China is the dominant producer of antimony, accounting for approximately 60% of global production. The Twinkling Star mine in Hunan Province, operated by Hsikwangshan Twinkling Star, is the country's biggest antimony production facility. In 2023, Chinese antimony production reached 60,000 tonnes.
China is the largest producer of antimony, accounting for 48% of mine production in 2023, followed by Tajikistan at 25%, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data showed.
The global mine production of antimony was estimated at 83,000 metric tons in 2023. Worldwide production of this metal has been on a moslty downward trend throughout the last decade, having...
China's antimony mine production amounted to approximately 40,000 metric tons in 2023, which was a significant drop from previous years. Tajikistan was the second-largest producers of...
Antimony (Sb), a silvery metalloid,1 is isolated and processed from the mineral stibnite (Sb2S3) for commercial use in a variety of downstream products and industries; its key properties are its ability to harden and strengthen certain metals.
Perpetua Resources' Stibnite gold and antimony project in Idaho could become the only source of antimony in the US. The price of antimony doubled in July and hit a record $22,750 per metric ton Aug. 6, driven by supply challenges and increasing applications in …
antimony mine production. The world's leading antimony-producing mine was a gold-antimony mine with 23,000-ton-per-year capacity in Russia. The mine had significantly reduced antimony production in 2021 through 2023 because gold production was maximized. The antimony price in 2023 decreased, and the estimated average price was
The supply of antimony raw materials and downstream production of antimony products was constrained in 2022 as a result of various temporary mine shutdowns to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Antimony in its elemental form is a silvery white, brittle crystalline solid that exhibits poor electrical and heat conductivity properties. Commercial forms of antimony are generally ingots, broken pieces, granules, and cast cake. Other forms are powder, shot, and single crystals.
China is the largest producer of antimony and its compounds, with most production coming from the Xikuangshan Mine in Hunan. The industrial methods for refining antimony from stibnite are roasting followed by reduction with carbon, or direct reduction of stibnite with iron.