Tantalum oversupply will continue until at least the end of this year, John Crawley, managing director of Refractory Metals Mining, said during the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center's virtual conference this week.
"The fourth quarter of the year might be hurt by [an abundance of] inventory accumulated during the third quarter of the year," Crawley said during a panel discussion on Monday October 12 regarding the impact of Covid-19 on the tantalum and niobium supply chain."In the first quarter, we saw reduced supply from China due to Covid-19-related lockdowns there. In the second quarter, supply...