Tungsten
钨WRecords coded to Tungsten, from Final List of Critical Minerals 2018 (18 May 2018) to the latest event on 9 Oct 2026. Shared stage codes are not findings.
Record as of . Counts are records of one kind at a time and are never added together.
- Events
- 19by event date
- Control clauses
- 2status on 3 Nov 2026
- Capital rows
- 8a count of rows, not of money2 of them are parts of a package
- Designations
- 8standing, not money
- Projects
- 9registry records1 with no designation
- Programmes
- 4named by these rows
- Organizations
- 13named by these rows
- Sources
- 33cited by these records
Supply chain, stage by stage
Tungsten's row of the lattice: what the record places at each stage. Counts are records per stage, never money; a record coded to several stages is counted at each, so the stages have no total. The last column holds records that name Tungsten and record no stage, so the lattice cannot place them.
- ExplorationExploration1 commitmentCA
- MiningMining2 commitmentsGB4 designationsEU
- SeparationSeparationNone recorded
- ProcessingProcessing3 commitmentsAU GB JP1 clauseCN3 designationsEU JP
- RefiningRefining2 commitmentsAU JP1 clauseCN1 designationJP
- Component manufacturingComponentsNone recorded
- RecyclingRecycling1 designationEU
- Research and developmentR&DNone recorded
- Cross-cuttingCross-cuttingNone recorded
- No stage recordedNo stage1 clauseCN
Records by stage
Exploration
Capital rows
CAD 172,000
As stated: Funding amount: $172,000Instrument not specified. Announced, status date 3 Mar 2026.
Control clauses
None
Designationsstanding, not money
None
Mining
Capital rows
No amount stated
Procurement right. Announced, status date 25 Aug 2026.
up to GBP 71 million
As stated: an investment of up to £71 million in Tungsten WestSeveral instruments, split not stated. Announced, status date 25 Aug 2026.
Control clauses
None
Designationsstanding, not money
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: MINERALIA - Minas, Geotecnia e Construções, Lda.
Names: Tungsten
Project registry
Locations: Portugal
Sponsors: MINERALIA - Minas, Geotecnia e Construções, Lda.
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 25 Mar 2025. Standing, not money.
Holder: ABENÓJAR TUNGSTEN S.A.
Names: Tungsten
Project registry
Locations: Spain
Sponsors: ABENÓJAR TUNGSTEN S.A.
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 25 Mar 2025. Standing, not money.
Holder: Iberian Resources Spain
Names: Tungsten
Project registry
Locations: Spain
Sponsors: Iberian Resources Spain
As stated: Tungsten West
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 4 Jun 2025. Standing, not money.
Holder: Tungsten West
Names: Tungsten
Project record codes: mining, processing. Not placed here; this designation names mining only.
Project record also names: tin, not a tracked material
Project registry
Locations: the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon ... on the outskirts of Plymouth
Sponsors: Tungsten West
Processing
Capital rows
No amount stated
Tax credit. Authorized, status date 14 Feb 2025.
about JPY 7.5 billion
As stated: ※助成額は約75億円Grant. Decided, date not stated.
up to GBP 71 million
As stated: an investment of up to £71 million in Tungsten WestSeveral instruments, split not stated. Announced, status date 25 Aug 2026.
Control clauses
MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 10 (2025)
In force on 3 Nov 2026In force, status date 4 Feb 2025
Covered items (goods, technology) belong here. That places the items, not a claim that the clause restricts this stage.
Designationsstanding, not money
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: ABENÓJAR TUNGSTEN S.A.
Names: Tungsten
Project registry
Locations: Spain
Sponsors: ABENÓJAR TUNGSTEN S.A.
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 25 Mar 2025. Standing, not money.
