RE: B of A mining & steel conference14 May 2026 13:40
Chinese tungsten becomes more irrelevant - a) it has declining grades and the CCP no longer subsidises its mining and production; b) it continues to import large quantities of it, especially from its near-neighbours; c) the West will persist in establishing its own supply-chains of critical minerals because even if a tentative deal emerges between them in that area, the structural-supply problem and the inherent distrust of China underpin the importance of reliability, confidence, and independence. Nothing changes in the West’s supply- and production-related problems of critical minerals.