The red truck being driven off by the thieves is owned by "Tetsuo" corporation. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) is a J-horror/cyberpunk/Cult movie by Shin'ya Tsukamoto, about a man who becomes mechanical..
The episode centers around a shipment of "refined coltan." That is rather like saying refined pyrite to indicate iron or refined galena to mean lead. Coltan is short for columbite-tantalite, (Fe,Mn)Nb2O6 and (Fe,Mn)Ta2O6 respectively. These ores of Niobium and Tantalum are frequently found together because the two metals are chemically equivalent. Tantalum is used to make jet turbine blades more heat resistant.
First appearance in the series of Garret Dillahunt playing Cromartie, one of the Terminators. (This character was played by Owain Yeoman in the Pilot (2008).)