Last month, antimony prices soared 40% in a matter of days after China banned exports to the United States of several critical minerals. China enforced the existing limits on antimony, gallium, germanium, critical minerals that have widespread military applications ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office. China is the world’s largest producer of antimony, accounting for 48% of global mined output. The country’s output in 2023 clocked in at 40,000 tonnes, nearly double Tajikistan’s 21,000 tonnes while Turkey was the…
