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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549  
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
 
SEALED AIR CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware1-1213965-0654331
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
2415 Cascade Pointe Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina
28208
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Angel S. Willis
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
980-221-3235
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
☒    Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2020.
 
 




Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01    Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Conflict Minerals Rule”), Sealed Air Corporation (“Sealed Air” or the “Company”) is filing this Form SD to disclose information relating to the Company’s use and sourcing of columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (“3TG” or “Conflict Minerals”).
The Company has determined that during the reporting period January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, certain of the products the Company manufactured or contracted to manufacture contained 3TG that was necessary to the functionality or production of those products. Sealed Air conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) designed to determine whether any of the 3TG originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (together, a “Covered Country”) and whether any of the 3TG originated from recycled or scrap sources. Based on this RCOI, Sealed Air determined that certain of the 3TG likely originated in the Covered Countries and did not originate from recycled or scrap sources. Accordingly, Sealed Air exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of such 3TG and has filed a Conflict Minerals Report for calendar year 2020 (the “2020 Conflict Minerals Report”). The Company’s 2020 Conflict Minerals Report is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01 and is publicly available at ir.sealedair.com/reports-filings/sec-filings.
Item 1.02    Exhibit
The Company’s 2020 Conflict Minerals Report, as required by Item 1.02, is attached as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.
Section 2 - Exhibits
Item 2.01    Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January 1 to December 31, 2020.
 
 




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.
 
Sealed Air Corporation
By:/s/ Angel S. Willis
 Angel S. Willis
 Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Dated: May 28, 2021

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Exhibit 1.01
Sealed Air Corporation
Conflict Minerals Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020
Introduction
This Conflict Minerals Report has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”), for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2020 (the “Report Year”). This Conflict Minerals Report describes Sealed Air Corporation’s (“Sealed Air,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) and due diligence on the source and chain of custody of gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (“3TG” or “Conflict Minerals”) that are necessary to the production or functionality of products that Sealed Air manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Report Year. We are several steps removed from the mining and processing of the 3TG used in the components for our products. Accordingly, our due diligence process focused on our suppliers, and we rely on them to assist with both our RCOI and due diligence process, including the identification of smelters or refiners (“SORs”) in the supply chain and the countries of origin of 3TG sourced by the identified SORs.
The information in this report covers the activities of Sealed Air and all of its consolidated subsidiaries.
Company Overview
Sealed Air, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, is a leading global provider of packaging materials, equipment and services. Our portfolio of packaging solutions includes CRYOVAC® brand food packaging, SEALED AIR® brand protective packaging, AUTOBAG® brand automated packaging, BUBBLE WRAP® brand packaging and SEETM Automation solutions. Our packaging solutions are sold to an array of end markets including protein, foods, fluids, medical and life sciences, pet care, eCommerce and logistics, and industrials. Sealed Air provides solutions integrating packaging materials, automated equipment, and services, which enable our customers to automate, reduce waste, simplify processes, and remove people from harm's way. We are investing in innovations that bring the industry toward a more sustainable future while providing food safety and security and product protection. We have established leading market positions through our differentiated materials, equipment and services, iconic brands, well-established customer relationships, and global scale and market access.
Product Description
This Conflict Minerals Report relates to products (i) for which 3TGs are necessary to the functionality or production of that product; (ii) that were manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by the Company; and (iii) for which the manufacture was completed during the Report Year. Through a screening process, the Company determined that, to the best of our knowledge, customer equipment and other select products of the Company, referred to collectively as the “Covered Products,” contain 3TG or have a high likelihood of containing 3TG, as these products contain electronic components. More specifically, the “Covered Products” may contain necessary 3TGs as follows:
Tantalum, used in capacitors and certain alloys;
Tin, used in soldered components;
Tungsten, used in coatings and certain alloys; and
Gold, used in circuit boards and electronic components.
Supply Chain
Our supply chain includes 670 different in-scope suppliers. Because of our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth, breadth, and constant evolution of our supply chain, it is challenging to identify actors upstream from our direct suppliers. There are many tiers of suppliers and sub-suppliers between the Company and the SORs that process the 3TG that is contained in each particular product manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by Sealed Air. Therefore, it is inherently difficult to determine the ultimate source of 3TG in the products we manufacture. As a result, we rely on our direct suppliers to



provide information on the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us - including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from lower tier suppliers.
We have revised contract terms applicable to the majority of our suppliers with regard to 3TG. Those terms require suppliers to certify that, unless otherwise specified in writing, the products do not contain any 3TG, and further require that the suppliers respond to reasonable requests from the Company in connection with its compliance with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry
We conducted a RCOI reasonably designed to determine whether the 3TG in our products in the Report Year originated from the Covered Countries or are from recycled or scrap sources in accordance with the requirements of the Rule. The Covered Countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) and its adjoining countries (Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). As part of its RCOI, and with the assistance of a third-party consultant, Assent Compliance, Inc. (“Assent”), the Company engaged its potential 3TG suppliers to collect information regarding the presence and sourcing of 3TG in its products. Suppliers were asked to complete and submit, within a certain time frame, the joint Electronic Industry Citizen Coalition (“EICC”) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“GeSI”) EICC-GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template v. 6.01 or higher (“CMRT”) via the Assent Compliance Manager (ACM), a SaaS platform provided by Assent that enables its users to complete and track supplier communications as well as allow suppliers to upload completed CMRTs directly to the platform for assessment and management. The CMRT is a standardized reporting template developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (“RMI”) that requests, among other things, information regarding country of origin of 3TG supplied to the Company and the SORs in the supply chain. Assent followed up with all unresponsive suppliers through a defined process via both automated emails and one-on-one emails, including offering assistance and training and education to guide suppliers on best practices of this template, as well as the requirements of the Rule and the Company’s expectations. Based on the RCOI, Sealed Air determined that certain of our 3TG likely originated in the Covered Countries and did not come from 100% recycled or scrap sources. Accordingly, Sealed Air exercised due diligence on the source and chain of custody of such 3TG and is filing this Conflict Minerals Report for the Report Year.
Due Diligence
Design of Due Diligence
Sealed Air designed its due diligence process to conform with the due diligence framework in the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence (“OECD”) Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, Third Edition and related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold (collectively the “OECD Guidance”). The OECD Guidance identifies five steps for due diligence that should be implemented and provides guidance as to how to achieve each step. We developed our due diligence process to address each of these five steps, namely:
1.Establishing strong company management systems regarding conflict minerals;
2.Identifying and assessing risks in our supply chain;
3.Designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks in our supply chain;
4.Utilizing independent third-party audits of supply chain diligence; and
5.Publicly reporting on our supply chain due diligence.
Step One - Establish Strong Company Management Systems
Conflict Minerals Policy
We have adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy, which is posted on our website at sealedair.com/company/ethics-compliance.
Internal Team and Training
The Company has established an internal management team responsible for executing our Conflict Minerals due diligence process and reporting compliance. Our Conflict Minerals team is overseen by the General Counsel and the Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Officer and a team of subject matter experts from relevant functions such as quality, supply



