Australian government's portal to all matters relating to the critical minerals sector

The main use of antimony is to harden lead in storage batteries, and it is increasingly being used in the semiconductor industry.

Source of information on antimony in Australia from Geoscience Australia.

The Australian government's list of critical minerals operations in the country including the Costerfield and Hillgrove mines. Source: https://www.austrade.gov.au/ international/invest/opportunities/ resources-and-energy

Report on antimony in India

Report on the potential partnership between Australia and India prepared by the Australian government.

Report by Geoscience Australia into Australia's antimony resource base. Source: https://ecat.ga.gov.au/ geonetwork/srv/eng/ catalog.search#/metadata/145561

White paper written by Perpetua Resources on the strategic importance of antimony for the USA. Source: https://perpetuaresources.com/ antimony/

A study on the geopolitics of critical minerals by Washington DC based CSIS

Despite featuring high on the critical minerals lists of many nations, antimony has until recently been relatively overlooked.

Great power competition between the United States and China centres on technological supremacy. This extends beyond future-defining technologies such as high-end chip manufacturing, advanced AI, and quantum computing to include the supply chains underpinning these technologies, particularly critical minerals.

China’s latest export restrictions reveal yet another critical mineral vulnerability for the United States.

China has finally flexed its muscles and enacted a long-expected export ban on antimony that is terrible news for users of the critical mineral but excellent news for the few members of the Australian antimony club

China will impose export controls on some antimony products from Sept. 15, it said on Thursday, citing national security, adding to measures imposed by Beijing since last year to curb shipments of strategic minerals.

The price of antimony is expected to surge following news that the Chinese government is set to further restrict exports of the critical mineral