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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
 

Weatherford International public limited company
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ireland
001-36504
98-0606750
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


Bahnhofstrasse 1, 6340 Baar, Switzerland
CH 6340
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 

Christina M. Ibrahim
713.836.4000
(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, 2015.

 






Section 1 - CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE
Item 1.01 and 1.02
CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE AND REPORT
In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Weatherford International plc (“Weatherford”) evaluated our supply chain to determine if conflict minerals, defined as columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives tantalum, tin, and tungsten, were used in the production or functionality of products manufactured or contracted for manufacture by Weatherford in calendar year 2015.
Conflicts Mineral Disclosure
A copy of this Form SD and the Weatherford Conflict Minerals Report, filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto, may be found on our website at www.weatherford.com under “Investor Relations” and “Financial Information and SEC Filings”.
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.

 
Date: May 31, 2016
 
WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Christina M. Ibrahim
 
 
 
Christina M. Ibrahim
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary






INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
 
Exhibit Description
1.01
 
Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.



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Exhibit 1.01
Weatherford International plc
Conflict Minerals Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
 


This Conflict Minerals Report of Weatherford International plc (“Weatherford”, “we”, “our” or “Company”) is in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Company Overview and Description of Products
Weatherford is one of the largest multinational oilfield service companies providing innovative solutions, technology and services to the oil and gas industry. We operate in over 100 countries and have service and sales locations in nearly all of the oil and gas producing regions in the world. Weatherford is committed to a culture of compliance and committed to tracing the origins of its necessary conflict minerals to ensure that we are sourcing materials and components from companies that share our values and commitment to human rights, ethics and environmental responsibility.
We manage our business through two product service line groups: 1) Formation Evaluation and Well Construction and 2) Completion and Production. We have evaluated our product service line groups and made a good faith determination that columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (“conflict minerals” or “3TG”) were necessary for the production or functionality of some products manufactured or contracted for manufacture by Weatherford in calendar year 2015. We believe these products include, but are not limited to, liner hanger systems, fishing recovery tools, rotating cement heads, downhole deployment valves, pressure control equipment, inflatable packers, casing packers, thru-tubing equipment, wellbore tubulars, casing and running tools, drilling casing bits, centralizers, float equipment, stimulation sleeves, expandable sand screens, composite plugs, inflow control devices, gravel pack systems, production packers, isolation valves, RFID enabled tools, subsurface safety valves, pressure pumping systems, continuous rod products, gas lift valve systems, rotaflex pump units, gas lift systems, power generation units, reciprocating rod lifts systems, flow measurement products, SurgeMaster®II tool, drilling rental tools, performance drilling tools, mechanized rig equipment, conventional tubular running equipment, pump and fluid systems, well servicing equipment, logging while drilling equipment, measurement while drilling equipment, directional drilling equipment, rotary steerable systems, managed pressure drilling systems, rotating control devices, advanced flow detection systems, and steady state continuous flow systems (collectively, “covered products”).
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI)
Weatherford’s global supply chain is complex with multiple levels of suppliers between us and downstream (smelter to product) conflict minerals. As a downstream company, we do not have direct visibility into smelters or refiners of 3TG (“smelters”) and the associated mines of origin. We rely on our direct suppliers to provide the information necessary to trace the source and chain of custody of 3TG that may exist in our covered products. Further, our covered products consist of many component materials and parts. Current systems limitations impede our ability to track component parts in covered products back to a direct supplier (“tier 1”) or to a lowered tier supplier (“tier 2”). Recognizing these limitations, we reviewed the tier 1 suppliers directly related to our manufacturing businesses to determine whether a supplier may have sold us material or parts containing 3TG and was therefore within the scope of the regulation. This year we significantly expanded the number of tier 1 suppliers included in our RCOI to be as comprehensive as possible while we work to refine our systems and processes.
Weatherford, through the assistance of a third party consultant, contacted 3,175 tier 1 suppliers to request and collect information as to the use and origin of 3TG. Utilizing the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”), suppliers were asked to provide information regarding the existence of 3TG in their materials and products sold to Weatherford, and the sourcing of these materials, with the ultimate goal of identifying the smelters and associated mine countries of origin connected to 3TG. Suppliers unable to provide a CMRT on their own behalf were requested to provide relevant information on their suppliers, or tier 2 suppliers. We then contacted these tier 2 suppliers, and subsequent tiers of suppliers as needed.
If suppliers did not respond to our request for information, we made multiple additional attempts to contact them via emails and telephone calls. Through our outreach, extensive efforts were made to educate and inform suppliers unfamiliar with conflict mineral rules and Weatherford’s related policies. If, after these efforts, a supplier still did not register with the system or provide the information requested and this supplier was internally identified by Weatherford as a high priority supplier, the matter was further escalated internally and there was direct outreach by a Weatherford executive or his delegate.





