SELECTED TANTALUM PROCESSING PLANTS THAT … · PT Tambang Timah Tbk Smelter Indonesia Kundur Island, Bangka Belitug Province PT Timah Tbk Smelter Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province

Country Product(s) produced Location Operator/owner

Austria Ta2O5, TaC Multiple; Althofen, Carinthia (HQ) Treibacher Industrie AG

Austria Ta2O5, TaPwdr, TaMtl Multiple; Liezen, Reutte (HQ) PLANSEE Group

Brazil Ta2O5 São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais State LSM Brazil SA (formerly Companhia

Industrial Fluminense)[AMG Advanced

Metallurgical Group N.V. (Netherlands)]

(formerly London & Scandinavian

Metallurgical Co., Ltd.)

Brazil FeNbTa São Paulo State Mineração Taboca SA (Minsur SA)

China TaPwdr, Ta2O5, Conghua, Guangdong Province Conghua Tantalum and Niobium

K2TaF7, TaMtl Smeltery (CTNS)

China TaPwdr, Ta2O5, TaMtl Sihui, Guangdong Province Duo Luo Shan Sapphire Rare

Metal Co Ltd of Zhaoqing

China K2TaF7, Ta2O5, TaC Chengnan Industrial Zone, Qingyuan, Fogang Jiata Metals Co., Ltd.

Guangdong Province (Jiayuan Cobalt Holdings)

China Ta2O5, K2TaF7 Yingde, Guangdong Province Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

(Jiayuan Cobalt Holdings)

China Ta2O5, K2TaF7 Hengyang City, Hunan Province Hengyang King Xing Lifeng

New Materials Co., Ltd.

China Ta2O5, K2TaF7, Yaxi Industrial Development Zone, Xinhui, Jiangmen Fuxiang Electro-materials Ltd.

TaPwdr, TaMtl Jiangmen, Guangdong Province (F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.)

China Ta2O5, K2TaF7 Fengxin County, Jiangxi Province Jiangxi Province Ding Hai

Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

China Ta2O5, K2TaF7, TaC Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

China Ta2O5, TaMtl Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. (JJTC)

SELECTED TANTALUM PROCESSING PLANTS THAT CONSUMED

TANTALUM CONCENTRATE TO PRODUCE INDUSTRIAL TANTALUM PPRODUCTS

(formerly Jiujiang Tanbre smelter)

(Jiangxi Tungsten Group Ltd Corp. [JWYX])

China Ta2O5, K2TaF7, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

TaC, TaMtl (joint venture Jiangxi Jiujiang Yizhong

Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd., and others)

China Ta2O5, K2TaF7, TaC, Shishi Industrial Zone, Yifeng County King-Tan Tantalum Industry, Ltd.

TaPwdr, TaMtl Industrial Park, Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province

China TaAlloys, TaC, Ta2O5, Many (Shanghai, Suzhou in China and Materion Advanced Materials Thin Film Products

TaN, TaSi2, TaSe2 others in England, Ireland, Philippines,

Singapore, Taiwan, and United States)

China Ta2O5, TaMtl, TaPwdr Jiangning Economic Development Zone, Metalink International Co., Ltd.

Nanjing, Jiangsu Province (affiliates: Nanjing Metalink International

Co., Ltd., and Metalink Special Alloys Corp.)

China Ta2O5, TaCl5, TaNbC, Shizuishan, Ningxia Province Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. (OTIC)

Ta ethoxide, TaMtl, TaAlloys

China Ta2O5 Buxia Cun, Rencun Town, Xinxing, Yunfu, XinXing Haorong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

Guangdong Province

China Ta2O5, TaC, TaPwdr Lianggang Industrial Park, Yifeng County, Yichun Jinyang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

Yichun, Jiangxi Province

China K2TaF7, Ta2O5, Ta ethoxide, TaPwdr, Zhuzhou, Hunan Province Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Works Import

TaMtl, TaAlloys, TaC & Export Co. (Zhuzhou Cemented

Carbide Group Corporation, Ltd.)

Estonia Ta2O5, TaH5, Sillamae, Ida-Virumaa Molycorp Silmet AS (Molycorp, Inc.)

