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China is the biggest antimony ore producer but production has declined to 40,000 tons in 2023 from 61,000 tons in 2020 as a result of falling ore grades and more stringent environmental requirements.
Other major producers of antimony include Myanmar, which accounted for 4,600 tons last year, Turkey for 6,000 tons and Tajikstan for 21,000 tons, according to USGS.
In 1981, reserves at the Xikuangshan deposit amounted to 10,000,000 tonnes of ore that contained 2 to 3 percent antimony (200-300,000 tonnes of antimony), at the time geologists thought that there may be more in the area. [3] By 2002 the estimated size of the deposit was 2,110,000 tonnes of pure antimony. [4]
The export restrictions have had a mixed impact on prices for those critical minerals, with the price of antimony more than doubling this year to over $25,000 per ton. Prices for gallium ...
In 1941, 42 tons of hand-sorted ore, with a grade of 30.47% antimony (Sb), were shipped to Harshaw Chemical Co. in Los Angeles. [1] [2] That same year, Whitestone Mines, Inc. acquired the property and secured a quitclaim deed. [1] In 1948, seven shipments were made, totaling 47 tons of hand-sorted material that averaged 55.9% antimony (Sb). [2]
The U.S. gets about half its supply of both gallium and germanium metals directly from China, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. China exported about 23 metric tons (25 tons) of gallium in 2022 and produces about 600 metric tons (660 tons) of germanium per year. ___ AP researcher Yu Bing in Beijing contributed to this report.
Antimony is a chemical element; it has symbol Sb (from Latin stibium) and atomic number 51. A lustrous grey metal or metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb 2 S 3). Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were powdered for use as medicine and cosmetics, often known by the Arabic name kohl. [11]
Prices of antimony trioxide in Rotterdam had soared by 228% since the beginning of the year to $39,000 a metric ton on Nov. 28, data from information provider Argus showed. "Everyone will dig in ...