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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM SD
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Specialized Disclosure Report

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Pitney Bowes Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware1-357906-0495050
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification No.)
World Headquarters
3001 Summer Street
Stamford, Connecticut 06926-0700
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Allison Bresloff, Director, Global Environment, Health and Safety
(203) 922-4421
(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, 2020.





Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
In accordance with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) and Rule 13p-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Rule”), Pitney Bowes Inc. (the “Company”) has determined that it is subject to the reporting requirements under the Act and the Rule and that certain products that Pitney Bowes contracted to manufacture during calendar year 2020 contain “conflict minerals” as defined in the Rule (in the form of gold and the derivatives tantalum, tin and tungsten) necessary to the functionality of those products. The Company has undertaken a reasonable inquiry into the country of origin of the conflict minerals in our products to assess whether any of those conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an “adjoining country” as defined in the Rule or were “conflict minerals from recycled or scrap sources” as defined in the Rule. To maximize efficiency, we combined our inquiry with our due diligence activities. Our inquiry and due diligence activities are described in the Conflict Minerals Report attached hereto as Exhibit 1.02.

Conflict Minerals Disclosure
A copy of Pitney Bowes Inc.’s Conflict Minerals Report filed for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020 is publicly available at http://www.pitneybowes.com/us/our-company/corporate-responsibility.

Item 1.02 Exhibit
Pitney Bowes Inc.’s Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020 is filed as Exhibit 1.02 hereto.

Section 2 - Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits
Exhibit 1.02 - 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.

    Pitney Bowes Inc. (Registrant)
/s/ Daniel J. Goldstein
Daniel J. Goldstein
Executive Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Dated: May 27, 2021


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Exhibit 1.02
Pitney Bowes Inc. Conflict Minerals Report
(as required by Item 1.01 and 1.02 of Form SD)

Pitney Bowes Inc. (“Pitney Bowes,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) submits this report pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (the “Rule”) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”). This report describes the inquiry the Company undertook to obtain information from internal and external sources to ascertain whether any Pitney Bowes product contains tantalum, tin, tungsten, or gold (“Conflict Minerals” or “3TG”) that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries, as defined in the Act (collectively, the “Covered Countries”), and the due diligence Pitney Bowes conducted on the source and chain of custody of such minerals. This report covers parts and products manufactured or contracted to manufacture by the Company in the 2020 calendar year. Based on our inquiry, we have found that Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of some of our products manufactured or contracted to manufacture in 2020.
Based on our due diligence for these 2020 products, our suppliers identified a total of 286 potential smelters or refiners in their supply chains that are also identified as smelters or refiners of 3TG in the Smelter Reference List of the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (“RMI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“Template”). For a list of these reported entities, please refer to Appendix A.

228 of these 286 smelters, or 80%, are listed as conformant or active with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) (as of February 2021) – listed in Appendix A as “Active” or “Conformant”
40 of these 286 smelters are engaged in the RMI process but not yet finished – listed in Appendix A as “In Communication” or “Outreach Required”
18 of these 286 smelters are listed as “Due Diligence Vetting Process,” “RMI Due Diligence Review – Unable to proceed,” “Communication Suspended - Not Interested” or “Non-Conformant” in Appendix A

Further investigation performed by a reputable third party on the 8 smelters listed as “Non-Conformant” revealed that:

5 are listed as “Non-Conformant” and claim to be recyclers
2 are listed as “Non-Conformant” and are being removed from our list of smelters in 2021 following a change of supplier
1 is listed as “Non-Conformant” and Pitney Bowes is considering further action

With respect to the 5 smelters that are listed as “Communication Suspended – Not Interested,” Pitney Bowes continues to engage with its suppliers to clarify the smelters’ positions.


Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
We conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether any of the necessary conflict minerals in our products originated in the Covered Countries or were from recycled or scrap sources. To make this determination, we focused on engaging our direct suppliers to identify the smelters and refiners of necessary conflict minerals that may have been contained in our products and that are recognized by the RMI to be processors of conflict minerals, and reviewing available information on the sourcing of conflict minerals by these smelters and refiners.