TaMtl (ingots, chips)

Germany TaMtl, Ta2O5, TaAl Freiberg, Saxony Freiberger NE-Metall GmbH & Co. Produktions KG

(GfE Gesellschaft für Elektrometallurgie mbH,

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.)

Germany TaMtl, Ta2O5, TaAl Nuremberg, Middle Franconia GfE - Metalle und Materialien GmbH

(GfE Gesellschaft für Elektrometallurgie mbH,

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.)

Germany TaPwdr, TaNbC, Ta2O5, TaCl5, Many (Munich [HQ]; Im Schleeke, Goslar, H.C. Starck, GmbH

TaMtl, TaRecyc Lower Saxony; Hermsdorf, Thuringia;

two plants in Laufenberg, Baden-

Wurttemberg in Germany; others in China,

Japan, Thailand, and United States)

Germany TaPwdr, TaNbC, Ta2O5, TaCl5, Hanau, Hesse Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

TaMtl, TaRecyc (formerly W.C. Heraeus) (Heraeus Holding, GmbH)

India K2TaF7, Ta2O5 Taloja, District Raigad, Maharashtra Metallurgical Products India Pvt Ltd. (MPIL)

Japan Ta2O5, TaC, TaNbC Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture Engineered Powders Div. Miike Rare Metal Plant

(Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.)

Japan TaPwdr Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture Global Advanced Metals, Pty, Ltd.

Japan TaPwdr, TaNbC, Ta2O5, Hitachiomiya, Ibaraki Prefecture H.C. Starck, Ltd., H.C. Starck, GmbH

TaCl5, TaMtl, TaRecyc

Japan Ta2O5 Kako, Hyogo Prefecture Taki Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Mexico K2TaF7 Matamoros, Tamaulipas Kemet De Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

(Kemet Blue Powder Corp. [Kemet Corp.])

Russia Ta2O5, TaMtl Solikamsk, Perm Krai ОАО Solikamsk Magnesium Works (SMZ)

United

States TaMtl, TaAlloys Boyertown, Montgomery County, Global Advanced Metals

Pennsylvania

United

States TaPwdr Mound House, Nevada Kemet Blue Powder (Kemet Corp)

2HQ Headquarters

1FeNbTa, ferroniobium-tantalum; HQ, headquarters; K2TaF7, K-salt; NA, not available; Ta, tantalum; Ta2O5, tantalum pentoxide; TaAl, aluminum alloy; Ta

Alloys, tantalum alloys; TaC, tantalum carbide; TaCl5, tantalum chloride; TaH5, tantalum hydride; TaN, tantalum nitride; TaNbC, tantalum niobium carbide;

TaPwdr, tantalum powder; TaRecyc,tantalum carbide; tantalum recycle; TaSe2, tantalum diselenide; TaSi2, tantalum silicide.

Selected global tin refineries and smelters.

Country Location Operator/ownerFacility type and status (if

applicable)

AustraliaGreenbushes, Western

Australia

Global Advanced Metals Pty

Ltd.

Smelter (on care and

maintenance since 2012)

Belgium Beerse Metallo-Chimique nV Smelter

Belgium Hoboken, Antwerp N.V. Umicore S.A. Smelter

Bolivia Oruro, Oruro DepartmentOperaciones Metalúrgicas S.A.

(OMSA)Smelter

Bolivia Vinto, Oruro DepartmentEmpresa Metalúrgica Vinto

S.A.Smelter

BrazilCoopersanta, Bom Futuro,

Ariquemes, RondôniaCoopersanta Smelter

Brazil White Solder, RondôniaWhite Solder Metalurgia e

MineraçãoRefinery

Brazil Pinpora, Sao Paulo Mineração Taboca S.A. Smelter

Brazil Ariquemes, Rondônia Estanho de Rondônia S.A Smelter

China Chenzhou, Hunan Province Chenzhou Smelter Smelter

China Gejiu, Yunnan ProvinceYunnan Chengfeng Nonferrous

Metals Co. Ltd.Smelter

China Gejiu, Yunnan Province Yunnan Tin Co. Ltd. Smelter

China Hezhou, Guangxi Province Guihuacheng Smelter Smelter

China Huogudu, Yunnan ProvinceYunnan Geiju Zili Metallurgy

Co. Ltd.Smelter

China Laibin, Guangxi ProvinceGuangxi China Tin Group Co.

