As the world’s largest user of tantalum, KEMET took an early leadership position in the industry on the issue of obtaining certified conflict-free minerals.
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Sourcing our upstream materials from conflict free validated mines which utilize traceability schemes to ensure complete chain of custody and maintain our EICC CFSP validation. 13of16
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“As the largest supplier of conflict free tantalum capacitors, KEMET will continue to play a significant leadership role in the issue of certified conflict free minerals,” stated Dr. Daniel Persico, KEMET’s Vice President, Special Projects. Dr. Persico served as an industry expert and fielded questions from attendees representing dozens of companies.
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KEMET Tantalum Ore Supply Not Affected by Dar Es Salaam Mineral TheftsGreenville, South Carolina (February 7, 2013)
– KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced its supply of tantalum ore is not affected by the mineral thefts in and around the port of Dar Es Salaam, which are reportedly impacting the supply of tantalite.“KEMET has taken significant actions over the past two years to develop a closed-pipe, vertically integrated conflict free tantalum supply line,” stated Per Loof, KEMET’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are now involved in the process from the sourcing of the tantalum ore all the way through to the delivery of capacitors to our customers. This helps to safeguard our supply from these types of issues, which in turn provide greater stability for our customers,” continued Loof.
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NPV (with the value of tantalum corrected to where it is now) for the Blue River project to be in the range of $500 Million, CG
"In specifics the Blue River project because there are still so many lies going on in the world of tantalum" CG