As a downstream company, we are several levels removed from mining minerals. We did not buy any minerals directly from mines, smelters, or refiners for use in these 2020 products. As a member of the RMI, Pitney Bowes has access to the RMI’s RCOI data, which we used to identify the potential countries of origin of 3TG processed by smelters or refiners reported by our Surveyed Suppliers (defined below). For a list of these potential countries of origin, please refer to Appendix B.



Many of the Surveyed Suppliers identified all of the smelters and refiners potentially associated with all of their product offerings and did not always limit the information provided to products supplied to Pitney Bowes. Thus, Pitney Bowes is unable to confirm whether necessary 3TG metals contained in our products in fact originated in any of these countries.

Thirty-three (33) smelters or refiners were identified by RCOI data as potentially sourcing directly or indirectly from the Covered Countries. These smelters or refiners were used by 3 of our suppliers that were immediately contacted for further investigation. The suppliers confirmed that they had carried out their own due diligence on these smelters or refiners and found that all are conformant with RMAP. We also carried out our own due diligence and confirmed that all of these smelters or refiners are conformant with RMAP.

Pitney Bowes recognizes that the intent of the Rule is not to stop commercial ties with smelters and refiners sourcing Conflict Minerals from the DRC or adjoining countries, but to ensure that these minerals are being responsibly sourced and are not directly or indirectly financing or benefitting armed groups in those countries. We are satisfied that the status of “Conformant” provides reasonable and adequate evidence of responsible sourcing.


Our due diligence activities are further described in this report.

1.Pitney Bowes’ Design of Due Diligence
a.Due Diligence Framework
We designed our due diligence to conform, in all material respects, with the framework set out in the “Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas” and related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold (“OECD Guidance”), published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”). Since Pitney Bowes does not buy Conflict Minerals directly from mines, smelters or refiners, we must rely on our suppliers to provide us with information regarding the source of the Conflict Minerals contained in the products and parts those suppliers provide to us. Our direct suppliers are similarly reliant upon information provided by their suppliers. In this regard, we have designed our due diligence to leverage the due diligence tools developed by RMI, including a supplier survey based on the Template, which is designed to help companies identify the smelters and refiners that process the Conflict Minerals in a company’s supply chain. We have incorporated the following five-step, risk-based approach to 3TG due diligence based on OECD Guidance into the design of our Conflict Minerals due diligence program:


establish and maintain appropriate internal management systems to identify and manage the 3TG in our global supply chain;
identify and assess any risks associated with the use of 3TG in our supply chain by obtaining and evaluating 3TG sourcing information from suppliers;
design and implement a strategy to respond to 3TG risks in our supply chain;


support independent auditing of smelter and refiner due diligence practices; and


report publicly on supply chain due diligence.


b.Scope of Due Diligence
In order to determine if products manufactured or contracted to manufacture by Pitney Bowes contain 3TG sourced from