RCOI Results

The response rate for those suppliers contacted was 58% or 1,829 suppliers. Of the 1,829 suppliers who responded, 27% indicated one or more conflict minerals exist in the suppliers’ materials or products that may have been sold to Weatherford and included in a covered product. Based on a reasonable country of origin inquiry, we have reason to believe that necessary conflict minerals may have originated in the DRC (as defined below). We performed due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals in our covered products, as described in this report.
Due Diligence
Design
The design of Weatherford’s due diligence framework conforms to the due diligence-related steps of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, second edition.
Measures Undertaken
Once information was received from suppliers in the CMRT, responses were evaluated for plausibility, consistency, and gaps in information. If, during the evaluation, any quality control flags were raised regarding the veracity or accuracy of information, suppliers were automatically contacted again up to an additional 3 times. Examples of quality control flags are:

One or more smelters were listed but no conflict mineral was listed;
Smelter information was not provided for a used conflict mineral, or smelter information provided was not a verified metal processor in the database of our third party consultant;
Supplier answered yes to sourcing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries (“DRC”), but none of the smelters listed are known to source from the region;
Supplier indicated that they have not received 3TG data for each metal from all relevant suppliers; and
Supplier indicated 100% of the 3TG for products covered by the declaration originated from scrap/recycled sources, but one or more smelters listed are not known to be exclusive recyclers.

After supplier CMRT information was evaluated as described above, and relying information collected by industry groups and our third party consultant, a smelter verification and outreach process was then undertaken in an attempt to verify types of metal processing performed (including exclusive recycling), mine countries of origin and conflict-free certification status. We compared the supplier identified smelters to the list of smelters which have received a “conflict free” designation based on internationally accepted audit standards of the (1) CFSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program, (2) the London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery Program and (3) the Responsible Jewellery Council Chain-of-Custody Certification. If the smelter was not certified by one of these internationally-recognized programs, we attempted to contact the smelter to gain more information about their sourcing practices, including countries of origin and transfer, and whether there were any internal due diligence procedures in place or other processes the smelters takes to track the chain-of-custody on the source of its mineral ores. We also performed internet research to determine whether there were any outside sources of information regarding the smelter’s sourcing practices. If the smelters were non-responsive, additional attempts to contact the smelters were made to gather information on mine country of origin and sourcing practices.
Due Diligence Results
Based on the smelter list provided by the suppliers who responded at the product level via the CMRTs and based on publicly available information, we have identified 313 (see Annex I) verified smelters that may be within our supply chain. Of these smelters, 283 either do not source from the DRC or we were unable to validate the region of sourcing. Thirty of these smelters indicated sourcing within the DRC. Of those 30 smelters, all but 2 are certified as conflict-free.
Measures for Improvement
Weatherford’s conflict minerals policy can be found at www.weatherford.com/en/about-us/ethics-and-compliance/conflict-minerals-policy. The policy is also included within our supplier code of conduct (“Code of Conduct”) and can be found at http://www.weatherford.com/cs/wft_dotcom/doc/supplier-code-of-conduct?blobheader=application/pdf. All new suppliers from whom Weatherford procures raw materials and components used in Weatherford’s manufacturing operations, are required to agree to the Code of Conduct and to complete a CMRT as part of the terms and conditions of doing business with Weatherford.





