22.01.2009
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/01/22/45321/tantalum-capacitor-price-set-to-rise.htm
"At the close of 2008, capacitor manufacturers were advising that the price of tantalum capacitors was expected to rise by between 13% and 40%," he said. "This was in response to predictions by Talison, and the producers of tantalum powder that new contracts for the raw tantalum ore would be subject to price increases of up to 85%."
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