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flag Tajikistan’s antimony mining boom, fueled by Chinese investment, is boosting its economy and global supply, especially to the EU.

flag In western Tajikistan, rising global demand for antimony—a key mineral for clean energy and military tech—has transformed mining operations, with workers at sites like Talco Gold extracting the metal from deep mountain tunnels. flag Tajikistan now produces about a quarter of the world’s antimony, second only to China, and supplies over half of the European Union’s imports. flag Driven by China’s export restrictions and strategic investments, including a major 2022 expansion, the country is expanding processing and purification capacity. flag The mining boom, fueled by Chinese capital and technology, offers Tajikistan a path to industrialization amid economic challenges, while deepening its geopolitical ties to China.

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