RE: Tungsten shortages30 Jun 2026 13:54
VANCOUVER, BC, June 23, 2026 /CNW/ -- AmericanNewsGroup.com News Commentary — The United States has not produced tungsten from a domestic mine since 2015, and the clock on fixing that is no longer abstract. On January 1, 2027, a federal procurement rule begins barring tungsten mined, refined, or processed in China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from a wide band of U.S. defense applications. Tungsten is the densest, hardest-wearing metal in the arsenal — the material behind armor-piercing munitions, tank armor, and missile components — and there is no domestic mine ready to fill the gap. Against that backdrop, Western Star Resources Inc. (CSE: WSR) (OTC: WSRIF) (FRA: 4K2) just put field crews on the ground at a past-producing tungsten property in one of America's most important historic tungsten districts.