Ltd.Smelter

China Nankang, Jiangxi Province Nanshan Tin Co. Ltd. Smelter

Congo, Democratic

Republic of theLubumbashi Malaysia Smelting Corp. Bhd.

Smelter (not operational in

2013)

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province CV Duta Putra Bangka Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province CV Justindo Smelter

IndonesiaJalan Rungkut, East Java

ProvinceCV Makmur Jaya Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province CV Nurjanah Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province CV Prima Timah Utama Smelter

[Additional small-scale smelters may be in operation in Indonesia, but their status could not be confirmed.

Facilities were active unless otherwise noted. Information on primary tin production facilities for Japan and

secondary tin production facilities for Denmark, Greece, Norway, Spain, and the United States was

unavailable.]

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province CV Serumpun Sebalai Smelter

IndonesiaPangkalpinang, Bangka

Belitung ProvinceCV United Smelting Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Artha Cipta Langgeng Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Babel Inti Perkasa Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung ProvincePT Bangka Global Mandiri

InternasionalSmelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Bangka Kudai Tin Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Bangka Putra Karya Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung ProvincePT Bangka Timah Utama

SejahteraSmelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Billitin Makmur Lestari Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Bukit Timah Tbk Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Donna Kembara Jaya Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT DS Jaya Abadi Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Fang Di Multindo Smelter

IndonesiaKoba, Bangka Island, Bangka

Belitung ProvincePT Koba Tin Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Mitra Stania Prima Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Refined Bangka Tin Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa Smelter

IndonesiaMentok, Bangka Island, South

SumatraPT Tambang Timah Tbk Smelter

IndonesiaKundur Island, Bangka

Belitug ProvincePT Timah Tbk Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Tinindo Inter Nusa Smelter

Indonesia Bangka Belitung Province PT Yinchendo Mining Industry Smelter

Malaysia Butterworth, Penang Malaysia Smelting Corp. Bhd. Smelter

Peru Pisco, Ica Department Minsur S.A. Refinery and smelter

Rwanda Gisenyi Metal Processing AssociationSmelter (not operational in

2013)

Rwanda Karuruma Phoenix Metals Ltd.Smelter (not operational in

2013)

Thailand Phuket, Phuket ProvinceThailand Smelting and

Refining Co. Ltd. (Thaisarco)Refinery and smelter

VietnamThai Nguyen City, Thai

Nguyen Province

Thai Nguyen Nonferrous Metal

Co.Refinery

Global consumers of tungsten concentrates

COUNTRY PLANT DETAILS LOCATION OPERATOR AND OWNERSHIP

AustriaAmmonium paratungstate

producer

Bergla, St. Martin im Sulmtal,

Styria

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG (Sandvik AB,

100%)

Brazil Ferrotungsten plant Bom Jesus dos Perdões, São Paulo Boreste Ligas Ltda

Brazil Ferrotungsten plant São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo Giro Metais Industria e Comercio Ltda

ChinaAmmonium paratungstate

producer

Chengguan Town, Chaling County,

Zhuzhou, Hunan ProvinceChaling Dadi Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producerChenzhou, Hunan Province

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co.,

Ltd. [subsidiary of Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide

Group Corp. (China Minmetals Non-ferrous

Metals Holding Co., Ltd.)]


producer

Luanchuan County, Henan

ProvinceChina Molybdenum Co., Ltd.


producer

Chongyi County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi

ProvinceChongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producer

Xincheng Industrial Park, Dayu

County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi ProvinceDayu Jincheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.


producer

Dayu Smelting Plant, Nan'an

Town, Dayu County, Ganzhou,

Jiangxi Province

Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producerDongtai City, Jiangsu Province

Dongtai Huihuang Tungsten & Molybdenum

Product Co., Ltd.


producer

Longyan Industry Region, Xinluo

District, Longyan City, Fujian

Province

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producerFuzhou City, Fujian Province

Fujian Minmetals Jinjiang Nonferrous Metals

Co., Ltd.


producerJinjiang, Fujian Province Fujian Ninghua Jinjiang Tungsten Co. Ltd.


producerXiushui County, Jiangxi Province

Ganbei Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. [Jiangxi

Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. (China Minmetals

Non-ferrous Metals Holding Co., Ltd.)]


producerGanzhou City, Jiangxi Province Ganxian Shirui New Material Co., Ltd.


producerXincheng, Jiangxi Province

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Industry Co.,

Ltd. [Ganzhou Tejing Tungsten & Molybdenum

Co., Ltd. (GZTJ)]


producerGanzhou, Jiangxi Province

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co. Ltd.

[Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co. Ltd.

(JWYX) [joint venture between China

Minmetals and Jiangxi Rare Earth and Rare

Metals Tungsten Group Corp. (JXTC)]]



Ganzhou Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.

[Jiangxi Rare Metals Tungsten Holding Group

Co., Ltd. (JXTC)]



Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

(Ganzhou Grand Sea W & Mo Group Co., Ltd.)


producer

Huichang County, Junmenling

Town, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi

Province

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producer

Guantang Industrial Zone, Chao'an

County, Chaozhou, Guangdong

Province

GuangDong XiangLu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

(Chaozhou Xianglu Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.)

Explanation: This list represents global plants that process tungsten concentrates. It does not include plants that only process scrap or

only process downstream materials from concentrates and/or scrap. Additional concentrate-consuming plants are likely, but were not

included because their feed materials could not be confirmed.



H.C. Starck Jiangwu Tungsten Specialties

(Ganzhou) Co., Ltd. [H.C. Starck GmbH and

Jiangxi Rare Metals Tungsten Holdings Group

Co. Ltd. (JXTC)]


producer

Shanhu Town, Zhongshan County,

Hezhou City, Guangxi Province

Hezhou Pinggui PGMA Shanhu Wolfram

Products Co. Ltd. [CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA

Co. Ltd. (China Nonferrous Metal Mining

(Group) Co., Ltd.)]


producer

Chenzhou Mining Tungsten

Products Plant, Hunan ProvinceHunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co. Ltd.


producer

Xintang Town, Hengdong County,

Hengyang, Hunan Province

Hunan Chun-chang Non-ferrous Smelting &

Concentrating Co., Ltd.


producer

Huanglong Industrial Park,

Huanglong Town, Dayu County,

Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producer

New Century Industrial Park, Tong

Cheng Dong Da 1, Gao'an City,

Jiangxi Province

Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals

Co., Ltd.


producer

Rongjiang Road, Nankang District,

Ganzhou City, Jiangxi ProvinceJiangxi Nankang Zhenxing Mining Co., Ltd.


producerTonggu, Yichun, Jiangxi Province

Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical &

Chemical Co., Ltd. [Jiangxi Rare Metals

Tungsten Holding Group Co., Ltd. (JXTC)]


producer

Dingnan County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi

Province

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

[Jiangxi Rare Metals Tungsten Holding Group

Co., Ltd. (JXTC)]


producer

Xiushui Industrial Park, Xiushui,

Jiangxi Province

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals

Co., Ltd.


producer

Changlong Town, Chongyi County,

Ganzhou, Jiangxi ProvinceJiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producer

Langfang Tungsten &

Molybdenum Material Plant,

Langfang, Hebei Province

Langfang (Torch) Huaying Tungsten &

Molybdenum Industry Co., Ltd.


producer

Qiancun, Heyu Town, Luanchuan

County, Luoyang, Henan Province

Luoyang Mudu Tungsten & Molybdenum

Technology Co., Ltd.


producer

Xiagou Industry Region, Xigong

District, Luoyang, Henan Province

Luoyang Yongzhuo Tungsten & Molybdenum

Material Co., Ltd.


producer

Nanfeng Xiaozhai, Yunnan

Province

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. [Xiamen

Tungsten Co., Ltd. (XTC)]


producer

Ninghua County, Sanming City,

Fujian ProvinceNinghua Fuyan Mineral Products Co., Ltd.


producer

Yang Linzhen, Wu Nan, Hengdong

County, Hunan Province

Tungsten-cobalt Co. [Hunan Chuangda

Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. (HCVT)]


producer

Wendeng District, Weihai,

Shandong Province

Wendeng Zhengxing Tungsten Industry Co.,

Ltd.


producer

Fujian Xiamen Tungsten Products

Plant, Haicang District, Xiamen,

Fujian Province

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. (XTC)


producerXiamen, Fujian Province

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. [Xiamen

Tungsten Co., Ltd. (XTC)]


producer

Guihua Village, Renhua County,

Shaoguan, Guangdong ProvinceXinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producer

Sanxing Industrial Park, Rucheng

County, Chenzhou City, Hunan

Province

Zhongxiang Tungsten Co., Ltd.


producerZigong, Sichuan Province

Zigong Cemented Carbide Co., Ltd. (China

Minmetals Corp.)