Weatherford continues to refine and improve its processes related to the tracing and responsible sourcing of 3TG. Future steps to mitigate and address the risk that 3TG contained in our covered products could directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC may include, but are not limited to:
Expand procurement processes and visibility into our supply chain to capture 3TG information at the product level;
Continue to refine supplier data and data quality to further mitigate the risk that any necessary 3TG benefit armed groups in the DRC;
Continue to enhance automation of data gathering and increase the supplier response rate;
Continue to engage with our suppliers to provide additional education regarding 3TG, Weatherford’s conflict minerals policy and encourage or require their sourcing from conflict-free smelters;
Ensure our conflict minerals policy, as contained within our Code of Conduct, is incorporated into relevant contracts; and
Continue to actively cooperate with others in our industry to promote responsible 3TG sourcing.
This report includes forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by words such as “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “will,” “may,” and similar terms. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Weatherford assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law. Subsequent events may affect Weatherford’s future determinations under Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.







Annex I

The information in this table is an aggregation of data provided by the Weatherford’s suppliers through April 15, 2016 and not a confirmation of conflict minerals contained in our products.
Metal
Smelter/Refiner Name
Certification Status
Mine Countries of Origin
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
CFSP - Active
United States
Gold
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Bolivia, Canada, Japan, Peru, Portugal, Recycle/Scrap, Spain
Gold
Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Gold
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
LBMA, CFSP
Germany, Japan, Recycle/Scrap, Thailand
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
LBMA, CFSP - Active
China, Mexico, Uzbekistan
Gold
AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Brazil, South Africa
Gold
Argor-Heraeus SA
LBMA, RJC, CFSP
Argentina, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corporation
LBMA, CFSP
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Guinea, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Recycle/Scrap, Singapore, United States
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Limited
LBMA, CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, United States
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Armenia, Japan, Mexico, Recycle/Scrap
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
Not currently certified
Brazil, Turkey
Gold
Aurubis AG
LBMA, CFSP
China, Germany, Hong Kong, Recycle/Scrap, United States
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
LBMA, CFSP
Canada, Philippines
Gold
Bauer Walser AG
Not currently certified
Germany
Gold
Boliden AB
LBMA, CFSP
Canada, Sweden
Gold
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
LBMA, CFSP
Germany
Gold
Caridad
Not currently certified
Bolivia, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico
Gold
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
LBMA, CFSP
Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Germany, Japan, Peru, Switzerland, United States, Zambia
Gold
Cendres + Métaux SA
CFSP - Active
Australia, Germany, Recycle/Scrap, Switzerland
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Italy, Mexico, Recycle/Scrap
Gold
Chugai Mining
Not currently certified
Canada, Japan
Gold
Codelco
Not currently certified
Chile
Gold
Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.
CFSP - Active
Japan, South Korea
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
Not currently certified
China
Gold
DODUCO GmbH
CFSP
Recycle/Scrap
Gold
Dowa
CFSP
Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, United States
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
CFSP - Active
Recycle/Scrap, South Korea
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Bolivia, Canada, Japan, Recycle/Scrap
Gold
Elemetal Refining, LLC
LBMA, CFSP
Brazil, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Russia, United States
Gold
Faggi Enrico S.p.A.
CFSP - Active
Italy, Recycle/Scrap
Gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Gold
Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd
Not currently certified
China
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
CFSP - Active
China, United States