chain, operations, finance and legal. The team of subject matter experts is responsible for implementing our Conflict Minerals compliance strategy. Senior management is briefed about the results of our due diligence efforts on a regular basis.
We, in cooperation with Assent, have developed internal training programs to educate anyone within the Company who is a potential contact point for suppliers or other external parties regarding the Company’s Conflict Minerals compliance efforts. We intend to review our training programs at least annually to make sure they are continuously aligned with current regulations, our initiatives, and the tools we use.
Control Systems
As previously noted, the Company engaged Assent to facilitate supplier engagement and assist the Company in collecting, analyzing, verifying, and storing supplier-provided data and performing due diligence for the Conflict Minerals program. Data regarding the presence and sourcing of 3TG in materials, goods and components supplied to the Company was collected from suppliers utilizing the CMRT, a standardized reporting template developed by the RMI.
Our controls also include our Code of Conduct, which outlines expected behaviors for all our employees.
Supplier Engagement
We rely on our direct suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied to us - including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from lower tier suppliers.
 In accordance with the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have, in cooperation with Assent, provided educational materials to suppliers on the Conflict Minerals regulations as well as relevant SEC reporting requirements (as discussed further below). In addition, we have leveraged our existing communications framework, specifically through our procurement personnel, to encourage supplier interactions with Assent and to impress on our suppliers the importance of completing the Conflict Minerals surveys. It has also allowed for our supplier communications to be more focused and to ensure expectations are clear.
Additionally, as noted, the majority of our supplier contracts require suppliers to certify that, unless otherwise specified in writing, the products do not contain any 3TG, and further require that the suppliers respond to reasonable requests from the Company in connection with its compliance with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
We put a strong emphasis on supplier education and training. To accomplish this, we utilized Assent’s Learning Management System, Assent University, and provided all in-scope suppliers access to their Conflict Minerals training course. This training is tracked and evaluated based on completion. All suppliers are encouraged to complete all modules within this course.
Grievance Mechanism
We have in place a grievance mechanism whereby employees and suppliers can report violations of the Company’s policies, including concerns with regard to Conflict Minerals. Employees and suppliers can raise concerns by emailing at contact.us@sealedair.com.
Records Maintenance
We have retained all relevant documentation from our RCOI and due diligence. Our policy related to relevant documentation of our Conflict Minerals compliance process requires that documentation be retained for a period of at least five years. All of the information and findings from this process is stored in a database that can be audited by internal or external parties.
Step Two - Identify and Assess Risk in Our Supply Chain
Supplier Risk Assessment
Because of our size, the complexity of our products, and the depth, breadth, and constant evolution of our supply chain, it is challenging for us to identify suppliers other than our direct suppliers. After conducting a risk-based assessment of our direct suppliers, we identified over 670 different in-scope direct suppliers. We rely on suppliers whose materials or components contain 3TG to provide us with information about the source of 3TG contained in those materials or components. Our direct



suppliers similarly rely upon information provided by their suppliers. Many of the largest suppliers either are SEC registrants and subject to the Rule or are suppliers to other SEC registrants that are subject to the Rule.
We calculate supplier risk based on the chances that a supplier provides 3TG that may originate from non-conflict free sources. The value of this risk is calculated based on the risk ratings of the SORs declared by that supplier on their CMRT. Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). Evaluating and tracking the strength of the program can assist in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the supplier’s program are their answers to questions A, E, G and H on the Declaration tab of the CMRT:
Does the supplier have a policy in place that includes DRC conflict-free sourcing?
Has the supplier implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing?
Does the supplier verify due diligence information received from its suppliers?
Does the supplier’s verification process include corrective action management?
When a supplier meets these criteria, the supplier is deemed to have a strong program. When a supplier does not meet these criteria, the supplier is deemed to have a weak program.
As part of our risk management plan and to ensure suppliers understand our expectations, we have, through Assent, provided video and written training on Conflict Minerals and the CMRT. This training includes instructions on completing the form and one-on-one email and phone discussions with supplier personnel.
Supplier Surveys
Tracing materials back to their mine or location of origin is a complex aspect of responsible sourcing in our supply chain. We have determined that seeking information about 3TG SORs in our supply chain represents the most reasonable effort we can make to determine the mines or locations of origin of the 3TG in our supply chain.
Our primary means of determining the origin of our 3TG for the Report Year was by conducting a supply chain survey to our direct suppliers using the CMRT. This supply chain survey, and Sealed Air’s Conflict Minerals program as a whole, has been developed and implemented in cooperation with Assent.
Assent provided each supplier a copy of the EICC-GeSI reporting CMRT to complete for purposes of Conflict Minerals tracking. Assent and/or members of the Sealed Air supply chain team made at least three follow-up inquiries to each supplier that did not respond to our initial survey, either by phone or email or both. The Assent software platform automatically reviewed the responses against criteria developed to determine which required further engagement with our suppliers. These criteria included incomplete responses as well as inconsistencies within the data reported in the CMRT. Assent worked directly with those suppliers to provide revised responses.
Once surveys were returned, Assent reviewed and attempted to match each verified SOR identified in the completed surveys to available lists of SORs that have been validated as conflict free under internationally recognized schemes such as the RMI Conflict-Free Smelter Program (“RMAP”). If a SOR was not validated by the RMAP, Assent either attempted to contact the SOR to gather more information about its sourcing practices or conducted Internet research to determine whether there are any additional publicly available sources of information regarding the SOR’s sourcing practices.
In accordance with OECD Guidelines, it is important to identify and assess risks associated with 3TGs in the supply chain. Risks were identified by assessing the due diligence practices of smelters and refiners identified in the supply chain by upstream suppliers that listed mineral processing facilities on their CMRT declarations. Assent compared these facilities listed in the responses to the list of smelters and refiners maintained by the RMI to ensure that the facilities met the RMI definition of a 3TG processing facility that was operational during the Report Year.
In order to assess the risk that any of these smelters posed to our supply chain, Assent determined if the smelter had been audited against a standard in conformance with the OECD Guidance, such as the RMAP. We do not typically have a direct relationship with 3TG smelters and refiners and do not perform direct audits of these entities within our supply chain. Smelters that have completed an RMAP audit are considered to be DRC conflict free. In cases where the smelter’s due diligence practices have not been audited against the RMAP standard, a potential supply chain risk exists.
As of May 13, 2021, we have validated 334 smelters or refiners and are working to validate the additional smelter entries from the submitted CMRTs. Due to the provision of primarily supplier-level CMRTs, we cannot definitely determine their connection to the Covered Products.



