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The tantalum landscape has witnessed substantial shifts in its supply base. Over the next ten years the market will change once more to look quite different to how it does today.Source: Tantalum Supply Base Set to Change Again But Risk Factors Remain Acco... Read More

The new EU rules on conflict minerals impose strict due diligence requirements on EU importers of gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum . On 19 May 2017 Regulation 2017/821, which sets out supply chain due diligence obligations for European Union importers &he... Read More

Following the early cancellation of AMG Mineração’s long term tantalum supply contract, deferred revenue recognized in the first quarter 2017 increased by $6.8 million, compared to the first quarter 2016, resulting in additional tantal... Read More

Following agreement on a political framework in June 2016 (“EU agreement on regulation against conflict minerals” article – August 2016) the negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and Council regarding a ne... Read More

The tantalum grades are even more significant when compared to Pilbara Minerals’ bellwether Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum deposit in AustraliaThe grades from the Zimbabwean project have made the market sit up and take notice. Significant tantalum gra... Read More

In June, I had the good fortune to walk in the Wakhan Valley, a mountainous Central Asian region dividing Tajikistan and Afghanistan. As my partner and I wound our way alongside the river separating relatives and countries, we couldn’t help but wond... Read More

Atlas Iron has been dragged into the legal disputes surrounding Mineral Resources’ push to establish a foothold in the emerging Pilbara lithium sector.Source: Atlas, GAM in Wodgina lithium dispute – The West Australian... Read More

The first industrial scale Coltan (Columbite-Tantalite) separation plant in Africa will be built in Rwanda by AB Minerals Corporation, and will become operational in mid-2017. It will bring much needed industrialisation opportunities to the region where t... Read More

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 24, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (Regulated Information) — AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (“AMG”, EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: “AMG”) is pleased to announce that AMG Mineracao has acquired the rema... Read More

In a very short period of time the electronics industry has moved from grudging acceptance of the so-called U.S. “conflict minerals” rule to a leadership position in compliance, research concludes. Moreover, companies that have embraced the me... Read More

Three years after U.S. companies began filing reports about their efforts to find minerals linked to armed militia groups in Africa in their supply chains, more than 70 percent say they still cannot make a determination.More than 1,200 companies filed con... Read More

H.C. Starck, one of the leading manufacturers of customer-specific powders and components made from technology metals and advanced ceramics, is optimizing the corporate legal structure of its powder divisions, Tungsten Powders, Tantalum/Niobium Powders, a... Read More

10% publicly-traded companies in the U.S. who filed form SDs with the federal government have proven it is possible to not only comply with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, but also to perform supply chain due... Read More

WALTHAM, Mass., U.S. and PERTH, Australia, Jun. 28 /CSRwire/ –  Global Advanced Metals Pty Ltd (GAM), a leading producer of conflict-free tantalum, today announced that it has entered an agreement, through its wholly owned subsidiary Global Adv... Read More

Following the successful legal actions in 2012 and 2014 on similar measures, this time the EU is focusing on restrictions concerning graphite, cobalt, copper, lead, chromium, magnesia, talcum, tantalum, tin, antimony and indium.”We cannot sit on our... Read More

TORONTO, CANADA and MUNICH, GERMANY–(Marketwired – Jul 11, 2016) – TANTALEX Resources Corporation, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, United Materials Congo SARL, located in the Katanga province of Democratic Republ... Read More

ISR Capital has inked an agreement with Reo Magnetic to acquire its 40.1 per cent stake in Tantalum Holding (Mauritius) for S$26.7 million.This, together with a 19.9 per cent interest that ISR Capital acquired on June 10, brings the firm’s interest ... Read More