Australia’s Global Advanced Metals resumes Wodgina tantalum mine

Reuters reports that Global Advanced Metals has reopened its Wodgina mine in Western Australia.

The market news is quoted as saying:

Prices for tantalite TANT-LON, used to make tantalum metal for iPods and BlackBerry smart phones, traded at about $105 a lb on the European spot market, well below $36 a lb hit in January 2010.

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