Each facility that meets the RMI definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TG mineral is assessed according to smelter of interest indicators defined in the OECD Guidance. Assent uses numerous factors to determine the level of risk that each smelter poses to the supply chain by identifying smelters of interest. These factors include:
Geographic proximity to the DRC and covered countries;
Known mineral source country of origin;
Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) audit status;
Credible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing; and
Peer Assessments conducted by credible third-party sources.
Based on these criteria the following facilities have been identified as smelters of interest in their supply chain:
Tony Goetz NV - CID002587
African Gold Refinery Limited (AGR) - CID003185
Kaloti Precious Metals - CID002563
Fidelity Printers and Refiners - CID002515
Sudan Gold Refinery - CID002567
As part of our risk management plan under the OECD Guidance, when these facilities were reported on a CMRT by one of the suppliers surveyed, risk mitigation activities are initiated. Through Assent, submissions that include any of the above facilities immediately produce a receipt instructing the supplier to take their own risk mitigation actions, including submission of a product specific CMRT to better identify the connection to products that they supply to Sealed Air, and escalating up to removal of these smelters of interest from their supply chain.
As per the OECD Guidance, risk mitigation will depend on the supplier’s specific context. Suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these smelters of interest from the supply chain. In addition, suppliers are guided to the Assent University learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners on the supply chain. 
Step Three - Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Risks
The Company maintains a risk management plan to respond to risks identified in the above-described risk assessment. The Company’s Conflict Minerals program is implemented, managed and monitored in accordance with this risk management plan.
The Company’s Conflict Minerals team provides updates to senior management of the Company in connection with the Conflict Minerals Program, including with regard to risk assessment and results of the annual due diligence process.
 As described in our Conflict Minerals policy, we expect our suppliers to fully support our compliance efforts, including in connection with our due diligence efforts to trace the source and chain of custody of our 3TG. As part of our risk management plan, to ensure suppliers understand our expectations, we provided both video recorded training and documented instructions through Assent, and answered all questions that suppliers requiring further clarification presented to us.
Step Four - Carry out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain
Sealed Air does not have a direct relationship with 3TG SORs and, accordingly, we do not perform direct audits of these entities in our supply chain. Rather, Sealed Air relies on independent third parties to audit and validate SORs.
Step Five - Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence
This Conflict Minerals Report is being filed with the SEC as an exhibit to our specialized disclosure report on Form SD and is available on our website at ir.sealedair.com/reports-filings/sec-filings.