Holder: Iberian Resources Spain
Names: Tungsten
Project registry
Locations: Spain
Sponsors: Iberian Resources Spain
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As stated: タングステンの還元及び炭化設備を新設し、タングステン粉末及び炭化タングステン粉末の生産能力を向上させる。
Certified supply-assurance plans for critical minerals (Economic Security Promotion Act) (Japan). Recognized, status date 18 Mar 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: Allied Material Corporation
Names: Tungsten
Project registry
Locations: 富山製作所から約1kmの場所
Sponsors: Allied Material Corporation
Refining
Capital rows
No amount stated
Tax credit. Authorized, status date 14 Feb 2025.
about JPY 2 billion
As stated: ※助成額は約20億円Grant. Announced, status date 7 Sep 2026.
Control clauses
MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 10 (2025)
In force on 3 Nov 2026In force, status date 4 Feb 2025
Covered items (goods, technology) belong here. That places the items, not a claim that the clause restricts this stage.
Designationsstanding, not money
As stated: 日本国内に、タングステンの湿式精錬設備を増強し、国内安定供給体制を強化する。
Certified supply-assurance plans for critical minerals (Economic Security Promotion Act) (Japan). Recognized, status date 7 Sep 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
Names: Tungsten
Project registry
Locations: 日本国内
Sponsors: Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
Recycling
Capital rows
None
Control clauses
None
Designationsstanding, not money
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: OMCD TEK HUB S.p.A.
Names: Cobalt, Tungsten
Also names: copper, not a tracked material
Project record also names: copper, not a tracked material
Project registry
Locations: Italy
Sponsors: OMCD TEK HUB S.p.A.
No stage recorded
These name Tungsten but record no stage, so the lattice cannot place them.
Control clauses
Announced on 3 Nov 2026Announced, status date 9 May 2025
By rule: this kind of clause defines no items of its own, so it has no stage.
None recorded at: Separation, Component manufacturing, Research and development, Cross-cutting.
A designation is a government's recognition of a project under a named scheme. It records standing, not money, and covers only the stages and materials the designation names. A project is the registry record of the site or venture. Shared stage codes are not a finding.
Registry projects with no designation naming Tungsten
Not placed by stage: a project's own stage list is not a designation, and the lattice places only designations.
- Geochronology and Petrogenesis of Granitoids and Related Critical Mineral Systems in New Brunswick
Locations: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Sponsors: New Brunswick Geological Survey
Project record codes: exploration. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: Natural Resources Canada to New Brunswick Geological Survey
Capital and controls
Each capital row is shown at its own amount, in its own currency, exactly as the record states it. Nothing here adds up, splits or converts an amount, so a row that names several materials shows its whole amount and a part sits inside its package without being added again.
Capital rows (8 naming Tungsten; 6 shown at top level, 2 inside a package)
Public commitments (8)
Committed to a recipient by a government or public enterprise, at the status each row states. A contracted, partially disbursed or disbursed row is binding because an agreement is executed; payment is tracked separately by status. A contracted row need not mean funds are obligated or paid, and a partially disbursed row is not fully paid.
Provider: Natural Resources CanadaRecipient: New Brunswick Geological Survey
CAD 172,000
As stated: Funding amount: $172,000Instrument not specified. Announced, status date 3 Mar 2026.
Not yet binding.
Scope: names 2 materials; the amount is not divided.
Provider: National Wealth FundRecipient: Tungsten West
up to GBP 71 million
As stated: an investment of up to £71 million in Tungsten WestSeveral instruments, split not stated. Announced, status date 25 Aug 2026.
Not yet binding.
Scope: also covers materials outside the tracked set.
Part: Equity, GBP 36 million; not added again
Provider: National Wealth FundRecipient: Tungsten West
GBP 36 million
As stated: a £36 million equity investmentEquity. Announced, status date 25 Aug 2026.
Not yet binding.
Scope: also covers materials outside the tracked set.
Part: Loan, up to GBP 35 million; not added again
Provider: National Wealth FundRecipient: Tungsten West
up to GBP 35 million
As stated: up to £35 million of lendingLoan. Announced, status date 25 Aug 2026.
Not yet binding.
Scope: also covers materials outside the tracked set.
Provider: Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC)Recipient: Allied Material Corporation
about JPY 7.5 billion
As stated: ※助成額は約75億円Grant. Decided, date not stated.
