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KEMET Supports Avoiding Tantalum Mined in Restricted Areas of Congo
Greenville, South Carolina (Original release: August 21, 2003, Updated: July 29, 2008) - KEMET Corporation (NYSE:KEM) supports the position of the Electronic Components, Assemblies and Materials Association (ECA) and the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (TIC) to avoid the use of tantalum ore coming from mines in environmentally protected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Kahuzi-Biega National Park and the Okapi Wildlife Reserve)
KEMET Corporation has taken the following action to ensure that illegal tantalum material from the Democratic Republic of Congo is not used to manufacture their tantalum capacitors.
- KEMET Corporation requires all suppliers of tantalum material to provide a Letter of Certification that they do not or will not, (a) illegally mine any tantalum material from the Congolese mines, (b) purchase any illegal material containing tantalum, including coltan, from the Congolese mines and (c) sell any illegal material to KEMET from such mines.
- All of our tantalum material suppliers have complied and issued signed Letters of Certification that KEMET Corporation will not receive illegal tantalum mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
About KEMET
KEMET Corporation applies world-class service and quality to deliver industry-leading, high-performance capacitance solutions to its customers around the world. KEMET offers the world's most complete line of surface-mount and through-hole capacitor technologies across tantalum, ceramic, film, aluminum, electrolytic, and paper dielectrics. KEMET's common stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEM. Additional information about KEMET can be found at http://www.kemet.com.
Release of EIA 
Release of TIC 
 | Contact: | Dean W. Dimke
Director of Corporate and
Investor Communication
deandimke@kemet.com
954-766-2806 |
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