Commerce Resources Corp.., A Canadian company, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, since 2000 a leader in the exploration and development of tantalum and niobium deposits at international level. The company is adequately funded in a good position to advance the development of a promising and profitable and cost-tantalum and niobium mining operation.
Tantalum and niobium - Metals for today's technology
Tantalum and niobium are metals that are indispensable for a wide range of new products and techniques. Besides the very high melting point of tantalum is characterized by its special properties for storing electrical energy. This is used in capacitors, and tantalum have the highest densities (ie capacity) of capacitors. Other properties of tantalum are the exceptional heat resistance and the almost unmatched corrosion resistance and resistance to chemicals. Niobium is mainly used as an alloying element for the production of so-called super steels used. These are characterized by their very high strength and durability and high corrosion resistance and resistance to cracking under high temperatures.
Tantalum is in demand
Tantalum and niobium - Metals for today's technology
Tantalum and niobium are metals that are indispensable for a wide range of new products and techniques. Besides the very high melting point of tantalum is characterized by its special properties for storing electrical energy. This is used in capacitors, and tantalum have the highest densities (ie capacity) of capacitors. Other properties of tantalum are the exceptional heat resistance and the almost unmatched corrosion resistance and resistance to chemicals. Niobium is mainly used as an alloying element for the production of so-called super steels used. These are characterized by their very high strength and durability and high corrosion resistance and resistance to cracking under high temperatures.
Tantalum is in demand
• in the electronics industry (mobile phones and other telecommunications species, computers, data storage, digital cameras, flat panel displays)
• in the air and space (components for jet engines), vehicle manufacturing (electronics and air bag systems), energy production and chemical industry (pipes, tanks and containers)
• in Medicine (Auto-defibrillators, cochlear implants, stents for angioplasty and other procedures)
• in the industry in general (cutting tools, semiconductor)
The demand for rough tantalum niobium increases steadily, while the stocks in the supply chain is currently low. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Centre (TIC) say for the next 20 years requires a quadrupling of demand. To meet this future demand, the market will require additional significant production from new sources. Unlike other metals, tantalum is not traded as a commodity to the accepted metal markets. The tantalum market is instead on negotiated basis. This fact gives the providers a significant bargaining power, especially during a bull market of the tantalum price.