Covered Countries, we sought out industry best practices, reviewed current guidance from various associations such as the OECD and the Information Technology Industry Council (“ITI”), and attended industry association meetings to assess how other multinational corporations were approaching Conflict Minerals compliance.
Working with outside consultants, we developed a Conflict Minerals survey based on the Template and guidance from the RMI and ITI. Adapting to the evolution of Pitney Bowes’ portfolio of products, we identified the suppliers involved in the supply chain of our Pitney Bowes branded products. We then removed suppliers that either do not contain tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold, or otherwise supplied equipment that is out of scope. Ultimately, we sent the Conflict Minerals survey to the 51 suppliers who (the “Surveyed Suppliers”) are impacted by this rule. We asked the Surveyed Suppliers to respond with certain information, including their Conflict Minerals policies, usage of 3TG, and the smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals in their supply chains.
The Surveyed Suppliers who completed the survey were asked to attest to the accuracy of their survey responses. The Product Compliance Team (defined below) monitored supplier responses to our surveys and contacted the Surveyed Suppliers who submitted incomplete responses or who failed to respond. We requested updated submittals from the Surveyed Suppliers that submitted responses with a less than 75% response rate from their supply chain and suppliers that listed smelters with inaccurate information. Data received from Surveyed Suppliers and updated by our Procurement department through April 29, 2021 have been included in this report.
We collected and tracked the survey responses in our product compliance database for consolidation, validation, and further analysis. We also generated periodic status reports to track and review our progress in data collection and evaluate which suppliers needed additional help in completing the survey.
a.Due Diligence Results for Pitney Bowes’ 2020 Products
Based on our due diligence, we determined that Conflict Minerals were necessary to the functionality or production of various products from our hardware product offerings list, which includes a varied array of equipment that processes direct mail and/or enables transactional mail management and analytics that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture in 2020.
Some examples of these products include: postage meters, low-/medium-/high-volume mailing systems that can weigh, seal and apply postage to envelopes and packages; inserters; folders; mail openers; tabbers; scales; printers; accessories; and peripherals.
b.Pitney Bowes’ Conflict Minerals Disclosure Posting
We have made public our activities related to Conflict Minerals in our Corporate Responsibility Report and have posted this Conflict Minerals Report to our website (Pitney Bowes Corporate Responsibility).1



1.Pitney Bowes’ Due Diligence Measures Undertaken for 2020 Products
In an effort to continue to identify and mitigate any risk that the use of 3TG in our products going forward may benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, we have incorporated the relevant aspects of the OECD Guidance (as summarized in the sections that follow) into our risk management program for product stewardship requirements (including Conflict Minerals).
a.Development of an Internal, Strong Management System.
i.High level management oversight
In order to provide effective management support for, and high level escalation of issues relating to, the Company’s overall

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1 References to our website and information available through this website are not incorporated by reference herein unless otherwise noted.



supply chain due diligence efforts (inclusive of conflict minerals), we formed two cross-functional teams: the Environmental Product Compliance Team (the “Product Compliance Team”) and the Environmental Committee (the “Environmental Committee”).
The Product Compliance Team is comprised of representatives from Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Environmental Health and Safety (“EHS”), and Global Product Line Management and other support groups. This team is responsible for assisting the Company in meeting the requirements of global product-compliance regulations.


The Environmental Committee is comprised of a group of cross-functional leaders from Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, EHS, Legal, and Global Product Line Management, and oversees the work of the Product Compliance Team. The Environmental Committee is tasked with providing guidance regarding environmental product compliance, authorizing the financial and human resources needed for product compliance, and enforcing corrective action measures within Company operations and within our supply chain. Members of the Environmental Committee report potential issues and company risks to the Company’s senior executives, as well as in connection with the Enterprise Risk Management review process.
i.Pitney Bowes’ Conflict Minerals policy and procedures
We established a conflict minerals policy to guide our communications with and expectations for suppliers regarding Conflict Minerals. It is the Company’s goal that we will not knowingly manufacture or contract to manufacture products that include Conflict Minerals that originate from the Covered Countries, unless they were processed by smelters and refiners that are certified as conformant with the RMAP or an equivalent cross-recognized standard or came from recycled or scrap sources. We communicated our expectation that our Surveyed Suppliers source products, parts and components from socially responsible sources and conduct reasonable due diligence on their supply chains in an effort to assure that Conflict Minerals are not knowingly sourced from the Covered Countries unless they were processed by smelters and refiners that are conformant with the RMAP or came from recycled or scrap sources.
We adopted and periodically review certain procedures and maintain the following steps regarding our use of 3TG:

Our Supplier Code of Conduct describes our Conflict Minerals and other product compliance requirements;


Our engineering standards and specifications include requirements to specify that suppliers must meet Section 1502(4) of the Dodd Frank Act;
Our Quality Assurance audit templates include supplier requirements with respect to products containing 3TG;
Incorporated consideration of conflict mineral issues within the Pitney Bowes Product Review Process;


