Coltan: from the Congolese war zones… …to your cell phone Local traders Trading Posts: Traditional or Military-controlled e.g. SOMIGL, Rwanda Metals, Grands Lacs Metals Diggers working in riverbeds and mines Coltan Military circuits International traders e.g. Cogecom, Sogem, Masingiro, Finmining, EWR Capacitor and chip manufacturers: e.g. AMD, AVX, Epcos, Hitachi, Intel, Kemet, NEC Tantalum processing plants Approx. 20, e.g. Ulba Metallurgical Plant (Kazakhstan), Trinitech (USA). 4 of these are capable of making tantalum powder for the electronics industry: H.C. Starck (Germany), Cabot (USA), Ningxia (China), Shoa-Cabot (Japan) Tantalum powder International expedition and transport companies e.g. ABAC, Steinweg, TMK, Ulba Aviakompania, Flight Line, DAS Air, SwissCargo Tantalum capacitors and other components High-tech industry e.g. Alcatel, Compaq, Dell, Ericsson, HP, IBM, Lucent, Motorola, Nokia, Siemens Mobile phones, computers, play stations… You are here!