Due Diligence Results
As a result of the due diligence efforts described above, we received completed CMRTs from 60% of our in-scope direct suppliers as of May 13, 2021. Appendix A lists the SORs identified by our direct suppliers that may have been used to process 3TGs necessary to the functionality or production of our products during the Report Year. For all responses that indicated a SOR, Assent compared the facilities listed to the list of SORs maintained by the RMI. If a supplier indicated that the facility was “Conflict-Free,” Assent confirmed that the name was listed by RMI as such. We have validated 334 SORs to date and we are working to validate the additional SOR entries from the submitted CMRTs. We have not listed in Appendix A any potential SORs that we have not been able to validate. Based on the SOR lists provided by suppliers via the CMRTs and publicly available information regarding the results of sourcing audits by the RMI, we have identified 237 RMAP Conformant SORs. Appendix B includes an aggregated list of the countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source 3TGs, based on information provided by our suppliers.
The information that we received from a majority of our direct suppliers was at a company-wide level. Therefore, the SORs identified by our direct suppliers contained in Appendix A may include SORs that processed 3TGs that our direct suppliers supplied to their other customers rather than to us. As a result, we are unable to conclusively determine whether the SORs included in Appendix A were used to process the 3TGs necessary to the functionality or production of our products during the Report Year. Because of this uncertainty, we are also unable to conclusively determine whether each of the countries of origin listed in Appendix B was a country of origin of 3TGs in our products during the Report Year, and therefore are unable to conclusively determine the source and chain of custody of those 3TGs. In addition, the third-party audits conducted by the RMI, and the information that we receive from our direct suppliers may yield inaccurate or incomplete information. For example, the information received from our direct suppliers may be incomplete because they may not have received accurate and complete 3TG information from all of the suppliers in their own supply chain. We also do not have access to audit reports or detailed findings of the third-party audits conducted as part of the RMI Responsible Minerals Assurance Process and, as a result, are not responsible for the quality of these audits or the audit findings.
Risk Mitigation Efforts
We have taken, and intend to continue to take, the following steps to mitigate the risk that 3TG contained in products we manufacture or contract to manufacture benefit armed groups:
Track and add new suppliers as they enter Sealed Air’s supply chain to the Company’s Conflict Minerals program;
Engage with suppliers and direct them to training resources to attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of the supplier survey responses;
Begin a targeted engagement plan with suppliers that do not reply or that reply with inaccurate or invalid responses; and
Encourage suppliers to use conflict-free SORs in the supply chain.
Understanding the risks associated with the smelters and refiners potentially providing material into our supply chain is an important part of the due diligence process. Through Assent, ongoing analysis is conducted by Assent’s smelter library manager to assess sourcing risk. This information is used to:
Provide supplier feedback;
Determine the health of the Company’s overall program;
Conduct outreach to smelters, refiners and their respective associations; and
Support the analysis in this report.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Conflict Minerals Report contains forward-looking statements that express certain beliefs, expectations or intentions, including with regard to our compliance efforts and expected actions in this regard. The words “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” and “anticipate” and similar expressions may be used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Undue reliance should be not be placed on these statements, which are only effective as of the date of this report. Sealed Air undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, other than as required by law.



