Conflict Minerals Report
This Conflict Minerals Report (CMR) majors in due diligence investigation for the tantalum, tin, tungsten, Gold(called 3TG) of Wortmann Display products resources. These 3TG may likely come from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries, or from recycled or scrap sources. The report period from July 1 to December 31, 2016.
The Display products of Wortmann AG mainly engaged in the design, marketing, sales and service. You can refer to the website for more information.
http://www.wortmann.asia/tw
Reasonable country of origin information (RCOI)
We confirm that our products are used 3TG not from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjacent countries. The main conduct based on the report of suppler vendors. We reasonable believe that our 3TG not from DRC or adjacent to countries, and not from recycled or scrap sources. In addition, we will continue to conduct due diligence to comply with national or internationally recognized due diligence architectures, and report the detail of the action.
Due diligence measures
We develop and implement due diligence procedures to protect human rights and prevent from the direct or indirect financing of armed conflict. The due diligence measures consistent with "from the OECD to have a conflict or high-risk areas responsible mineral supplier due diligence guidelines" (hereinafter referred to as "OECD Guidelines") and the related due diligence supplement documents. We did not buy directly the original minerals or unrefined 3TG, and we did not buy minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjacent to countries.
http://www.oecd.org/investment/mne/mining.htm
Due diligence includes the following elements of OECD framework:
1. The establishment of management systems;
2. Identification and assessment of risks in the suppler;
3. The implementation of the relevant policies to respond to the risks identified;
4. Expand SORs independent third party audits for smelting and refinery due diligence;
5. The annual report for the due diligence of the suppler。
Description of the due diligence investigation
Due diligence actions as follows:
˙Set up an internal team to manage conflict minerals due diligence program.
˙Conflict minerals policy published in the website, including the 3TG survey of supply chain ;
˙Ask direct suppliers to use CMRT to provide information about the supply chain smelter. The first CMRT survey was conducted on the end of 2015.
˙Supplier survey analysis.
˙Provide suppliers smelter data to improve response rates and increase the accuracy of the information;
˙Release the due diligence list of smelter;
˙Propose Wortmann AG Report of suppler due diligence
products identification
According to the suppler due diligence, we identified the 81 smelting and refining plants.
The appendices are the list of suppler pointer and smelter / refineries for more information.
Appendix A – suppler pointer
Appendix B – smelter / refinery list
Measures to reduce the risk and due diligence in the future
Wortmann AG will continue to adopt the following measures to improve the due diligence and reduces the risk of suppler :
˙Continue cooperate with suppliers to increase the recognition accuracy, heading to CFSP validator to ensure that conflict-free source of minerals
˙Encourage to participate in CFSP to achieve conflict-free certification
˙Conduct supplier audits to execute suppler conflict mineral policies and practices.
Appendix A – Suppler pointer
Pointer | Results |
Number of supplier audits | 42 |
Number of supplier compliance with conflict minerals policy | 83.33% |
Supplier due diligence information collected (CMRT) | 90.48% |
Suppliers to establish conflict minerals policy | 83.33% |
Buy non-smelter from Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries | 97.62% |
Name of dealer provides smelting plant | 85.71% |
Appendix B – smelter / refinery list
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | CHINA |
Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | GERMANY |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus SA | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corporation | JAPAN |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração | BRAZIL |
Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY |
Gold | CCR Refinery – Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY |
Gold | Dowa | JAPAN |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY |
Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN |
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Limited | CANADA |
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE |
Gold | Metalor Technologies SA | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES |
Gold | PAMP SA | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería SA | SPAIN |
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN |
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Gold | Umicore SA Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Valcambi SA | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | AUSTRALIA |
Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar | GERMANY |
Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN |
Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry | CHINA |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining & Smelting | JAPAN |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder | UNITED STATES |
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited | CHINA |
Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA |
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA |
Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Minsur | PERU |
Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Company Limited | CHINA |
Tin | Minsur | PERU |
Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND |
Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES |
Tin | CV United Smelting | INDONESIA |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Minsur | PERU |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | BOLIVIA |
Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA |
Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. | BELGIUM |
Tin | PT Bangka Putra Karya | INDONESIA |
Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND |
Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. | UNITED STATES |
Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tungsten | H.C. Starck GmbH | GERMANY |