I · Critical Metals Supply

Minor and refractory metals. U.S.-atomized titanium powder.

Critical-metals supply for U.S. defense, aerospace, medical and advanced manufacturing.

TASCA USA is a U.S. supplier and qualifier of tungsten, rhenium, tellurium, selenium, and U.S.-atomized Ti-6Al-4V Grade 23 ELI titanium powder. We take title at U.S. ports of entry, qualify against government and prime-contractor specifications, and deliver into the U.S. supply chains that depend on these materials.

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II · Who We Are

A title-taking principal and qualifier of strategic metals into the U.S. market.

TASCA USA is a U.S. firm operating two principal product streams: a minor and refractory metals trading book supplied through structured cooperation agreements with parastatal producers, and a U.S.-atomized titanium powder line qualified for aerospace and medical additive manufacturing.

We take title at U.S. ports of entry, hold material in bonded warehousing, qualify against ISO 17025 third-party certification and prime-contractor specifications, and deliver under DFARS-aware chain of custody.

Upstream supply runs on structured producer partnerships across Central Asia, Japan, and the Nordics; downstream delivery runs into U.S. defense, aerospace, medical, and advanced-manufacturing buyers.

TASCA USA's leadership combines specialty-metals trading, federal-financing arrangement, and metallurgical engineering experience across U.S. and international jurisdictions.

III · Capabilities

Three tracks, one platform.

Trading-book commodity supply, U.S.-atomized titanium powder for additive manufacturing, and federal-financing arrangement for upstream development partners.

i.
Trading Book

Minor and refractory metals

Tungsten metal powder, rhenium (APR and metallic), tellurium and selenium powders, anchored by a long-term cooperation agreement with a Central-Asia parastatal producer. Title-taking, bonded warehousing, third-party assay, OECD Due Diligence Guidance aligned.

ii.
U.S. Atomization

Ti-6Al-4V Grade 23 ELI Powder

Plasma gas atomization at a U.S. specialty-metals partner (Buffalo, NY), on qualified feedstock with full heat traceability. Standard AM cuts (15-45, 15-53, 15-63 µm) with a complete buyer-qualification data package.

iii.
Federal Financing

Development partners

Federal-financing arrangement for upstream development partners across the value chain: USTDA, DFC, EXIM U.S.-content lender support, DPA Title III industrial-base authorities, and DLA Strategic Materials.

IV · Materials

The product book.

Five materials. Three on the USGS Final 2025 List of Critical Minerals; one in the highest supply-chain-risk category. One U.S.-atomized aerospace alloy.
W
Tungsten
Metal powder, PVT grade. USGS-listed, highest supply-chain risk.
Re
Rhenium
Ammonium Perrhenate; 4N metallic to follow. Newly added to USGS 2025 list.
Te
Tellurium
5N powder, available from September 2026. USGS-listed.
Se
Selenium
5N powder, available from September 2026. Specialty steel, IR optics, photovoltaics.
Ti64
Titanium G23 ELI
U.S.-atomized Ti-6Al-4V Grade 23 ELI powder. Commercial production from Q3 2026. Aerospace and medical AM.
V · What separates us

Compliance posture, basket breadth, federal stack.

Five things that materially distinguish TASCA USA from a generic critical-metals trader.

  1. DFARS country-of-origin posture

    International sourcing for the trading book; sourcing country is not on the DFARS 252.225-7052 covered-country list, and tungsten metal powder, WC-Co tooling, and Mo-Re alloy are not specialty metals under the exhaustive DFARS 252.225-7009(a) definition. The U.S.-atomized titanium stream satisfies the 7009 melt-and-pour requirement via U.S. atomization on qualifying-country feedstock.

  2. USGS Final 2025 Critical Minerals List alignment

    Three of four trading-book commodities (W, Re, Te) designated on the USGS Final 2025 List of Critical Minerals. Tungsten in the highest supply-chain-risk category; rhenium newly added 2025.

