Cabot Corporation has businesses in chemicals, performance materials and specialty fluids. The Company's Chemicals business manufactures and sells carbon black, fumed metal oxides and inkjet colorants for the automotive, construction, consumer products, microelectronics and rubber manufacturing industries, among others. The Performance Materials business produces tantalum, niobium (columbium) and their alloys for the electronic materials. The Specialty Fluids business produces and markets cesium formate as a drilling and completion fluid for use in high pressure and high temperature oil and gas well operations.