Periodically update and distribute to all suppliers our contractual language regarding certification that 3TG from Covered Countries is conflict free or came from recycled or scrap sources;
Annually publish Conflict Minerals information on our website and in our Corporate Responsibility Report;
Include Conflict Minerals in Enterprise Risk Management meetings to ensure regular review by our management;
Include review of Conflict Minerals supply chain data and related processes to the Company’s standardized environmental compliance reviews of key suppliers;




Complete training classes through our learning management system and via video-conference and in person classes in order to educated relevant employees, where necessary;
Educate Suppliers and other partners regarding Conflict Minerals during business reviews, where necessary;

Continue to require Surveyed Suppliers to complete surveys with the goal of identifying the smelters and refineries used to process Conflict Minerals in their supply chain;
Maintain internal policies, written procedures, tools and training to ensure effective implementation of our Conflict Minerals management program;
Track and report supplier data in a product compliance information database; and


Manage a supplier escalation protocol to ensure consistent and thorough management of unresponsive suppliers when needed – this protocol documents our supplier engagement and how we interact with unresponsive suppliers or suppliers who provide incomplete, questionable, or indeterminable information.

In addition, Pitney Bowes became a member of the RMI in 2020 to gain access to best practices and RCOI data.
i.Pitney Bowes’ system of controls and transparency over the 3TG supply chain
As part of the Company’s broader requirement that our suppliers provide us with accurate and complete information relating to the sources of all substances contained in any product, part or component they provide to us, we required that Surveyed Suppliers provide us with information on Conflict Minerals contained in such products, parts, or components.
Surveyed Suppliers who failed to respond to our request for data were subject to additional evaluation to determine whether further engagement or escalation was necessary.
ii.Pitney Bowes’ engagement with suppliers
The Company has multiple methods to encourage our suppliers to commit to our policies requiring responsible supplier operations. We have communicated our Conflict Minerals requirements to our Suppliers and other product stewardship requirements, as applicable, to our global supply chain. In connection with our data collection efforts, we have explained to our Suppliers our requirements that they conduct their operations as socially responsible suppliers. In addition, we have revised our supplier form contract wording to include compliance with our Conflict Minerals efforts. Our supplier contracts have long contained provisions giving us the right to conduct unannounced visits to supplier sites and to request documentation to confirm the supplier’s compliance with our policies and contractual requirements. Our Surveyed Suppliers have received information regarding Conflict Minerals requirements and completion of our product compliance database.
iii.Pitney Bowes’ Company-level grievance mechanism
For many years, Pitney Bowes has maintained an Ethics Help Line which is available toll-free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Ethics Help Line is operated by an outside firm and enables employees, clients and others to make inquiries and report concerns about potential violations of Company policy or the law, in many languages, without fear of retaliation. Anyone can contact the Ethics Help Line to report any concerns about Conflict Minerals that may be contained in our products.
a.Identification and Assessment of Risk in Our Supply Chain.
The Company continues its program of conducting supply chain due diligence and risk assessment on supplier sources of 3TGs as described above in Section 1 (Pitney Bowes’ Design of Due Diligence).
b.Strategy for Responding to Identified Risks in Our 3TG Supply Chain.



As described above, the Product Compliance Team monitored supplier responses to our surveys and contacted Surveyed Suppliers who submitted incomplete responses or who failed to respond so that we could understand what was preventing them from submitting a full and final attestation regarding their product line. The Product Compliance Team also reviewed the data from the product compliance database to determine which Surveyed Suppliers had data gaps, had raised questions or had not been responsive. Any Surveyed Suppliers that were considered non-responsive or higher risk were escalated to designated internal teams and management for further evaluation as they were identified.
We also reported the findings and information gathered through our inquiry and due diligence to Pitney Bowes senior management.

a.Support for Independent Third-party Audits of Supply Chain Due Diligence

Since we do not have direct relationships with smelters or refiners, we did not perform direct audits of these entities’ supply chains of Conflict Minerals. However, we supported the development and implementation of smelter and refinery sourcing audits conducted by independent third parties and industry groups, such as the RMI’s RMAP, through our conflict minerals policy, expectations regarding responsible sourcing of minerals from the Covered Countries, and our RMI membership.


