"China controls approximately 80 percent of global antimony production and refining"
USGS reports recent Chinese antimony mine production near 40,000 tonnes of a global total near 83,000 tonnes
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This is a human-established fact. It holds within INTERNATIONAL as enacted by US Geological Survey (Mineral Commodity Summaries); China Ministry of Commerce.
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Published USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries consistently report China as the dominant global producer of antimony ores and refined metal, with recent annual mine production around 40,000 tonnes out of a global total near 83,000 tonnes, and an even higher share of metallurgical refining capacity. Russia and Tajikistan are the next-largest producers. In August 2024 the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced export licensing for antimony, antimony ores and antimony trioxide effective 15 September 2024 — a materially restrictive measure for downstream defence and flame-retardant markets outside China.
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