CHINA | |
| Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd | JAPAN | |
| Korea Metal Co. Ltd | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| Kunshan Jinli chemical industry reagents co.,Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN | |
| L’ azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA | |
| Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co | CHINA | |
| LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL | |
| LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas LTDA | BRAZIL | |
| Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA | |
| Materion | UNITED STATES | |
| Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |
| Metallic Resources Inc | UNITED STATES | |
| Metallo Chimique | BELGIUM | |
| Metallurgical Products India (Pvt.) Ltd. | INDIA | |
| Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd | HONG KONG | |
| Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | SINGAPORE | |
| Metalor Technologies Ltd. (Suzhou) | CHINA | |
| Metalor Technologies SA | SWITZERLAND | |
| Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES | |
| Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. | MEXICO | |
| Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL | |
| Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Minsur | PERU | |
| Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN | |
| Mitsui Mining & Smelting | JAPAN | |
| Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |
| MK electron | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| Molycorp Silmet A.S. | ESTONIA | |
| Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| N.E.Chemcat Corporation | JAPAN | |
| Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A | TURKEY | |
| Nanchang Cemented Carbide Limited Liability Company | CHINA |
| Nathan Trotter & Co., Inc. | UNITED STATES | |
| Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN | |
| NGHE TIN NON-FERROUS METAL | VIET NAM | |
| Nihon Material Co. LTD | JAPAN | |
| Ningbo Kangqiang | CHINA | |
| Ninghua Xingluokeng Tungsten Mine Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. | CANADA | |
| Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND | |
| Ohio Precious Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES | |
| Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd | JAPAN | |
| OJSC “The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant” (OJSC Krastvetmet) | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| OJSC Kolyma Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| OMSA | BOLIVIA | |
| PAMP SA | SWITZERLAND | |
| Plansee SE Liezen | AUSTRIA | |
| Pobedit JSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| Poongsan Corporation | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| PT Alam Lestari Kencana | INDONESIA | |
| PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA | |
| PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA | |
| PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | |
| PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari | INDONESIA | |
| PT Bangka Kudai Tin | INDONESIA | |
| PT Bangka Putra Karya | INDONESIA | |
| PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera | INDONESIA | |
| PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA | |
| PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA | |
| PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari | INDONESIA | |
| PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA | |
| PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA | |
| PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | INDONESIA | |
| PT Fang Di MulTindo | INDONESIA | |
| PT HP Metals Indonesia | INDONESIA |
| PT Karimun Mining | INDONESIA | |
| PT Koba Tin | INDONESIA | |
| PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA | |
| PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk | INDONESIA | |
| PT Prima Timah Utama | INDONESIA | |
| PT REFINED BANGKA TIN | INDONESIA | |
| PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | INDONESIA | |
| PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA | |
| PT Sumber Jaya Indah | INDONESIA | |
| PT Tambang Timah | INDONESIA | |
| PT Timah (Persero), Tbk | INDONESIA | |
| PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA | |
| PT Yinchendo Mining Industry | INDONESIA | |
| PX Précinox SA | SWITZERLAND | |
| QuantumClean | UNITED STATES | |
| Rahman Hydraulic Tin Berhad | MALAYSIA | |
| Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd | SOUTH AFRICA | |
| RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd | CHINA | |
| Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA | |
| Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN | |
| Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES | |
| Samhwa Non-Ferrous Metal. Inc Co.,Ltd | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| SAMWON METALS Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| Schone Edelmetaal | NETHERLANDS | |
| Scotia Mocatta | HONG KONG | |
| SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA | SPAIN | |
| Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co. Ltd | CHINA | |
| Shanghai Gold exchange | CHINA | |
| Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd | CHINA | |
| SHENZHEN TIANCHENG CHEMICAL CO LTD | CHINA | |
| So Accurate Group, Inc. | UNITED STATES | |
| SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| Soft Metais, Ltda. | BRAZIL | |
| Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN | |
| Solikamsk Metal Works | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN | |
| Suzhou Xingrui Noble | CHINA | |
| Tai zhou chang san Jiao electron Co.,Ltd | CHINA |
| Taki Chemicals | JAPAN | |
| Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN | |
| Tantalite Resources | SOUTH AFRICA | |
| Technic Inc | UNITED STATES | |
| Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM | |
| Telex | UNITED STATES | |
| Thaisarco | THAILAND | |
| The Great Wall Gold and Silver Refinery of China | CHINA | |
| The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd | CHINA | |
| Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd | JAPAN | |
| Tongding Metal Material Co.,Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Tongling nonferrous Metals Group Co.,Ltd | CHINA | |
| Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
| Traxys | FRANCE | |
| Ulba | KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Umicore Brasil Ltda | BRAZIL | |
| Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM | |
| United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES | |
| Valcambi SA | SWITZERLAND | |
| Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd | VIET NAM | |
| WC Heraeus Hanau | GERMANY | |
| Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | AUSTRALIA | |
| Westfalenzinn | GERMANY | |
| White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | BRAZIL | |
| Wilhelm Westmetall | GERMANY | |
| Williams/ Williams Brewster | UNITED STATES | |
| Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG | AUSTRIA | |
| Wolfram Company CJSC | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
| Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd | CHINA | |
| Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA | |
| YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL CO., LTD. | JAPAN | |
| Yantai Guodasafina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co. Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Yantai Zhaojin Lai Fuk Precious Metals Ltd | CHINA | |
| Yokohama Metal Co Ltd | JAPAN | |
| Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd | CHINA | |
| Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd. | CHINA | |
| Zhongshan Public Security Bureau, Guangdong Province ,China | CHINA | |
| Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA |
| Zhuzhou Cement Carbide | CHINA | |
| Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co Ltd | CHINA | |
| Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd | CHINA |
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