1.Future Actions to Further Minimize Any Risk of Conflict Minerals Benefitting Armed Groups
The Company will continue to request information from our supply chain in order to meet the requirements of the Rule. Where there is reason to believe that a supplier is not adopting a Conflict Minerals policy or providing the necessary data to us, we will work with the supplier to address the issue. In the event of continued supplier deficiencies, we will consider appropriate measures including, if appropriate, termination of our relationship with a supplier.



Appendix A

List of Smelters / Refiners Identified by the Surveyed Suppliers

The following list provides the name, location and status of smelters and refiners identified by the Surveyed Suppliers. Pitney Bowes is unable to confirm that any or all smelters and refiners in this list processed the necessary 3TG metals contained in our products, since a number of the Surveyed Suppliers identified all smelters and refiners in their total supply chain and did not limit their responses to the specific products supplied to Pitney Bowes.

Smelter and refiner names and locations were drawn from the Smelter Reference List in the latest version of the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“Template”). The list of smelters and refiners is based on information provided by Surveyed Suppliers as of April 29, 2021. The status of these smelters and refiners is based on the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) data as of February 2021. “Conformant” means listed by RMI as conformant with Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (“RMAP”) assessment protocols; “Active” means listed by RMI as having committed to undergo an audit or as participating in a similar assessment program such as the LBMA Responsible Gold Certification or Responsible Jewelry Council’s Chain-of-Custody Certification. Smelters or refiners listed as “In Communication” or “Outreach Required” have begun discussions with or will be encouraged to participate in the RMAP audit. Smelters and refiners designated by RMI as “Non-Conformant,” “Communication Suspended – Not Interested,” “Due Diligence Vetting Process,” and “RMI Due Diligence Review – Unable to Proceed” are not currently conformant with RMAP assessment protocols and/or are not currently progressing toward participation in an audit. Entities that are no longer recognized as smelters or refiners are not included in the reference list below (for example, if they are no longer included in the Smelter Reference List of RMI’s Template based on RMI’s determination that the entity did not actually engage in smelting or refining activities or if we or RMI believe they are no longer in operation).


Metal
Standard Smelter Name
Country Location
Audit Status
Gold
8853 S.p.A.
ITALYConformant
Gold
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Non-Conformant
Gold
Advanced Chemical Company
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
African Gold Refinery
UGANDA
Outreach Required
Gold
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Conformant
Gold
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
GERMANYConformant
Gold
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
UZBEKISTANConformant
Gold
AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao
BRAZILConformant
Gold
Argor-Heraeus S.A.
SWITZERLANDConformant
Gold
Asahi Pretec Corp.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
CANADAConformant




Gold
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
TURKEY
Due Diligence Vetting Process
Gold
AU Traders and Refiners
SOUTH AFRICA
Conformant
Gold
Aurubis AG
GERMANYConformant
Gold
Bangalore Refinery
INDIAConformant
Gold
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
PHILIPPINESConformant
Gold
Boliden AB
SWEDENConformant
Gold
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
GERMANYConformant
GoldCaridadMEXICO
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Gold
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
CANADAConformant
Gold
Cendres + Metaux S.A.
SWITZERLANDConformant
Gold
CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.
INDIA
Outreach Required
Gold
Chimet S.p.A.
ITALYConformant
Gold
Chugai Mining
JAPANConformant
Gold
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
CHINA
In Communication
Gold
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH
GERMANY
Outreach Required
Gold
Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
In Communication
Gold
DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH
GERMANYConformant
GoldDowaJAPANConformant
Gold
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant
JAPANConformant
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant
JAPANConformant
Gold
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant
JAPANConformant
Gold
Emirates Gold DMCC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Conformant




Gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
ZIMBABWE
RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed
Gold
Fujairah Gold FZC
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Outreach Required
Gold
GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.
INDIA
In Communication
Gold
Geib Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Gold
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
GERMANYConformant
Gold
Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG
GERMANYActive
Gold
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Gold
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Gold
Industrial Refining Company
BELGIUMNon-Conformant
Gold
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Gold
International Precious Metal Refiners
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
In Communication
Gold
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Istanbul Gold Refinery
TURKEYConformant
GoldItalpreziosiITALYConformant
Gold
Japan Mint
JAPANConformant
Gold
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant




Gold
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed
Gold
JSC Novosibirsk Refinery
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
JSC Uralelectromed
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Kaloti Precious Metals
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed
Gold
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
KAZAKHSTAN
In Communication
GoldKazzincKAZAKHSTANConformant
Gold
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
POLANDConformant
Gold
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
KYRGYZSTANConformant
Gold
Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Outreach Required
Gold
L'azurde Company For Jewelry
SAUDI ARABIA
RMI Due Diligence Review - Unable to Proceed
Gold
Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
L'Orfebre S.A.
ANDORRAConformant
Gold
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
LT Metal Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Marsam Metals
BRAZILConformant




GoldMaterion
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
SINGAPOREConformant
Gold
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Gold
Metalor Technologies S.A.
SWITZERLANDConformant
Gold
Metalor USA Refining Corporation
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.
MEXICOConformant
Gold
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPANConformant
Gold
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIAConformant
Gold
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIANon-Conformant
Gold
Morris and Watson
NEW ZEALAND
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Gold
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
TURKEYConformant
Gold
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
UZBEKISTANConformant
Gold
NH Recytech Company
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Non-Conformant
Gold
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
AUSTRIAConformant
Gold
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
PAMP S.A.
SWITZERLANDConformant
Gold
Pease & Curren
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Outreach Required




Gold
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA
CHILEConformant
Gold
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
INDONESIAConformant
Gold
PX Precinox S.A.
SWITZERLANDConformant
Gold
QG Refining, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Outreach Required
Gold
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
SOUTH AFRICA
Conformant
Gold
Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
REMONDIS PMR B.V.
NETHERLANDSConformant
Gold
Royal Canadian Mint
CANADAConformant
GoldSAAMPFRANCEConformant
Gold
Sabin Metal Corp.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Outreach Required
Gold
Safimet S.p.A
ITALYConformant
Gold
SAFINA A.S.
CZECHIAConformant
Gold
Sai Refinery
INDIA
Outreach Required
Gold
Samduck Precious Metals
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Samwon Metals Corp.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Gold
SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANYConformant
Gold
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.
SPAINConformant
Gold
Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Gold
Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Gold
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Gold
Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Conformant




Gold
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Gold
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Conformant
Gold
Sovereign Metals
INDIA
Outreach Required
Gold
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
LITHUANIA
Outreach Required
Gold
Sudan Gold Refinery
SUDAN
Outreach Required
Gold
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
T.C.A S.p.A
ITALYConformant
Gold
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
KAZAKHSTANConformant
GoldTorecom
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
TSK Pretech
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Gold
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
THAILANDConformant
Gold
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
BELGIUMConformant
Gold
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Gold
Valcambi S.A.
SWITZERLANDConformant
Gold
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)
AUSTRALIAConformant
Gold
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
GERMANYConformant
Gold
Yamakin Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Gold
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Gold
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant




Tantalum
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
D Block Metals, LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
Exotech Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
JAPANConformant
Tantalum
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH
GERMANYConformant
Tantalum
H.C. Starck Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
KEMET de Mexico
MEXICOConformant
Tantalum
LSM Brasil S.A.
BRAZILConformant
Tantalum
Meta Materials
NORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Tantalum
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
INDIAConformant
Tantalum
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZILConformant
Tantalum
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Tantalum
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
NPM Silmet AS
ESTONIAConformant
TantalumQuantumClean
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZILConformant




Tantalum
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Tantalum
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Tantalum
TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.
THAILANDConformant
Tantalum
TANIOBIS GmbH
GERMANYConformant
Tantalum
TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Tantalum
TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANYConformant
Tantalum
Telex Metals
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tantalum
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
KAZAKHSTANConformant
Tantalum
XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tantalum
Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
TinAlpha
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tin
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
VIET NAM
Outreach Required
Tin
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
CHINANon-Conformant
TinDowaJAPANConformant
Tin
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Non-Conformant
Tin
EM Vinto
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
Conformant
Tin
Estanho de Rondonia S.A.
BRAZILActive
Tin
Fenix Metals
POLANDConformant
Tin
Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Tin
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
CHINAConformant
Tin
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant




Tin
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
Ma'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
BRAZILConformant
Tin
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)
MALAYSIAConformant
Tin
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
BRAZILConformant
Tin
Metallic Resources, Inc.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tin
Metallo Belgium N.V.
BELGIUMConformant
Tin
Metallo Spain S.L.U.
SPAINConformant
Tin
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
BRAZILConformant
TinMinsurPERUConformant
Tin
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
JAPANConformant
Tin
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIANon-Conformant
Tin
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Outreach Required
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
THAILANDConformant
Tin
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
PHILIPPINESConformant
Tin
Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.
BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
Conformant
Tin
Pongpipat Company Limited
MYANMAR
Outreach Required
Tin
Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited
INDIANon-Conformant
Tin
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
INDONESIAConformant
Tin
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
INDONESIAConformant
Tin
PT Mitra Stania Prima
INDONESIAConformant
Tin
PT Refined Bangka Tin
INDONESIAConformant
Tin
PT Timah Tbk Kundur
INDONESIAConformant




Tin
PT Timah Tbk Mentok
INDONESIAConformant
Tin
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
BRAZILConformant
Tin
Rui Da Hung
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Conformant
Tin
Soft Metais Ltda.
BRAZILConformant
Tin
Super Ligas
BRAZIL
In Communication
Tin
Super Ligas
BRAZIL
In Communication
Tin
Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
VIET NAM
Conformant
TinThaisarcoTHAILANDConformant
Tin
Tin Technology & Refining
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tin
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
VIET NAM
Outreach Required
Tin
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.
BRAZILConformant
Tin
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tin
Yunnan Tin Company Limited
CHINAConformant
Tin
Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
A.L.M.T. Corp.
JAPANConformant
Tungsten
ACL Metais Eireli
BRAZILConformant
Tungsten
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
VIET NAM
Conformant
Tungsten
Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Outreach Required
Tungsten
Fujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tungsten
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant




Tungsten
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
GERMANYConformant
Tungsten
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Hydrometallurg, JSC
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Tungsten
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
JAPANConformant
Tungsten
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
CHINA
Communication Suspended - Not Interested
Tungsten
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Kennametal Fallon
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tungsten
Kennametal Huntsville
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tungsten
KGETS Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Tungsten
Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
Conformant
Tungsten
Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Masan High-Tech Materials
VIET NAM
Conformant
Tungsten
Moliren Ltd.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Tungsten
Niagara Refining LLC
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conformant
Tungsten
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
PHILIPPINESConformant
Tungsten
TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
GERMANYConformant




Tungsten
Unecha Refractory metals plant
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Conformant
Tungsten
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
AUSTRIAConformant
Tungsten
Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conformant
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant
Tungsten
Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.
CHINAConformant



APPENDIX B


Countries of Origin

Based on the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s data on Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry dated January 2021, potential countries of origin for 3TG processed by smelters or refiners may include (but are not necessarily limited to):

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Gabon
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Honduras




Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore




Slovakia
Slovenia
Somaliland
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
St Vincent and Grenadines
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
USA
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zimbabwe