Tantalum: An Oversupplied Market Cooling Down?
Is there a tantalum surplus? Do recent price declines follow unnecessarily high prices? Can a little extra profit hurt? Kemet's Daniel Perisco shared his thoughts.
Is there a tantalum surplus? Do recent price declines follow unnecessarily high prices? Can a little extra profit hurt? Kemet's Daniel Perisco shared his thoughts.
2011 began with positive fundamentals to support rising tantalum prices. But, 2012 may prove to be a different ballgame.
AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) reported it has taken delivery of the first shipment of verified conflict-free DRC tantalum ore.
Seeking Alpha reports the transcript from the AVX (NYSE:AVX) conference call on Monday discussing first quarter earnings.
AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) reports it has manufactured a tantalum polymer capacitor with a voltage rating of 125V.
The largest application for tantalum is in the electronics capacitor industry, totaling approximately 68 percent of global demand. Although tantalum consumption in the United States in 2009 was estimated to decrease by about 5 percent from the previous year, a large manufacturer of passive electronic components sees a very strong demand for tantalum caps in general, but in particular for the tantalum net capacitor.
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