Potential Collaboration for down-streaming and value-adding

EQR (another asx listed tungsten miner) had a presentation today which had one of the dot points under "Priorities of Coming 12-months" as "Co-ordinating with other Australian tungsten developers on suitable routes for down-streaming and value-adding (strong customer engagement)". I don't know any other primary tungsten producers other than G6M and the Dolphin mine. EQR has previously spoke of ferro-tungsten. And there does seem to be a growing appetite in Australia to increase industry/production value-adding onshore. I expect both companies will be getting the ball rolling on plans if they plan to announce some form of value-add processing within 12 months.


The most basic definition of the Ferro Tungsten production process would be that the minerals are mined and converted to tungsten oxide and then heated with hydrogen or carbon to produce a powdered form that is mixed with iron.

Ferrotungsten (FeW) is a ferroalloy, consisting of iron and tungsten. The metal usually consists of 75%-82% or 70%-75% tungsten.



Thought I would also repost this here as it may be of interest to some:
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/tech-champions-2022-acclaims-nyobolt-s-fast-charging-tungsten-battery-technology-4538728.html