The continuing closure of the Strait of Hormuz feels increasingly like the phony war, the period in World War II between the German invasion of Poland and the attack on…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsThe Crucible: January 2023For want of a nail…
In this article for The Crucible, analysts Andrew Matheson and Patrick Stratton of CPM Group home in on Hafnium, that most minor of minor metals. Don’t judge a market…
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CPM heard in early May 2025 from a hafnium supplier in China that one of its export shipments of hafnium crystal bar had been stopped by the Chinese customs authorities.…
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CrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsThe Crucible: November 2022Hafnium prices surge as concerns build
Hafnium prices have surged since September as firm demand from the aerospace, industrial gas turbine (IGT) and semiconductor industries rapidly outpaces supply, and buyers attempt to navigate this notoriously illiquid…
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After a dramatic spike in 2022, hafnium’s price has fallen somewhat closer to earth. By historical measures the price is still strikingly elevated but the volatility post-2021 appears to have…
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From the A Bomb to Hinkley Point and Beyond — Minor Metals in Nuclear James Walsh, MMTA Nuclear power has certainly had its up and downs over the last 70… -
25-26 April 2023 Charlotte, NC, USA Day 1 – Tuesday, April 25 For delegates who had neither played golf at the Bermuda Run Country Club (kindly sponsored by ICD…
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The MMTA is pleased to welcome Australian Zirconia as a new member. Australian Zirconia Limited (AZL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Australian multi commodity mining company, Alkane Resources…
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Trader Tophet Corporation has been serving the specialty metals industry for over 20 years with a specific focus on vacuum melters. We are committed to sourcing and consistently delivering high… -
Several high-temperature minor metal markets are emerging from a volatile few months, with hafnium and molybdenum prices surging as supply constraints bite, while niobium and tantalum navigate a more gradual…
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A new material with a higher melting point than any other known substance has potentially been discovered by scientists. The alloy, which is a combination of hafnium, carbon and nitrogen,… -
Perhaps the recent history of hafnium answers the question - ‘What are minor metal merchants for?’ A minor metals trader of the 1970s, it is fair to say, could safely…