Smelter and Refiner List

This list contains the smelters and refiners identified in Apple’s

supply chain as of December 31, 2023 for certain minerals.
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Smelter and Refiner List

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minerals sourced from the earth

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progress in pursuit of these goals.

and recycled content. 100% of identified tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold (3TG),
cobalt, and lithium smelters and refiners have participated
in a Third-Party Audit.

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program is available in Apple’s annual People and
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each 3TG and cobalt smelter or refiner, please refer to
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Cobalt Lithium
SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION

BASF Shanshan Battery Materials (Ningxia) Co., Ltd. China mainland BASF Shanshan Battery Materials (Ningxia) Co., Ltd. China mainland

Ganzhou Highpower Technology Co., Ltd. China mainland General Lithium Corporation China mainland

Ganzhou Yi Hao Umicore Industry Co., Ltd. China mainland Guangdong Guanghua Science & Technology Co., Ltd. China mainland

GEM (JIANGSU) Cobalt Industry Co., Ltd. China mainland Hunan Yongshan Lithium Co., Ltd. China mainland

Hunan CNGR New Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd. China mainland Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Group Co., Ltd. China mainland

Jingmen GEM Co., Ltd. China mainland Ningdu Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. China mainland

Lanzhou Jinchuan Advanced Materials Technology Co., Ltd. China mainland Qinghai Dongtai Jinear Lithium Resources Co., Ltd. China mainland

Quzhou Huayou Cobalt New Material Co., Ltd China mainland Sales de Jujuy S.A. Argentina

Umicore Finland Oy Finland Sichuan Zhiyuan Lithium Industries Co., Ltd. China mainland

Umicore Olen Belgium SQM Salar S.A. Chile

XTC New Energy Materials (Xiamen) Ltd. China mainland Tianqi Lithium (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. China mainland

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. China mainland Tianqi Lithium (Shehong) Co., Ltd. China mainland

Zhejiang New Era Zhongneng Technology Co., Ltd. China mainland

Zhuhai Kelixin Metal Materials Co., Ltd China mainland

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Tin
SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION

Alpha * United States Minsur Peru

Aurubis Beerse * Belgium Mitsubishi Materials Corporation * Japan

Aurubis Berango * Spain O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. * Thailand

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. * China mainland O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. * Philippines

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd. * China mainland Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A. Bolivia

China Tin Group Co., Ltd. * China mainland PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera Indonesia

CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos PT Artha Cipta Langgeng Indonesia

Brazil
Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda *
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya Indonesia
CRM Synergies * Spain
PT Babel Inti Perkasa Indonesia
CV Ayi Jaya Indonesia
PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari Indonesia
CV Venus Inti Perkasa Indonesia
PT Bangka Prima Tin Indonesia
Dowa * Japan
PT Bangka Serumpun Indonesia
DS Myanmar Myanmar
PT Bukit Timah Indonesia
EM Vinto Bolivia
PT Cipta Persada Mulia Indonesia
Estanho de Rondonia S.A. Brazil
PT Menara Cipta Mulia Indonesia
Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda. Brazil
PT Mitra Stania Prima Indonesia
Fenix Metals * Poland
PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo Indonesia
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. China mainland
PT Premium Tin Indonesia Indonesia
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. * China mainland
PT Prima Timah Utama Indonesia
HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd. China mainland
PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS) Indonesia
Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd. * China mainland
PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa Indonesia
Luna Smelter, Ltd. Rwanda
PT Rajehan Ariq Indonesia
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. * Brazil
PT Refined Bangka Tin Indonesia
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) * Malaysia
PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa Indonesia
Metallic Resources, Inc. * United States
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa Indonesia
Mineracao Taboca S.A. Brazil
PT Sukses Inti Makmur (SIM) Indonesia
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Tin (cont.) Tantalum

SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION

PT Timah Nusantara Indonesia AMG Brasil Brazil

PT Timah Tbk Kundur Indonesia D Block Metals, LLC * United States

PT Timah Tbk Mentok Indonesia F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. China mainland

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa Indonesia FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. * China mainland

PT Tommy Utama Indonesia Global Advanced Metals Aizu * Japan

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. Brazil Global Advanced Metals Boyertown * United States

Rui Da Hung * Taiwan Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. China mainland

Super Ligas Brazil Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. China mainland

Thaisarco * Thailand Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material China mainland

Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. * China mainland JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. China mainland

Tin Technology & Refining * United States Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. * China mainland

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. Brazil Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. China mainland

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. China mainland KEMET de Mexico * Mexico

Yunnan Yunfan Non-Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. China mainland Materion Newton Inc. * United States

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. * India

Mineracao Taboca S.A. Brazil

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. * Japan

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. China mainland

NPM Silmet AS * Estonia

QuantumClean * United States

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. Brazil

RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd. China mainland

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. * Japan

TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. * Thailand

TANIOBIS GmbH * Germany

TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. Japan

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Tantalum (cont.) Tungsten

SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION

TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG * Germany A.L.M.T. Corp. * Japan

Telex Metals * United States Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd. * Vietnam

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC * Kazakhstan China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd. China mainland

XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED China mainland Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. China mainland

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. China mainland Cronimet Brasil Ltda Brazil

Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. China mainland Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd. China mainland

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd. ** China mainland

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd. China mainland

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. China mainland

Global Tungsten & Powders LLC United States

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. China mainland

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH * Germany

Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd. * China mainland

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. China mainland

Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

China mainland
Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. * Japan

Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. China mainland

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. China mainland

Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd. China mainland

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. China mainland

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. China mainland

Kennametal Fallon United States

Kennametal Huntsville * United States

Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd. * Taiwan

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. China mainland

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Tungsten (cont.) Gold

SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION

Masan High-Tech Materials * Vietnam Abington Reldan Metals, LLC * United States

Niagara Refining LLC United States Advanced Chemical Company * United States

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc. * Philippines Agosi AG * Germany

TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG * Germany Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. * Japan

Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock Company * Vietnam Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) Uzbekistan

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG * Austria AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao Brazil

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. China mainland Argor-Heraeus S.A. Switzerland

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. * China mainland Asahi Pretec Corp. * Japan

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. Canada

Asahi Refining USA Inc. United States

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. * Japan

Aurubis AG Germany

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) Philippines

Boliden Ronnskar Sweden

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG * Germany

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation Canada

Chimet S.p.A. Italy

Chugai Mining * Japan

Dowa * Japan

DSC (Do Sung Corporation) * South Korea

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant * Japan

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant * Japan

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant * Japan

Geib Refining Corporation * United States

Gold by Gold Colombia * Colombia

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. China mainland

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Gold (cont.)
SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION

Heimerle + Meule GmbH * Germany Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. de C.V. Mexico

Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG * Germany Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Japan

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. China mainland Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. * Japan

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. China mainland MKS PAMP SA Switzerland

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. * Japan MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. India

Istanbul Gold Refinery Turkey Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. Turkey

Italpreziosi Italy Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat Uzbekistan

Japan Mint * Japan NH Recytech Company * South Korea

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. China mainland Nihon Material Co., Ltd. * Japan

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. Japan Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH *** Austria

Kazzinc Kazakhstan Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. * Japan

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC United States Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA Chile

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna Poland PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk Indonesia

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. * Japan PX Precinox S.A. Switzerland

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. * South Korea Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. South Africa

L'Orfebre S.A. * Andorra REMONDIS PMR B.V. * Netherlands

LS MnM Inc. South Korea Royal Canadian Mint Canada

LT Metal Ltd. * South Korea SAFINA A.S. * Czechia

Materion * United States Sancus ZFS (L’Orfebre, SA)** Colombia

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. * Japan SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. * Spain

Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd. *** South Africa Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. China mainland

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. China mainland Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. China mainland

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. Singapore Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. China mainland

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. China mainland Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. * Taiwan

Metalor Technologies S.A. Switzerland Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. Japan

Metalor USA Refining Corporation United States SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd. * South Korea
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Gold (cont.)
SMELTER OR REFINER NAME COUNTRY OR REGION

T.C.A S.p.A * Italy

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. * Japan

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. * Japan

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn Kazakhstan

Torecom * South Korea

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining Belgium

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. * United States

Valcambi S.A. Switzerland

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) Australia

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH * Germany

Yamakin Co., Ltd. * Japan

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. * Japan

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation China mainland

* The smelter/refiner is believed to process at least some 3TG from recycled or scrap sources.
** The smelter/refiner has changed its compliance or operational status since December 31, 2023.
*** The smelter/refiner continues to be in the process of removal as of the filing of this report and/or is no longer approved
to be in Apple’s supply chain.
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