China Ferrotungsten plantJiuli township, Emeishan City,

Sichuan Province

Chuantou Emei Ferroalloy [Sichuan Chuantou

Emei Ferroalloy (Group) Co., Ltd.]

China Ferrotungsten plantHengdong County, Wu Town,

Hengyang, Hunan Province

Ferro-tungsten Co. [Hunan Chuangda

Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. (HCVT)]

China Ferrotungsten plant

Sheshan Village, Nanyang

Industrial Zone, Shanghang

County, Longyan, Fujian Province

Fujian Ganmin Rare Metal Co. Ltd. [Jiangxi

Rare Earth & Rare Metals Tungsten Group

Corp. (JXTC)]

China Ferrotungsten plantMeilin Town, Gan County,

Ganzhou, Jiangxi ProvinceGanzhou BESEEM Ferrotungsten Co. Ltd.


Meilin Town, Gan County,

Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co. Ltd.

[Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co. Ltd.

(JWYX) [joint venture between China

Minmetals and Jiangxi Rare Earth and Rare

Metals Tungsten Group Corp. (JXTC)]]

China Ferrotungsten plant Anhua County, Hunan Province Hunan Litian Century Mining Co., Ltd.

China Ferrotungsten plant Ganzhou, Jiangxi ProvinceJiangxi Richsea New Material Co., Ltd.

(Ganzhou Grand Sea W & Mo Co., Ltd.)


Xinxiangxilu, Xiangxiang City,

Xiangtan municipality, Hunan

Province

Minmetals (Hunan) Ferroalloys Co. Ltd. (China

Minmetals Corp.)

China Ferrotungsten plant Jilin, Jilin ProvinceSinosteel Jilin Ferroalloy Corporation Ltd.

(Sinosteel Corp.)

GermanyAmmonium paratungstate

producerGoslar, Lower Saxony H.C. Starck GmbH

JapanAmmonium paratungstate

producerAkita, Akita Prefecture

Japan New Metals Co. Ltd. (Mitsubishi

Materials Corp. and Ryoko Sangyo Corp.)

RussiaAmmonium paratungstate

producer

Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkariya

RepublicJSC Hydrometallurg (Wolfram Company CJSC)


producer

Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant,

Kirovgrad, Sverdlovskaya OblastJSC Kirovgrad Hard Alloys (JSC KZTS)


producer

Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia

RepublicJSC Pobedit (Wolfram Company CJSC)

Russia Ferrotungsten plantChelyabinsk, Chelyabinskaya

OblastChelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Complex

United StatesAmmonium paratungstate

producerTowanda, Pennsylvania

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. (Plansee

Group)


producerHuntsville, Alabama Kennametal Inc.


producerDepew, New York

Niagara Refining LLC [Sumitomo Electric

Carbide, Inc. (Sumitomo Electric Industries,

Ltd.) and New York Tungsten L.L.C. (Buffalo

Tungsten Inc.)]

United StatesTungsten carbide producer that

consumes concentrateFallon, Nevada Kennametal Inc.

UzbekistanAmmonium paratungstate

producerChirchiq, Tashkent Province

Uzbek Refractory and Heat-Resistant Metals

(OJSC "UzKTJM")

VietnamAmmonium paratungstate

producer

Dai Tu District, Thai Nguyen

Province

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals

Manufacturing LLC [Nui Phao Mining

Company Ltd. (Masan Group) and H.C. Starck

GmbH]


producer

Nhon Trach District, Dong Nai

ProvinceSanher Tungsten Vietnam Co. Ltd.


producer

Trang Bang District, TayNinh

ProvinceTejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Vietnam Ferrotungsten plantTan Tien Industrial Zone, Vinh Bao

District, Hai Phong

ATC Ferrotungsten [Asia Tungsten Products

Vietnam Ltd. (60% Hazelwood Resources Ltd.)]