Appendix A
MetalStandard Smelter NameSmelter Facility Location
Gold8853 S.p.A.ITALY
GoldAbington Reldan Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldAdvanced Chemical CompanyUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldAfrican Gold RefineryUGANDA
GoldAida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldAl Etihad Gold Refinery DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GoldAlexy MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldAllgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.GERMANY
GoldAlmalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)UZBEKISTAN
GoldAngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio MineracaoBRAZIL
GoldArgor-Heraeus S.A.SWITZERLAND
GoldAsahi Pretec Corp.JAPAN
GoldAsahi Refining Canada Ltd.CANADA
GoldAsahi Refining USA Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldAtasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.TURKEY
GoldAU Traders and RefinersSOUTH AFRICA
GoldAugmont Enterprises Private LimitedINDIA
GoldAurubis AGGERMANY
GoldBangalore RefineryINDIA
GoldBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)PHILIPPINES
GoldBoliden ABSWEDEN
GoldC. Hafner GmbH + Co. KGGERMANY
GoldC.I Metales Procesados Industriales SASCOLOMBIA
GoldCaridadMEXICO
GoldCCR Refinery - Glencore Canada CorporationCANADA
GoldCendres + Metaux S.A.SWITZERLAND
GoldCGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.INDIA
GoldChimet S.p.A.ITALY
GoldChugai MiningJAPAN
GoldDaye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.CHINA
GoldDegussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbHGERMANY
GoldDijllah Gold Refinery FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GoldDODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbHGERMANY
GoldDowaJAPAN
GoldDS PRETECH Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldDSC (Do Sung Corporation)KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East PlantJAPAN
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North PlantJAPAN
GoldEco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West PlantJAPAN
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)INDIA
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)INDIA
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)INDIA
GoldEmerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)INDIA
GoldEmirates Gold DMCCUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GoldFidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.ZIMBABWE



GoldFujairah Gold FZCUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GoldGCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.INDIA
GoldGeib Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldGold Coast RefineryGHANA
GoldGold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldGreat Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPMCHINA
GoldGuangdong Jinding Gold LimitedCHINA
GoldGuoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldHangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldHeimerle + Meule GmbHGERMANY
GoldHeraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.CHINA
GoldHeraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KGGERMANY
GoldHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldHunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldHwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldInner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldInternational Precious Metal RefinersUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GoldIshifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldIstanbul Gold RefineryTURKEY
GoldItalpreziosiITALY
GoldJALAN & CompanyINDIA
GoldJapan MintJAPAN
GoldJiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldJSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATION
GoldJSC UralelectromedRUSSIAN FEDERATION
GoldJX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldK.A. RasmussenNORWAY
GoldKaloti Precious MetalsUNITED ARAB EMIRATES
GoldKazakhmys Smelting LLCKAZAKHSTAN
GoldKazzincKAZAKHSTAN
GoldKennecott Utah Copper LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldKGHM Polska Miedz Spolka AkcyjnaPOLAND
GoldKojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldKorea Zinc Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldKundan Care Products Ltd.INDIA
GoldKyrgyzaltyn JSCKYRGYZSTAN
GoldKyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAORUSSIAN FEDERATION
GoldL'azurde Company For JewelrySAUDI ARABIA
GoldLingbao Gold Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldLingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldL'Orfebre S.A.ANDORRA
GoldLS-NIKKO Copper Inc.KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldLT Metal Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldLuoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldMarsam MetalsBRAZIL
GoldMaterionUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldMatsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldMD OverseasINDIA
GoldMetal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICA



GoldMetallix Refining Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldMetalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.CHINA
GoldMetalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.SINGAPORE
GoldMetalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.CHINA
GoldMetalor Technologies S.A.SWITZERLAND
GoldMetalor USA Refining CorporationUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldMetalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.MEXICO
GoldMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPAN
GoldMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldMMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.INDIA
GoldModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIA
GoldMorris and WatsonNEW ZEALAND
GoldMoscow Special Alloys Processing PlantRUSSIAN FEDERATION
GoldNadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.TURKEY
GoldNavoi Mining and Metallurgical CombinatUZBEKISTAN
GoldNH Recytech CompanyKOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldNihon Material Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldOgussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbHAUSTRIA
GoldOhura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldOJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GoldOJSC Novosibirsk RefineryRUSSIAN FEDERATION
GoldPAMP S.A.SWITZERLAND
GoldPease & CurrenUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldPenglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldPlanta Recuperadora de Metales SpACHILE
GoldPrioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATION
GoldPT Aneka Tambang (Persero) TbkINDONESIA
GoldPX Precinox S.A.SWITZERLAND
GoldQG Refining, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldRand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.SOUTH AFRICA
GoldRefinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldREMONDIS PMR B.V.NETHERLANDS
GoldRoyal Canadian MintCANADA
GoldSAAMPFRANCE
GoldSabin Metal Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldSafimet S.p.AITALY
GoldSAFINA A.S.CZECH REPUBLIC
GoldSai RefineryINDIA
GoldSamduck Precious MetalsKOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldSamwon Metals Corp.KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldSancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)COLOMBIA
GoldSAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANY
GoldSellem Industries Ltd.MAURITANIA
GoldSEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.SPAIN
GoldShandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldShandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldShandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldShenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA



GoldShirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.INDIA
GoldSichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldSingway Technology Co., Ltd.TAIWAN
GoldSOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious MetalsRUSSIAN FEDERATION
GoldSolar Applied Materials Technology Corp.TAIWAN
GoldSovereign MetalsINDIA
GoldState Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyLITHUANIA
GoldSudan Gold RefinerySUDAN
GoldSumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldSungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldSuper Dragon Technology Co., LtdTAIWAN
GoldT.C.A S.p.AITALY
GoldTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.JAPAN
GoldThe Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldTokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldTongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldTony Goetz NVBELGIUM
GoldTOO Tau-Ken-AltynKAZAKHSTAN
GoldTorecomKOREA, REPUBLIC OF
GoldUmicore Precious Metals ThailandTHAILAND
GoldUmicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals RefiningBELGIUM
GoldUnited Precious Metal Refining, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
GoldValcambi S.A.SWITZERLAND
GoldWestern Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)AUSTRALIA
GoldWIELAND Edelmetalle GmbHGERMANY
GoldYamakin Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldYokohama Metal Co., Ltd.JAPAN
GoldYunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
GoldZhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold CorporationCHINA
TantalumAsaka Riken Co., Ltd.JAPAN
TantalumChangsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINA
TantalumD Block Metals, LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TantalumExotech Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TantalumF&X Electro-Materials Ltd.CHINA
TantalumFIR Metals & Resource Ltd.CHINA
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals AizuJAPAN
TantalumGlobal Advanced Metals BoyertownUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TantalumGuangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.CHINA
TantalumH.C. Starck Co., Ltd.THAILAND
TantalumH.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbHGERMANY
TantalumH.C. Starck Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TantalumH.C. Starck Ltd.JAPAN
TantalumH.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANY
TantalumH.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbHGERMANY
TantalumHengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.CHINA
TantalumJiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINA
TantalumJiangxi Tuohong New Raw MaterialCHINA
TantalumJiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
TantalumJiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.CHINA



TantalumJiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINA
TantalumKEMET Blue MetalsMEXICO
TantalumLSM Brasil S.A.BRAZIL
TantalumMetallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.INDIA
TantalumMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZIL
TantalumMitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.JAPAN
TantalumNingxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
TantalumNPM Silmet ASESTONIA
TantalumPRG DooelNORTH MACEDONIA, REPUBLIC OF
TantalumQuantumCleanUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TantalumResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZIL
TantalumSolikamsk Magnesium Works OAORUSSIAN FEDERATION
TantalumTaki Chemical Co., Ltd.JAPAN
TantalumTelex MetalsUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TantalumUlba Metallurgical Plant JSCKAZAKHSTAN
TantalumXinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.CHINA
TantalumYanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinAlphaUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TinAn Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing CompanyVIET NAM
TinChenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinChifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinChina Tin Group Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinCRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil LtdaBRAZIL
TinCRM SynergiesSPAIN
TinCV Ayi JayaINDONESIA
TinCV Venus Inti PerkasaINDONESIA
TinDongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinDowaJAPAN
TinElectro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAM
TinEM VintoBOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
TinEstanho de Rondonia S.A.BRAZIL
TinFenix MetalsPOLAND
TinGejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinGejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical PlantCHINA
TinGejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLCCHINA
TinGejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinGejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinGejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinGuangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinHuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinJiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.CHINA
TinLuna Smelter, Ltd.RWANDA
TinMa'anshan Weitai Tin Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinMagnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.BRAZIL
TinMalaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)MALAYSIA



