1. 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!