Not yet binding. Authority as stated: 経済安全保障推進法 (Economic Security Promotion Act).
Scope: names Tungsten only.
Provider: Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC)Recipient: Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
about JPY 2 billion
As stated: ※助成額は約20億円Grant. Announced, status date 7 Sep 2026.
Not yet binding. Authority as stated: 経済安全保障推進法 (Economic Security Promotion Act).
Scope: names Tungsten only.
Provider: Australian GovernmentRecipient: Constitutional corporations with registered CMPTI processing activities
No amount stated
Tax credit. Authorized, status date 14 Feb 2025.
Not yet binding. Authority as stated: Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Act 2025 (Act No. 9 of 2025), Schedule 2, inserting Division 419 into the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
Scope: names 13 materials; the amount is not divided.
Provider: UK GovernmentRecipient: Tungsten West
No amount stated
Procurement right. Announced, status date 25 Aug 2026.
Not yet binding.
Scope: names Tungsten only.
Control clauses (2, status on 3 Nov 2026)
Announced on 3 Nov 2026
Announced, status date 9 May 2025
- Announced, status date 9 May 2025
MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 10 (2025)
In force on 3 Nov 2026
In force, status date 4 Feb 2025
- In force, status date 4 Feb 2025
Covered items (goods, technology) belong at refining, processing. That places the items; it is not a claim that the clause restricts that stage.
Legal basis: Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China; Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Dual-Use Items
Explore capital rows naming Tungsten and control clauses naming Tungsten: all rows naming Tungsten, parts and options listed separately.
Timeline
One dot for each event, placed at its event date as coded. Capital-row and clause status dates are not plotted: a status with no date has no honest position, and an event date is never used in its place.
No tungsten record states a date after the as-of.
Newest events
- EUCommission Decision recognising 46 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act
- JPCertification of Japan New Metals' critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for tungsten under the Economic Security Promotion Act
- GBNational Wealth Fund backs Tungsten West to unlock critical UK tungsten supply
- JPCertification of Allied Material's critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for tungsten under the Economic Security Promotion Act
- CAGovernment of Canada invests to unlock Canada’s critical minerals advantage (PDAC 2026 funding announcement)
- GBVision 2035: Critical Minerals Strategy
Events (19)
Policy status across actors
Where each actor's coded measures on this material currently stand.
Commission Decision recognising 46 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act
UnclearRecords under this event: 3 designations.
Certification of Japan New Metals' critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for tungsten under the Economic Security Promotion Act
ActiveRecords under this event: 1 capital row, 1 designation.
National Wealth Fund backs Tungsten West to unlock critical UK tungsten supply
ActiveRecords under this event: 4 capital rows.
Certification of Allied Material's critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for tungsten under the Economic Security Promotion Act
ActiveRecords under this event: 1 capital row, 1 designation.
Government of Canada invests to unlock Canada’s critical minerals advantage (PDAC 2026 funding announcement)
ActiveRecords under this event: 1 capital row.
Commission Decision recognising 13 critical raw material projects in third countries and overseas countries or territories as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act
In forceRecords under this event: 1 designation.
National Export Control Coordination Mechanism Office deploys special campaign against smuggling and illegal export of strategic minerals
ActiveRecords under this event: 1 control clause.
Commission Decision recognising 47 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act
In forceRecords under this event: 2 designations.
Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Act 2025
In forceRecords under this event: 1 capital row.
MOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 10 of 2025 on export controls on tungsten and related items
ActiveRecords under this event: 1 control clause.
Resilience for the Future: The United Kingdom's Critical Minerals Strategy
SupersededSuperseded by Vision 2035: Critical Minerals Strategy.
Editorial notes (not coded records)
Written summaries kept from the earlier page, not coded records. A summary appears only if it passed review against the records above; the downstream-use list is exempt from that review and has not been checked against a source.
Typical downstream uses
- Cemented-carbide tooling
- Armor-piercing munitions
- Aerospace alloys