Australia's Antimony Supply Chain provides a national snapshot of the antimony sector as of January 2026, including production, resources, and exploration. The dataset is published by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated in May 2026. Antimony is described as a critical mineral essential for energy, defence, and advanced manufacturing.
Use Cases
- Forecasting primary supply growth based on the described shift to non-metallurgical, technology-driven uses.
- Analyzing sector trends based on the reported decline in traditional demand from flame retardants and lead-acid batteries.
- Assessing strategic resource availability based on the inclusion of production, resources, and exploration data.
- Modeling recycling impact on metallurgical demand based on the description of increasing recycling rates.
Strengths
- Provides a national snapshot with a specific reference date of January 2026.
- Published by Geoscience Australia Data, a government scientific organization.
- Focuses on a critical mineral with defined strategic applications in energy, defence, and manufacturing.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data is provided in PDF format, which may complicate automated analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Time Range
- Snapshot as of January 2026
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-19 22:38:03.188984; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia