Strategic minerals
The minerals the transition runs on.
Copper, cobalt, tantalum, lithium, nickel, manganese, graphite, tin. Each one is a different product with different payable fields — and a cathode is not a hydroxide.
01 — Products
Eight minerals,
eight specifications.
Payable content, impurities, moisture and packaging decide the price. A tonnage without a specification is not a tradable offer.
02 — Concentration
Supply is held,
not diversified.
DR Congo accounts for roughly 73% of mined cobalt, South Africa 70% of platinum, Morocco about 69% of phosphate reserves. Concentration is the structural fact every buyer prices in.
DR Congo · 230,000 t
73% of world mine production · exports under quotas since Oct 2025 (≤ 96,600 t/yr 2026–27).
DR Congo · 3.2 Mt
World #2 producer, 80 Mt of reserves — behind Chile's 5.3 Mt.
DR Congo · 51%
World #1 output; the coltan chain starts here.
South Africa · 70%
Also 46% of chromium and 40% of manganese.
SOURCE: USGS MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES 2026 · 2025 ESTIMATES
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