Bismuth — a little-known but critical metal used in defense industries — has spiked to a decade-high after China added the commodity to an export-control list in retaliation for US tariffs ...

Right now, Fortune Minerals is looking for financing to build a cobalt, gold and bismuth mine about 150 kilometres from Yellowknife. Robin Goad, the CEO, says that even the threat of a trade war ...

From $6 per lb previously, bismuth prices have surged to between $12 and $18 in the European spot market this week, the highest level since May 2008. Traders expect to see higher bismuth prices.

Exports of bismuth, indium, molybdenum ... and its use in drills spans every other metallic supply chain from mine to machining. Tungsten crucibles make it possible to melt just about any other ...