offtake · non-aligned supply brief

Tantalum (Ta)

specialty · criticality 7/10 · substitutability: limited

MOS Rank

#55

score 13.5 · conf 43%

Published 2026-04-17 · Mineral Opportunity Score ranks all 58 tracked minerals by broker profitability.

Why this week

  • —Thin non-aligned supply — sourcing hard
  • —No liquid exchange → broker opportunity

Supply concentration

4% of global production is in China + Russia

HHI 1700

China 3% · Russia 1%Non-aligned 96%

Top producers

  • DRC33%
  • Rwanda15%
  • Brazil10%
  • Australia8%
  • Ethiopia5%

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