Aug 28, 2026 | Articles, Gold
Imagine waking up tomorrow to learn that America can no longer get the tungsten it needs… Maybe it’s an export restriction. Maybe it’s a war. Maybe shipping lanes close. Or maybe another country simply decides it would rather keep one of the world’s...
Aug 28, 2026 | Articles, Gold
There was a time when miners hated tungsten… They didn’t know what it was. They only knew that when a certain dark, unusually heavy mineral showed up alongside the tin they were trying to process, something went wrong. The tin valuable tin they were trying to extract...
Aug 28, 2026 | Articles, Gold
Sometimes a mineral discovery is bigger than a mining story. And this may be one of those times… Deep beneath Nevada’s Railroad Valley, a privately held American company called 3 Proton Lithium, or 3PL, says it’s identified what could be the largest tungsten deposit...
Aug 28, 2026 | Articles, Gold
You probably didn’t use any tungsten this morning… At least, that’s what you probably assume. But the drill that helped build your home almost certainly did. So did the machinery that shaped the engine in your car, cut the glass in your windows, manufactured the...
Aug 28, 2026 | Articles, Gold
When copper wiring, aluminum components, or old batteries reach the end of their useful lives, much of their metal can eventually return to the supply chain. But tungsten fired at an enemy generally doesn’t. When it’s used in armor-piercing rounds, missile components,...
