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3TG conflict minerals
Sample dataTungsten has the highest melting point of any metal. It is used in hard metals (tungsten carbide cutting tools, drilling), armour-piercing munitions, high-temperature alloys and electronics. China produces about 80% and has placed tungsten under export controls (February 2025). Rwanda is Africa's leading producer, and its Nyakabingo mine (Trinity Metals) now ships ferberite concentrate to the US defence-linked supply chain. Tungsten is a 3TG conflict mineral.
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Wolframite / ferberite concentrate
Unit: mtu · HS 2611.00
60–70% WO3 (Nyakabingo 65–70% WO3)
Scheelite concentrate (CaWO4)
Unit: mtu · HS 8101.94
50–70% WO3
Ammonium paratungstate (APT)
Unit: mtu · HS 2841.80
the key intermediate and price reference (88.5% WO3)
Tungsten oxide, powder, carbide, ferrotungsten
Unit: mtu
downstream
ARAM sourcing assessment
Strong strategic pull from US/EU defence and tooling; Rwanda is well organised. Requires 3TG programme. Listing status: Contract (verified only).
Rwanda
Nyakabingo (Trinity Metals, ~100–120 t/month concentrate), Gifurwe, artisanal sites
Nigeria
small
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 — African rows of the world production & reserves table
World Mine Production and Reserves: Production in 2024 for Russia was revised significantly based on a Rwanda 1,300 1,300 NA World total (rounded) 82,000 85,000 >4,700,000
| Year | Country | HS | Value | Net weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | DR Congo | 2611 | $4.3m | 485 t |
| 2024 | DR Congo | 2611 | $3.8m | 361 t |
| 2024 | Nigeria | 2611 | $453k | 100 t |
| 2023 | Uganda | 2611 | $391k | 73 t |
Mirror data fills gaps where exporters report late or incompletely.
| Year | Buyer | Origin | HS | Value | Net weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | China | Rwanda | 2611 | $17.3m | 1.1 kt |
| 2023 | China | Rwanda | 2611 | $2.7m | 212 t |
| 2024 | China | Nigeria | 2611 | $2.1m | 158 t |
| 2024 | China | DR Congo | 2611 | $1.8m | 132 t |
| 2023 | China | Nigeria | 2611 | $648k | 49 t |
| 2024 | Rep. of Korea | Rwanda | 2611 | $299k | 20 t |
| 2023 | Rep. of Korea | Rwanda | 2611 | $284k | 20 t |
| 2023 | China | DR Congo | 2611 | $261k | 20 t |
| 2024 | China | Uganda | 2611 | $246k | 18 t |
Source: UN Comtrade (public data). Values in US$.
Minerals trade on formula prices: a published benchmark × metal content × payable percentage, less treatment charges and impurity penalties, settled on independent assay. Payment is typically by documentary letter of credit, with 90–95% provisional payment against shipping documents and the balance on final assay.
Request terms for TungstenRwanda
Permit / licence
RMB licensing, ICGLR certificate, ITSCI/BSP traceability
Authority: ICGLRPrimary source
Cross-border
Export ban
US Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation: ban on Chinese-origin tungsten in defence supply from 2027 — drives demand for Rwandan supply
Primary source
Operator: Trinity Metals
Ferberite concentrate 65–70% WO3, shipping to the US.
Rwanda: Nyakabingo (Trinity Metals) ferberite/wolframite ~100–120 t/month concentrate at 65–70% WO3; >320 t shipped since Aug 2025 to Global Tungsten & Powders (Pennsylvania), reported up to ~20% of US primary concentrate consumption. Concentrate priced per mtu WO3 as a % of the APT price (SMM, Fastmarkets).
Source 1 · contents.trinity-metals.comSource 2 · mining.comSource 3 · metal.comSource 4 · buffalotungsten.com
Research compiled September 2026 from USGS, UN Comtrade, producer and regulator publications. Facts marked “reported” come from secondary sources and should be confirmed before contracting.
On the ground · Tungsten
The mines and districts that define supply, with their operators. They are shown for geographic context: third-party operations, not ARAM sites, and not the source of any particular lot. Ownership and status as publicly reported in 2026.
Rwanda
No freely licensed photograph
Rwanda
Operated by Trinity Metals
Rwanda's main tungsten mine, shipping ferberite concentrate to processors in the United States.
Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 3.0
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