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Company: Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd. ; P.O. Box 2000 ; Ph: (204) 884-2400 Tantalum, cesium and lithium ores & concentrates. Tantalum concentrates, 28% Ta2O5 High quality capacitors is the major single use for tantalum, accounting for 70% of the total consumption of tantalum in Japan, 50% of the total in the U.S.A., and 25% in Europe. Tantalum carbide is used for the production of hardmetal alloys for cutting tools. Other tantalum alloys are important constituents of aero engines, and for acid resistant pipes and tanks used in the chemical industry. Tantalum is also used in the medical industry. Tantalum ``pins`` are used in such areas as hip-joint replacements, as it is the only metal not rejected by body fluids. Spodumene Lithium Ore. used in ceramics, as a mold-flux powder in the steel industry and also used in the glass-making industry. Cesium Formate - a drill-in and completion fluid used in the drilling of high temperature, high pressure oil and gas wells. It is an environmentally friendly drilling fluid which is a tremendous advantage when it come to off-shore drilling in particular |
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