Vietnam Ferrotungsten plantCailan Industrial Zone, Halong

City, Quang Ninh Province

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd.

(HongKong Wolfram International Investment

Co., Ltd.)

YEAR MINERAL

COMMODITY—

GENERAL

Plant type

COUNTRYLOCATION

DESCRIPTION

Oblast/Prefecture/Pr

ovince/ StateOPERATOR AND OWNERSHIP Notes

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Australia Newburn Western Australia Perth Mint (Government of Western Australia)

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) Austria Vienna Vienna Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt

GmbH

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Belgium Hoboken Antwerp Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Brazil Nova Lima Minas Gerais AngloGold Ashanti Mineração Ltda (AngloGold Ashanti

Ltd.)

Queiroz refinery

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of BM&F Bovespa Brazil Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro House of Currency of Brazil (Casa da Moeda do Brazil)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of BM&F Bovespa Brazil Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Marsam Metals

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of BM&F Bovespa Brazil Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Ubro-Union of Brazilian Refiners Ltda

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Brazil Guarulhos Sao Paulo Umicore Brasil Ltda

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Burundi Cibitoke Cibitoke Etablissements Jean Jbeili Uncertain if it produces

bullion

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Canada Brampton Ontario Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Canada Ottawa Ontario Royal Canadian Mint

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Canada Montréal Quebec CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Chile Las Ventanas V Valparaíso Corporación Nacional del Cobre (CODELCO), 100% Ventanas refinery

2013 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Tongling Anhui Tongling Nonferrous Metals (Group) Inc Jichang smelter

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Shanghang Fujian Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd (Zijin Copper Co. Ltd.)

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Lanzhou Gansu Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co Ltd

2013 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Zhaoqing Guangdong Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

Selected Global Refiners

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Guangdong Guangdong Shenzhen Cuilv Gold Co. Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Guangdong Guangdong Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Industrial Co. Ltd.

2011 Gold Refinery---Primary source material China Lingbao Henan China National Gold Corp.

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Jiyuan Henan Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co. Ltd.

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Lingbao Henan Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Gold Refinery Co. Ltd.

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material China Luoyang Henan Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refining Co Ltd

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Sanmenxia Henan Zhongyan Gold Smelter (Zhongjin Gold Co. Ltd.)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Huangshi Hubei Daye Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd

2013 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Huaihua Hunan Hunan Chenzhou Mining Industry Co Ltd

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Zhuzho Hunan Zhuzhou Smelting Group Co. Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Huhhot Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share

Company Ltd

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Suzhou Jiangsu Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Co Ltd

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Guixi Jiangxi Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd.

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Huadian Jilin Huadian Gold Co. Ltd.

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material China Laizhou Shandong Laizhou Gold Co.

2013 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Penglai Shandong Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co Ltd

2013 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Shandong Shandong Shandong Gold Group Co Ltd

2013 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Yantai Shandong Shandong Humon Smelting Co. Ltd. Shuidao Town, Mouping

District

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Laizhou Shandong Shandong Jinchang Gold Mining Co., Ltd

2013 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Shandong Shandong Shandong Tarzan Bio-Gold Co Ltd

2014 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) China Laizhou Shandong Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material China Yanggu Shandong Shandong Yanggu Xiangguang Co. Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Zhaoyuan Shandong Shandong Zhaojin Gold and Silver Refinery Co. Ltd

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Zhaoyuan Shandong Yantai Guoda Safeina High-advance Refinery Co. Ltd.

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material China Yantai Shandong Yantai Penghui Copper Industry Co. Ltd.

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material China Zhaoyuan Shandong Zhaoyuan Gold Co.

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Xi`an Shanzi Shanxi Gold Group Xian Qin Gold Co. Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Chengdu Sichuan Great Wall Gold Silver Refinery

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) China Chengdu Sichuan Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material China Qujing Yunnan Yunnan Chihong Zinc and Germanium Co. Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) China Kunming Yunnan Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Shanghai Gold Exchange China Fuyang Zhejiang Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co. Ltd.

2012 Gold Refinery---Scrap material Czech

Republic

Pribram Central Bohemian Kovohutě Příbram nástupnická, a. s.

