critical metal bottlenecks, page-2

Very interesting that 100 page report well worth the read, all l can say is whoever has Dysprosium is on a winner and thats the highest value in our deposit

It was the only critical metal that scored high in everywhere,


Demand growth for dysprosium is forecasted to be very strong by industry sources, due to competing pressures for rare earth magnets. The likelihood for rapid global demand growth over the coming five to ten years is therefore scored as high. There are considerable reserves available and several rare earths projects are under development.g Nonetheless, the limitations to expand production in the short to medium term are scored as high, due to the long lead times and complex commercial and technical challenges involved in bringing a rare earth mine to production. These problems for a smooth expansion of dysprosium supply are further exacerbated by the relative under-representation of dysprosium in rare earth ores as compared to the structure of demand.h Dysprosium production is concentrated almost entirely in China, a country that scores high on political risk indicators.i As a result, both the concentration of supply, as well as political risks are evaluated as high. Table 15 shows the results of the bottleneck evaluation for dysprosium. Given that high market risks are compounded by an extreme concentration of supply and high political risk for near-monopolist China, the overall risk is scored as high.