Press Release – 10/16/2012 AVX Corporation (AVX) reported that it has signed an agreement with Nichicon Corporation to purchase its Tantalum Component Division for approximately $86 million.  The all-cash purchase…

AVX (NYSE:AVX), a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, announced that GAM Technology (the first tantalum smelter to achieve EICC/GeSI validation in 2010) has joined AVX in their…

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) defines “conflict free” as having elemental minerals (Sn, Ta, W, and Au) in their microprocessors from validated conflict free smelters.  And although Intel’s microprocessors may already be conflict…

The following table illustrates all the new tantalum deposits that have been identified in the world over the past two years, including those that have been previously identified in preceding…

The Malaysia Star reported February 27th, 2011 that a break-in targeting the rare metal tantalum had occurred at two warehouses owned by the Penang Municipal Council in Georgetown Malayisa sometime…

In a press release issued January 14th, 2011 Richard Burt, President of the (Tantalum Niobium International Study Center) stated that “Without immediate additional funding commitments from third parties, iTSCi (The…

GAM Will Mine Tantalum at Wodgina and Process It At Greenbushes: Global Advanced Metals, formerly Talison Tantalum, announced January 17th the reopening of both its Wodgina and Greenbushes operations in…

Shifts in lead times for specific sub-components in the capacitor product groupings for December 2010 suggest a continued downward market trend for mass produced components consumed in digital electronics such…

Lead times for tantalum capacitors as a whole remained unchanged for the first time in September 2010 on a month-to-month basis; although at 34.6 weeks, supply of the high capacitance,…

Disclosure Requirements for Mining and Energy Companies to Impact Passive Component Supply Chain
Multiple Sources: July 15th-28th 2010