CORRECTION IN THIS SENTENCE (in message #25):
I.E., tantalum is a metal, not mineral below.
"From my brief review of tantalum, I feel there is a tremendous current and growing need for this mineral in China and elsewhere."
should be:
"From my brief review of tantalum, I feel there is a tremendous current and growing need for this metal in China and elsewhere."
Sometimes I write and post too fast!
sumisu