Statutory Intelligence Desk

Critical Minerals Export Controls Tracker

Global monitoring of official gazettes, central bank circulars, and trade directives governing critical minerals and rare earths. Grounded in statutory publications across 30+ jurisdictions.

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Antimony (Sb)

Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) & General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 33

Restriction Mechanism: Dual-use individual export licensing on antimony ore, concentrate, metal ingots, and antimony trioxide.

Supply Chain Impact: China supplies ~48% of global mined antimony and over 60% of refined antimony trioxide. Halts unvetted munitions and flame-retardant supply lines.

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Gallium & Germanium

MOFCOM Announcement No. 23

Restriction Mechanism: Security licensing on 8 gallium items and 6 germanium items (semiconductor wafers, compounds, oxides).

Supply Chain Impact: China produces ~98% of primary low-purity gallium. Requires non-China byproduct extraction from bauxite and zinc refining streams.

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Natural & Synthetic Graphite

MOFCOM Circular on Dual-Use Graphite Export Controls

Restriction Mechanism: Restricted permits for high-purity, high-strength artificial graphite and natural flake graphite used in EV battery anodes.

Supply Chain Impact: Anode supply chains require accelerated qualification of spherical graphite from Mozambique, Tanzania, and synthetic anodes.

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FEOC Battery Minerals (Li, Ni, Co, Mn, Graphite)

US Dept of Treasury & DOE Section 45X / 30D Final Guidance

Restriction Mechanism: Disqualification of Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) extraction, processing, or recycling from clean vehicle and manufacturing credits.

Supply Chain Impact: Forces cathode and anode offtakers to establish North American, Australian, or FTA-compliant supply corridors outside Chinese ownership.

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Nickel (Laterite & MHP)

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM)

Restriction Mechanism: Total raw ore export ban + strict annual RKAB production quotas on domestic smelter ore feed.

Supply Chain Impact: Controls global class 2 nickel pricing; drives HPAL conversion of low-grade limonites into MHP for battery precursor cathodes.

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Lithium (Unprocessed Spodumene & Petalite)

Ministry of Mines and Mining Development

Restriction Mechanism: Ban on raw unprocessed lithium ore exports without ministerial exemption and domestic processing commitment.

Supply Chain Impact: Miners must beneficiate to spodumene concentrate (SC6) in-country prior to trucking along the Beira corridor.

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Lithium, Rare Earths & Cobalt

Ministry of Mines and Energy

Restriction Mechanism: Prohibition on export of unprocessed critical minerals without approved domestic value-addition plans.

Supply Chain Impact: Directs offtakers toward joint domestic processing or Walvis Bay corridor beneficiation facilities.

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34 Strategic Raw Materials (CRMA)

European Parliament & Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1252

Restriction Mechanism: Mandates that by 2030: >=10% extracted in EU, >=40% processed in EU, >=25% recycled in EU, <65% from single third country.

Supply Chain Impact: Requires procurement heads to audit provenance and hedge against single-jurisdiction concentration across all 34 minerals.

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