About this episode

This episode discusses the significance of Tungsten in military and industrial applications, its rising prices, and the implications of China's production dominance.

Tungsten is vital to military hardware and industry, including oil drilling. Yet, prices have risen tenfold in the last year, threatening both. This is a story of China's production capture, now wielded as an economic weapon. What is Tungsten, how is it mined and made, and how did we end up here? And what does it mean for the West? Our guest is William Parry-Jones, founder of Wolfram Advisory, a consultancy supporting clients in capturing value across the Tungsten and other critical minerals supply chains.

People in this episode

Host: Paul Chapman

Guest: William Parry-Jones

Topics covered

• Tungsten
• military hardware
• supply chains
• critical minerals
• economic impact

Keywords

• Tungsten
• military hardware
• oil drilling
• China
• supply chain
• critical minerals
• economic weapon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wolfram Advisory

Products: Tungsten

Places: China

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