Why has antimony tripled in 18 months?

China controls roughly 55% of mined antimony output and 80% of refined output. Beijing tightened export licensing in September 2024, forcing Western buyers into spot at any price. Western refining capacity is essentially zero outside a small Belgian facility; the Stibnite restart in Idaho is not expected before 2028.

What is antimony actually used for?

Roughly 50% of antimony demand goes to flame-retardant additives in plastics, ABS resin and textiles. Battery alloys (still dominant in SLI car batteries) take another 20-25%. The remainder is split between PV-glass clarification, semiconductor doping and specialty alloys. Substitution is technically difficult and economically prohibitive at most price points.

What is the current Antimonio price?

The current Antimonio spot price is $58,000/t, refreshed in real time on shortage.life from primary institutional sources. The shortage.life v3.2 stress index reading is 0.84 — see /methodology for how the composite is computed and how the components are weighted.

Antimony · MIN.ANTM — spot, stress and analysis

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Antimonio, y lo que significa la lectura.

El antimonio, esencial para retardantes de llama, fulminantes de municiones y vidrio fotovoltaico. Las restricciones de exportación chinas han triplicado el precio.

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What is Antimonio?

Antimonio is a critical mineral used as a flame retardant in plastics and textiles, as a battery alloy in lead-acid cells, and as a clarifier in photovoltaic glass. Spot: $58,000/t, stress index 0.84 — top of shortage.life's 70+ commodity table.

El antimonio, esencial para retardantes de llama, fulminantes de municiones y vidrio fotovoltaico. Las restricciones de exportación chinas han triplicado el precio. En la lectura más reciente, Antimonio registra un precio al contado de $58,000/t — un movimiento de ▲2.40% en las últimas veinticuatro horas y de ▲31.00% en los treinta días anteriores.

El índice de estrés v3.2 sitúa a MIN.ANTM en 0.84 — una lectura critical sobre un compuesto que combina el impulso de los precios, la cobertura de inventarios, la concentración de proveedores y la exposición geopolítica. La métrica se recalcula en cada ciclo de ingesta, y es la variación semanal lo que conviene seguir más que el nivel absoluto.

Para los operadores, la cuestión no es el precio en sí, sino el amortiguador que lo respalda. Una lectura que se tensa sobre Antimonio se combina con cualquier incidente en una ruta de tránsito o un productor compartido, y la cascada rara vez es lineal. Los escenarios siguientes incorporan MIN.ANTM como insumo explícito — cada uno se simula y revisa frente al perfil de exposición de esta materia prima.

Frequently asked

Why has antimony tripled in 18 months?: China controls roughly 55% of mined antimony output and 80% of refined output. Beijing tightened export licensing in September 2024, forcing Western buyers into spot at any price. Western refining capacity is essentially zero outside a small Belgian facility; the Stibnite restart in Idaho is not expected before 2028.
What is antimony actually used for?: Roughly 50% of antimony demand goes to flame-retardant additives in plastics, ABS resin and textiles. Battery alloys (still dominant in SLI car batteries) take another 20-25%. The remainder is split between PV-glass clarification, semiconductor doping and specialty alloys. Substitution is technically difficult and economically prohibitive at most price points.
What is the current Antimonio price?: The current Antimonio spot price is $58,000/t, refreshed in real time on shortage.life from primary institutional sources. The shortage.life v3.2 stress index reading is 0.84 — see /methodology for how the composite is computed and how the components are weighted.

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Antimonio, y lo que significa la lectura.

What is Antimonio?

Frequently asked

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