Michigan | 001-15141 | 38-0837640 | |||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |||
855 East Main Avenue, P.O. Box 302, Zeeland, MI | 49464-0302 | ||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||
Hezron Timothy Lopez Senior Vice President of Legal Services | 616-654-3082 | ||||
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.) |
/s/ Hezron Timothy Lopez | ||||
Date: May 30, 2017 | Hezron Timothy Lopez | |||
Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
1. | Company Overview |
2. | Conflict Minerals Compliance Process |
3. | Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry and Results |
4. | Due Diligence and Results |
5. | Steps to be Taken to Mitigate Risk |
a. | Include a conflict minerals clause in new or renewed supplier contracts. |
b. | Continue to work with our employees and suppliers to increase awareness of the issue, increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses. |
c. | Engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TG from sources from the DRC or any adjoining country that they cannot demonstrate are “DRC conflict free” to establish an alternative source of 3TG outside of those countries. |
d. | Work with the BIFMA and other groups to define and improve best practices and build leverage over the supply chain in accordance with the OECD Guidance. |
Metal | Smelter Name | Country |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | United States Of America |
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 | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | Switzerland |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | 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 | AU Traders and Refiners | South Africa |
Gold | AURA-II | United States Of America |
Gold | Aurubis AG | Germany |
Gold | Bangalore Refinery | India |
Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | Philippines |
Gold | Bauer Walser AG | Germany |
Gold | Boliden AB | Sweden |
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | Germany |
Gold | Caridad | Mexico |
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | Canada |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux S.A. | Switzerland |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | Italy |
Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | Korea (Republic Of) |
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | China |
Gold | Do Sung Corporation | Korea, Republic Of |
Gold | DODUCO GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Dowa | Japan |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | United Arab Emirates |
Gold | Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd. | Zimbabwe |
Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | United States |
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | China |
Gold | Gujarat Gold Centre | India |
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 | HwaSeong CJ Co., Ltd. | Korea (Republic Of) |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | Turkey |
Gold | Japan Mint | Japan |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | 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 | Kazzinc | Kazakhstan |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | United States |
Gold | KGHM Polska MiedŸ Spó³ka Akcyjna | Poland |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. | Korea, Republic Of |
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | Kyrgyzstan |
Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | 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 |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | China |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | Singapore |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | China |
Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | Switzerland |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | United States |
Gold | Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V. | Mexico |
Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | India |
Gold | Modeltech Sdn Bhd | Malaysia |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | Russian Federation |
Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.ª. | Turkey |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | Uzbekistan |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | Austria |
Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Gold | OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | Russian Federation |
Gold | OJSC Kolyma Refinery | Russian Federation |
Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | Russian Federation |
Gold | PAMP S.A. | 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 S.A. | Switzerland |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | South Africa |
Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | United States |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | Canada |
Gold | SAFINA A.S. | Czech Republic |
Gold | Sai Refinery | India |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | Korea (Republic Of) |
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | Germany |
Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | Netherlands |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A. | Spain |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | Taiwan |
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 | SungEel HiTech | Korea (Republic Of) |
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 | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | China |
Gold | Tony Goetz NV | Belgium |
Gold | TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn | Kazakhstan |
Gold | Torecom | Korea (Republic Of) |
Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | Brazil |
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | Thailand |
Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | Belgium |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | United States |
Gold | Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia | Zambia |
Gold | Valcambi S.A. | 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 |
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 | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd., Kaili branch | 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 | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material | 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 | 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 | Power Resources Ltd. | Macedonia |
Tantalum | QuantumClean | United States |
Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. | China |
Tantalum | Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd | China |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | Russian Federation |
Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tantalum | Tantalite Ressources | South Africa |
Tantalum | Telex Metals | 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 |
Tin | Alpha | United States |
Tin | An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy 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 Dua Sekawan | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Gita Pesona | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Makmur Jaya | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Tiga Sekawan | Indonesia |
Tin | CV United Smelting | Indonesia |
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | Indonesia |
Tin | EDZELL CORPORATION S.A. | Bolivia |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | Elmet S.L.U. | Spain |
Tin | EM Vinto | Bolivia |
Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | Brazil |
Tin | Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH | Germany |
Tin | Fenix Metals | Poland |
Tin | Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant | China |
Tin | Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company | China |
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | China |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Gejiu Zi-li Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant | China |
Tin | HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | 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 | Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd. | Malaysia |
Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | United States |
Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. | Belgium |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | Brazil |
Tin | Minmetals Ganzhou Tin Co. Ltd. | China |
Tin | Minsur | Peru |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | Japan |
Tin | Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd. | China |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | Viet Nam |
Tin | Novosibirsk Integrated Tin Works | Russian Federation |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | Thailand |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | Philippines |
Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd. | Rwanda |
Tin | PT Alam Lestari Kencana | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | Indonesia |
Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Bangka Kudai Tin | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | Indonesia |
Tin | PT BANGKA PUTRA KARYA | 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 DS Jaya Abadi | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Fang Di MulTindo | Indonesia |
Tin | PT HP Metals Indonesia | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Justindo | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Karimun Mining | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Koba Tin | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Menara Cipta Mulia | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | Indonesia |
Tin | PT O.M. Indonesia | 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 Tommy Utama | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya | Indonesia |
Tin | PT Yinchendo Mining Industry | Indonesia |
Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | Rui Da Hung | Taiwan |
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | Brazil |
Tin | THAILAND SMELTING AND REFINING CO LTD | Thailand |
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 Company Limited | China |
Tungsten | A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp. | Japan |
Tungsten | ACL Metais Eireli | Brazil |
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 | 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 |
Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. | Japan |
Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Jiangxi Richsea New Materials 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 | Moliren Ltd | Russian Federation |
Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC | United States |
Tungsten | Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. | Philippines |
Tungsten | Pobedit, JSC | Russian Federation |
Tungsten | Sanher Tungsten Vietnam Co., Ltd. | Viet Nam |
Tungsten | South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City | China |
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 | Woltech Korea Co., Ltd. | Korea (Republic Of) |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | China |
Tungsten | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co Ltd | China |