Gold
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
LBMA
China
Gold
Guangdong Gaoyao Co
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
Not currently certified
Australia, China, Taiwan
Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
China
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Jersey, Malaysia, Mozambique, Philippines, Recycle/Scrap, South Africa
Gold
Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong
LBMA, RJC, CFSP
Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mozambique, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand
Gold
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Chile, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Jersey, Malaysia, Peru, Switzerland, United States
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Gold
Hwasung CJ Co. Ltd
Not currently certified
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, United States
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited
LBMA
China, Mexico, Mongolia
Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery
LBMA, CFSP
Turkey
Gold
Japan Mint
LBMA, CFSP
Japan
Gold
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited
LBMA, CFSP
China, Japan, United States
Gold
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Canada, Japan, Russia
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed
LBMA, CFSP
Russia
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
Chile
Gold
Kazakhmys plc
Not currently certified
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Gold
Kazzinc
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Kazakhstan, Peru
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
LBMA, RJC, CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedz Spółka Akcyjna
CFSP - Active
Chile
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Japan
Gold
Korea Metal Co. Ltd
Not currently certified
Australia, Recycle/Scrap, South Korea
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
LBMA
Australia, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan
Gold
L' azurde Company For Jewelry
Not currently certified
Australia, Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan
Gold
Lingbao Gold Company Ltd.
Not currently certified
China
Gold
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co. Ltd.
Not currently certified
China
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United States
Gold
Luo yang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd
Not currently certified
China
Gold
Materion
CFSP
Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, United States
Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, United Kingdom, United States
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Peru, Switzerland, United States
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
China, Singapore, Switzerland
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Co Ltd
CFSP - Active
China, South Africa
Gold
Metalor Technologies SA
LBMA, CFSP
Canada, China, Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Gold
Metalor USA Refining Corporation
LBMA, RJC, CFSP
Canada, China, Mexico, Switzerland, United States
Gold
METALÚRGICA MET-MEX PEÑOLES, S.A. DE C.V
LBMA, CFSP
China, Mexico





Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
LBMA, CFSP
Canada, Chile
Gold
Mitsui Mining & Smelting
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Canada, China, Japan
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
Morris and Watson
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
LBMA, CFSP
Russia
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.
LBMA, CFSP
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
LBMA, CFSP - Active
Indonesia, United States, Uzbekistan
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Canada, Japan, Mozambique
Gold
Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Japan
Gold
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
LBMA, CFSP
Russia
Gold
OJSC Kolyma Refinery
Not currently certified
Russia
Gold
OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery
LBMA, CFSP
Italy, Russia
Gold
PAMP SA
LBMA, RJC, CFSP
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland
Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd
Not currently certified
China
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, China, Russia
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
LBMA, CFSP
Indonesia
Gold
PX PrŽcinox SA
LBMA, RJC, CFSP
Australia, Canada, Mozambique, Switzerland
Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
Canada, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania
Gold
Republic Metals Corporation
LBMA, RJC, CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
LBMA, CFSP
Canada, Chile, Germany, Guyana, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, Switzerland
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
Not currently certified
Canada, China, United States
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
CFSP - Active
South Korea
Gold
SAMWON METALS Corp.
Not currently certified
Australia, China, Hong Kong, South Korea
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Gold
Schone Edelmetaal B.V.
LBMA, CFSP
Belgium, Netherlands
Gold
SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA
LBMA, CFSP
Spain
Gold
Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Gold
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
China, Japan, United States
Gold
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
So Accurate Group, Inc.
Not currently certified
China, Thailand, United States
Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
LBMA, CFSP
Germany, Russia, Taiwan
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
LBMA, CFSP
Canada, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
Chile, Indonesia, Japan
Gold
T.C.A S.p.A
LBMA, CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan
Gold
The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
China, Peru
Gold
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Peru, United States
Gold
TongLing Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
China





Gold
Torecom
CFSP - Active
South Korea
Gold
Umicore Brasil Ltda.
LBMA, CFSP
Brazil, Japan
Gold
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
RJC, CFSP
Thailand
Gold
Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
LBMA, CFSP
No known country of origin.
Gold
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
CFSP
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Russia, Thailand, United States
Gold
Valcambi SA
LBMA, RJC, CFSP
Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan
Gold
Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Chile, China, Guinea, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Peru, South Korea
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Gold
Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Japan
Gold
Yantai Guodasafina High-tech Environmental Refinery CO., Ltd.
Not currently certified
China
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Brazil, China, Japan, Malaysia
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co Ltd
Not currently certified
China
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
LBMA, CFSP
Australia, Canada, China, Mozambique, Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand
Gold
Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery
LBMA, CFSP
China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, Tajikistan
Tantalum
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group
Not currently certified
Brazil
Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, Thailand
Tantalum
Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry
CFSP
Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Niger, Rwanda, Thailand
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
Duoluoshan
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Thailand
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
CFSP
China, Recycle/Scrap, Russia
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
CFSP
Brazil
Tantalum
Gannon & Scott
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
CFSP
Australia, Canada, Japan
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
CFSP
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mozambique, United States
Tantalum
Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Brazil, China, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Tantalum
Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Zimbabwe
Tantalum
H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Japan, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand, United States, Zimbabwe
Tantalum
H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Japan, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Japan, Mozambique, Rwanda
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Inc.
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Japan, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States, Zimbabwe
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Ltd.
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Japan, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG
CFSP
No known country of origin.





Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tantalum
Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States, Zimbabwe
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tantalum
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa)
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
KEMET Blue Metals
CFSP
Burundi, Mexico, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda
Tantalum
Kemet Blue Powder
CFSP
Burundi, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Mexico, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, United States
Tantalum
King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.
CFSP
China, Ethiopia
Tantalum
LSM Brasil S.A.
CFSP
Brazil
Tantalum
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
CFSP
India
Tantalum
Mineração Taboca S.A.
CFSP
Brazil
Tantalum
Mitsui Mining & Smelting
CFSP
Chile
Tantalum
Molycorp Silmet A.S.
CFSP
Estonia
Tantalum
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Australia, Brazil, Burundi, China, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Switzerland
Tantalum
Plansee SE Liezen
CFSP
Austria
Tantalum
Plansee SE Reutte
CFSP
Austria
Tantalum
QuantumClean
CFSP
United States
Tantalum
Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China, Peru, Russia
Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
Taki Chemicals
CFSP
Brazil, Japan
Tantalum
Telex Metals
CFSP
Kazakhstan, Recycle/Scrap, Russia, United States
Tantalum
Tranzact, Inc.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
CFSP
Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Ethiopia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Russia, Rwanda, United States, Zimbabwe
Tantalum
XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tantalum
Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tantalum
Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide
CFSP
Brazil, Burundi, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Niger, Nigeria, Russia, Rwanda
Tin
Alpha
CFSP
Chile, China, Jersey, Peru, Recycle/Scrap, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United States
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tin
Best Metais e Soldas SA
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tin
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd.
Not currently certified
China
Tin
Colonial Metals, Inc
Not currently certified
Recycle/Scrap
Tin
Complejo Metalurgico Vinto S.A.
Not currently certified
Bolivia, Brazil
Tin
Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.
CFSP
Australia, Brazil, Peru
Tin
CV Ayi Jaya
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
CV Duta Putra Bangka
Not currently certified
China
Tin
CV Gita Pesona
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
CV Prima Timah Utama
Not currently certified
Indonesia
Tin
CV Serumpun Sebalai
CFSP
Brazil, Malaysia, United States, Uzbekistan





Tin
CV United Smelting
CFSP
China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Peru
Tin
CV Venus Inti Perkasa
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
Dowa
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tin
Elmet S.L.U. (Metallo Group)
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
EM Vinto
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Russia
Tin
Estanho de Rondônia S.A.
Not currently certified
Brazil, Taiwan
Tin
Feinhutte Halsbrucke GmbH
CFSP - Active
Germany, Poland
Tin
Fenix Metals
CFSP
Brazil, Poland, Recycle/Scrap
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
CFSP - Active
China
Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Peru
Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tin
Gejiu Zi-Li
Not currently certified
Brazil, China
Tin
Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd
Not currently certified
China
Tin
Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tin
Linwu Xianggui Smelter Co
Not currently certified
China, India, Japan
Tin
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
CFSP
Brazil
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
CFSP
DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Malaysia
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S/A
CFSP
Brazil
Tin
Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
Metallo-Chimique N.V.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
Mineração Taboca S.A.
CFSP
Brazil
Tin
Minsur
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Rwanda, Switzerland, Thailand, United States
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
CFSP
Indonesia
Tin
Nankang Nanshan Tin Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
Bolivia, China, Portugal, Russia
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
CFSP - Active
Vietnam
Tin
Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works
Not currently certified
Kazakhstan, Peru, Philippines, Russia
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China, Philippines, Thailand
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Thailand
Tin
Phoenix Metal Ltd
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Alam Lestari Kencana
Not currently certified
Australia, Indonesia
Tin
PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera
CFSP
China
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, China, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Babel Inti Perkasa
CFSP
Indonesia, Peru
Tin
PT Bangka Kudai Tin
Not currently certified
China, Indonesia
Tin
PT Bangka Prima Tin
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera
Not currently certified
Brazil, China, Indonesia
Tin
PT Bangka Tin Industry
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Malaysia, Peru
Tin
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera
CFSP
Indonesia
Tin
PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Malaysia, Peru