2012 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Finland Pori Satakunta Boliden Harjavalta

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Germany Pforzheim Baden-

Württemberg

Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) Germany Keltern Baden-

Württemberg

Bauer Walser AG


Württemberg

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

2015 Gold Refinery---Scrap material Germany Pforzheim Baden-

Württemberg

Doduco Gmbh


Württemberg

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Germany Hamburg Hamburg State Aurubis AG (formerly Norddeutsche Affinererie AG)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Germany Hanau Hesse Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Hong Kong Fanling Heraeus Ltd Hong Kong

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Hong Kong Kwai Chung Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of Indian Bullion Market India Ahmedabad Gujarat Gujarat Bullion Refinery Pvt. Ltd.

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Indian Bullion Market India Ahmedabad Gujarat Gujarat Gold Center

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Indian Bullion Market India Chandi Chowk New Delhi JALAN & Company

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) India Mewat District Haryana MMTC-PAMP India Pvt Ltd

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of Indian Bullion Market India Ravipuram Cochin Chemmanur Gold Refinery (P) Ltd.

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Indian Bullion Market India Mumbai Maharashtra Infinium Precious Resources Private Ltd.

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Indian Bullion Market India Mumbai Maharashtra Narrondass Manordass Precious Metals Refinery

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Indian Bullion Market India Mumbai Maharashtra National India Bullion Refinery

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Indian Bullion Market India Mumbai Maharashtra National Refinery PVT LTD

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Indonesia Jakarta Java PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk (Logam Mulia)

2012 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Iran Rafsanjan Kerman National Iranian Copper Industries Co. (NICICO) [Iranian

Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation

Organization (IMIDRO)]

Sarcheshmeh copper

complex, south of

Rafsanjan,

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) Italy Sesto Fiorentino Florence Faggi Enrico S.p.A.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Italy Badia al Pino, ArezzoTuscany Chimet S.p.A.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Italy Capolona Tuscany T.C.A. S.p.A.

2011 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) Japan Kosaka Akita Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd. (wholly owned

subsidiary of Dowa Mining Co. Ltd.)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Noda-City Chiba Nihon Material Co., Ltd

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Niihama Ehime Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd Toyo, Saijo

Gold Refinery---Scrap material Japan Tamura Fukushima Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Takehara Hiroshima Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Kuri Hiroshima Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd

2011 Gold Refinery: Member of Tokyo Commodity Exchange Japan Hitachi Ibaraki Pan Pacific Copper

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Kobe City Hyogo Asahi Pretec Corp Saitama Factory

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Naoshima Kagawa Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Hiratsuka City Kanagawa Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. Shonan Plant

2015 Gold Refinery---Scrap material Japan Sagamihara Kanagawa Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Osaka Kansai Japan Mint

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Saganoseki Ōita JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Soka Saitama Saitama Ishifuku Metal Industry Co Ltd

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Japan Iruma Saitama Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd

2014 Gold Refinery: Member of Tokyo Commodity Exchange Japan Tokyo Tokyo Chugai Mining Co Ltd (Dowa Mining Co. Ltd)

2014 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Kazakhstan Astana Akmola Tau-Ken Altyn Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Kazakhstan Aktyubinsk Aktobe Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Kazakhstan Ust-Kamenogorsk East Kazakhstan KazZinc Ltd

2014 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Kazakhstan Balkhash Karaganda Kaz Minerals Plc

2015 Gold Refinery---Scrap material Korea,

Republic of

Asan Chungcheong Torecom Corp.

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) Korea,

Republic of

Namdong Incheon Samduck Precious Metals

2012 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Korea,

Republic of

Onsan Ulsan Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Korea,

Republic of

Onsan Ulsan LS-Nikko Copper Inc.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Kyrgyzstan Karabalta Chuy Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

2012 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Malaysia Bukit Selinsing KoyanPahang Monument Mining Ltd. of Canada

2012 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Malaysia Penjom Pahang PT J Resources Asia Pasifk Tbk (J&Partners, L.P., 100%)

2012 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Malaysia Raub Pahang Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn. Bhd (Peninsular Gold

Ltd., 100%)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Mexico Torreon Coahuila Met-Mex Peñoles, S.A. de C.V. (Industrias Peñoles, S.A. de

C.V., 100%)

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) Mexico Nacozari Sonora Southern Copper Corp. (Grupo México S.A.B. de C.V.) La Caridad Smelter

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Netherlands Amsterdam North Holland Schöne Edelmetaal B.V. (subsidiary of Umicore SA)

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) New Zealand Aukland Auckland Morris and Watson Ltd.