TinMelt Metais e Ligas S.A.BRAZIL
TinMetallic Resources, Inc.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TinMetallo Belgium N.V.BELGIUM
TinMetallo Spain S.L.U.SPAIN
TinMineracao Taboca S.A.BRAZIL
TinMinsurPERU
TinMitsubishi Materials CorporationJAPAN
TinModeltech Sdn BhdMALAYSIA
TinNghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAM
TinNovosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd.RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TinO.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.THAILAND
TinO.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.PHILIPPINES
TinOperaciones Metalurgicas S.A.BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
TinPongpipat Company LimitedMYANMAR
TinPrecious Minerals and Smelting LimitedINDIA
TinPT Aries Kencana SejahteraINDONESIA
TinPT Artha Cipta LanggengINDONESIA
TinPT ATD Makmur Mandiri JayaINDONESIA
TinPT Babel Inti PerkasaINDONESIA
TinPT Babel Surya Alam LestariINDONESIA
TinPT Bangka SerumpunINDONESIA
TinPT Bukit TimahINDONESIA
TinPT Cipta Persada MuliaINDONESIA
TinPT Lautan Harmonis SejahteraINDONESIA
TinPT Masbro Alam StaniaINDONESIA
TinPT Menara Cipta MuliaINDONESIA
TinPT Mitra Stania PrimaINDONESIA
TinPT Mitra Sukses GlobalindoINDONESIA
TinPT Prima Timah UtamaINDONESIA
TinPT Rajawali Rimba PerkasaINDONESIA
TinPT Rajehan AriqINDONESIA
TinPT Refined Bangka TinINDONESIA
TinPT Stanindo Inti PerkasaINDONESIA
TinPT Sukses Inti MakmurINDONESIA
TinPT Timah NusantaraINDONESIA
TinPT Timah Tbk KundurINDONESIA
TinPT Timah Tbk MentokINDONESIA
TinPT Tinindo Inter NusaINDONESIA
TinResind Industria e Comercio Ltda.BRAZIL
TinRui Da HungTAIWAN
TinSoft Metais Ltda.BRAZIL
TinSuper LigasBRAZIL
TinThai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.VIET NAM
TinThaisarcoTHAILAND
TinTin Technology & RefiningUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TinTuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock CompanyVIET NAM
TinVQB Mineral and Trading Group JSCVIET NAM
TinWhite Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.BRAZIL



TinYunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
TinYunnan Tin Company LimitedCHINA
TinYunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenA.L.M.T. Corp.JAPAN
TungstenACL Metais EireliBRAZIL
TungstenAlbasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.BRAZIL
TungstenArtek LLCRUSSIAN FEDERATION
TungstenAsia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.VIET NAM
TungstenChenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenChina Molybdenum Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenCNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenCronimet Brasil LtdaBRAZIL
TungstenFujian Ganmin RareMetal Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenGanzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenGanzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenGanzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenGanzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenGEM Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenGlobal Tungsten & Powders Corp.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TungstenGuangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenH.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KGGERMANY
TungstenH.C. Starck Tungsten GmbHGERMANY
TungstenHunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenHunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenHydrometallurg, JSCRUSSIAN FEDERATION
TungstenJapan New Metals Co., Ltd.JAPAN
TungstenJiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenJiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenJiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenJiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenJiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenJiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenJSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TungstenKennametal FallonUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TungstenKennametal HuntsvilleUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TungstenKGETS Co., Ltd.KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
TungstenLianyou Metals Co., Ltd.TAIWAN
TungstenMalipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenMasan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)VIET NAM
TungstenMoliren Ltd.RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TungstenNiagara Refining LLCUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TungstenNPP Tyazhmetprom LLCRUSSIAN FEDERATION
TungstenPhilippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.PHILIPPINES
TungstenUnecha Refractory metals plantRUSSIAN FEDERATION
TungstenWolfram Bergbau und Hutten AGAUSTRIA



TungstenXiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenXiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.CHINA
TungstenXinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.CHINA



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