  3. Multi-commodity basket plus a diversifying producer network

    Four minor and refractory metals anchored by a structured cooperation agreement with a Central-Asia parastatal producer, plus U.S.-atomized titanium powder, plus producer partnerships extending into Japan and the Nordics. Rare combination in the U.S. critical-metals trading landscape.

  4. Asset-light, U.S.-domiciled, federally registered

    Wyoming LLC, member-managed; SAM.gov active; SPRS posted; FASCSA representations completed; principal office in the southeastern Wisconsin defense-industrial corridor with short logistics to Great Lakes freight infrastructure.

  5. Parallel U.S.-facing federal-financing stack

    Engagement across USTDA Project Preparation Assistance, DFC PD grant framework, EXIM U.S.-content lender support, DPA Title III industrial-base authorities, and DLA Strategic Materials SP8000 commodity-supply channels.

VI · Strategic Context

Inside an active bilateral framework.

TASCA USA's supply chain operates within the framework established by the 2024 U.S.-Uzbekistan Critical Minerals Memorandum of Understanding, the November 2025 head-of-state cooperation commitments on tungsten, molybdenum, and other priority metals, and the 2026 U.S.-Uzbekistan Joint Investment Platform, anchored by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and announced in Washington on 8 April 2026.

The platform was designed to operationalise the bilateral relationship through joint investment in U.S. and partner-jurisdiction critical-minerals supply chains. TASCA USA is exactly the U.S.-firm structure the platform was intended to enable.

VII · Structure

The operating structure.

TASCA USA is the U.S. operating brand. The legal entity behind the brand is APGL Group LLC, a member-managed limited liability company organised under the laws of the State of Wyoming.

TASCA USA operates in commercial cooperation with TASCA Pte Ltd, a private limited company incorporated in Singapore, providing structured producer partnerships behind the supply chain.

U.S. Operating Brand
TASCA USA
Wyoming, member-managed
d/b/a registration of
Registered U.S. Entity
APGL Group LLC
Wyoming limited liability company
in commercial cooperation with
Singapore Affiliate
TASCA Pte Ltd
Singapore private limited company
VIII · Team

The people behind the platform.

Specialty-metals trading, structured finance, metallurgical engineering, and U.S. defense business development, across four jurisdictions.

George Lazarides Chief Executive Officer, TASCA USA
George Lazarides

Chartered Accountant (SAICA), formerly with KPMG (audit and advisory) and Barclays Capital (investment banking), and finance lead at one of the Middle East's largest property developers. Leads TASCA USA's U.S. critical-metals supply, qualification, and federal-financing arrangement, with deal-structuring, project-finance and capital-markets experience across frontier and emerging markets.

Harvey Arman Co-Founder
Harvey Arman

Founder and CEO of a Singapore investment house specialising in private equity, strategic procurement, and project engineering. Over $300M in proven critical-materials procurement for tier-one Western government buyers.

Adam Podgorski Co-Founder
Adam Podgorski

Investor-entrepreneur (BEng Hons, MRes) with a background in R&D technology development, critical-mineral infrastructure investment, structured finance, project initiation and product engineering. Has led and developed mining projects and a non-ferrous and refractory-metal processing plant in the EU, supplying governments and large industrial partners directly.

Peter Forsythe Business Development Director, Defense
Peter Forsythe, PMP, MBA

Retired U.S. Marine Corps officer and defense-industry executive with 25+ years leading complex global programs across aerospace, defense, manufacturing and sustainment. Established Saab Inc. as a first-time U.S. prime contractor on an approximately $500M U.S. munitions program, and generated over $41M annually through Oshkosh Defense's global service-provider network. DAWIA Level III in program management.

IX · Contact

For commercial and federal-procurement inquiries.

If you have a buyer requirement for refractory and minor critical-minerals product, U.S.-atomized titanium powder, or are a federal-procurement reviewer evaluating capability, please reach out directly.