2012 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Oman Sohar Al Batinah North

Governorate

Oman Mining Co. LLC (Government, 100%) Lasail Copper Mine

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Philippines Quezon City Manila Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

2014 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Poland Glogow Lower Silesian

Voivodeship

Kombinat Gorniczo Hutniczy Miedz Polska Miedz S.A.

(KGHM) (Government, 31.79%)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Russia Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Krai OJSC Krastsvetmet

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Russia Khasyn Magadanskaya OJSC Kolyma Refinery

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Russia Moscow Moscow Federal State Unitary Enterprise Moscow Special Processing

Plant (FSUE MZSS)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Russia Shyolkovo Moskovskaya SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Russia Novosibirsk Novosibersk OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Russia Kasimov Ryazanskaya OJSC Prioksky Non-ferrous Metals Plant (PZCM)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Russia Verkhnyaya Pyshma Sverdlovsk JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant (part

of the Renova Group)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Russia Verkhnyaya Pyshma Sverdlovsk JSC Uralelectromed (subsidiary of Ural Mining and

Metallurgical Co.)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyadh L'azurde Company for Jewelry

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Singapore Singapore City Metalor Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) South Africa Germiston Gauteng Rand Refinery Ltd. (AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., 53%, and Gold

Fields Ltd., 33%)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Spain Madrid Madrid Sempsa Joyeria Plateria SA

2013 Gold Refinery---Primary source material Sudan Khartoum Khartoum Government of Sudan

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Sweden Skelleftehamn, RonnskarVästerbotten Boliden AB

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Switzerland Biel-Bienne Bern Cendre+Métaux S.A.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Switzerland Neuchatel Neuchâtel Metalor Group

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel PX Précinox SA

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Switzerland Mendrisio Ticino Argor-Heraeus S.A.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Switzerland Castel San Pietro Ticino Produits Artistiques de Métaux Précieux S.A. (MKS Finance

SA, 100%)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Switzerland Balerna Ticino Valcambi S.A.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Taiwan Kuang-Tien Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) Thailand Dokmai Umicore Precious Metals (Thailand) Ltd.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Turkey Istanbul Istanbul Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Turkey Kuyumcukent Istanbul Istanbul Gold Refinery

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Turkey Bahçelievler Istanbul Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.

2013 Gold Refinery: Member of Dubai Gold Commodities Exchange (UAE) United Arab

Emirates

Al Quoz Dubai Al Etihad Gold


Emirates

Jumeriah Lake Towers, DubaiDubai Al Etihad Gold

2011 Gold Refinery---Primary source material United Arab

Emirates

Dubai Dubai Al Ghaith Gold (private, 100%)


Emirates

Dubai Dubai Al Ghurair Giga Gold (private, 100%)


Emirates

Dubai Dubai Emirates Gold (private, 100%)


Emirates

Sharjah Sharjah ARY Aurum Plus (private, 100%)


Emirates

Sharjah Sharjah Kaloti Precious Metals

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) United States Opa-Locka Florida Republic Metals Corporation

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) United States North Attleboro Massachusetts Metalor USA Refining Corp.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of CME Group Market Contract COMEX (New

York)

United States Newark New Jersey Heraeus Incorporated

2015 Gold Refinery---Scrap material United States Hempstead New York General Refining Corp.(Richard Spera refining Facility) Richard Spera Refining

Facility


York)

United States Scottsville New York Sabin Metal Corporation

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) United States Long Island City New York So Accurate Group, Inc.


York)

United States Alden New York United Precious Metals Refining Inc.

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) United States Jackson Ohio Elemetal Refining, LLC

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) United States Warwick Rhose Island Geib Refining Corporation


York)

United States Amarillo Texas ASARCO Incorporated

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) United States Salt Lake City Utah Asahi Refining USA Inc.


York)

United States Magna Utah Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Uzbekistan Navoiy Navoiy Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat (NMMC)

2015 Gold Refinery: Member of London Bullion Market Association (UK) Uzbekistan Almalyk Tashkent Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

2015 Gold Refinery: Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (Washington, DC) Zimbabwe Msasa Harare Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

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