Tin
PT Bukit Timah
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Russia
Tin
PT Cipta Persada Mulia
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT DS Jaya Abadi
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mozambique, Peru, Poland, Russia
Tin
PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri
CFSP
China
Tin
PT Fang Di MulTindo
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Inti Stania Prima
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Justindo
CFSP
Australia, Brazil, China
Tin
PT Karimun Mining
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia
Tin
PT Panca Mega Persada
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk
Not currently certified
Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Malaysia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda
Tin
PT Prima Timah Utama
CFSP
United States
Tin
PT Refined Bangka Tin
CFSP
China, Indonesia
Tin
PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa
CFSP
United States
Tin
PT Seirama Tin investment
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Peru
Tin
PT Sumber Jaya Indah
CFSP
China
Tin
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur
CFSP
Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Thailand, United States
Tin
PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok
CFSP
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Thailand
Tin
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa
CFSP
Belgium, China, Indonesia
Tin
PT Tirus Putra Mandiri
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT Tommy Utama
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
PT WAHANA PERKIT JAYA
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tin
Rui Da Hung
CFSP
China, Japan, Taiwan
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda.
CFSP
Brazil
Tin
Thaisarco
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Thailand
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tin
VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.
CFSP
Brazil, China, Germany, Peru, Thailand
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co.,Ltd.
CFSP - Active
China, Recycle/Scrap, Singapore
Tin
Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited
CFSP
Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.
CFSP
China
Tungsten
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tungsten
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Canada, China, Peru, Russia, Thailand
Tungsten
Dayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
TICMC - Progressing
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
TICMC - Progressing
China
Tungsten
Exotech Inc.
Not currently certified
United States





Tungsten
Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Australia, China
Tungsten
Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Bolivia, Canada, China, Peru, Portugal, Spain
Tungsten
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tungsten
Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.
TICMC - Progressing, CFSP - Active
Bolivia, China, Russia
Tungsten
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tungsten
Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
CFSP
Bolivia, Canada, China, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United States
Tungsten
Golden Egret Special Alloy Co. Ltd
Not currently certified
China, Japan
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Canada, China, Russia, Thailand
Tungsten
H.C. Starck GmbH
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Japan, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Spain, Thailand, United States, Zimbabwe
Tungsten
H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
China
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji
TICMC - Progressing, CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Yanglin
TICMC - Progressing, CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China, Japan
Tungsten
Hydrometallurg, JSC
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Canada, China, Russia, Thailand
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
TICMC - Progressing, CFSP - Active
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
TICMC - Active, CFSP - Active
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
TICMC - Active, CFSP - Active
China
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
TICMC - Active, CFSP - Active
China
Tungsten
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
TICMC - Active, CFSP - Active
Bolivia, China, Portugal, Recycle/Scrap, Russia, United States
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
CFSP
Bolivia, China, United States
Tungsten
Luoyang Mudu Tungsten & Molybdenum Technology Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC
CFSP
Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, Russia
Tungsten
Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC
CFSP
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Nui Phao Mining Company Ltd.
Not currently certified
Vietnam
Tungsten
Pobedit, JSC
TICMC - Active
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd.
CFSP - Active
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China, Vietnam
Tungsten
Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Vietnam
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG
CFSP
Australia, Austria, China
Tungsten
Xiamen Honglu Tungsten Molybdenum Industry Co.Ltd
Not currently certified
No known country of origin.
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Spain, Thailand, United States, Vietnam





Tungsten
Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CFSP
China
Tungsten
Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide
Not currently certified
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Russia, Rwanda, Spain, Thailand