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Tajikistan’s antimony mining boom, fueled by Chinese investment, is boosting its economy and global supply, especially to the EU.
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.
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.
Driven by China’s export restrictions and strategic investments, including a major 2022 expansion, the country is expanding processing and purification capacity.
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.
El auge de la minería de antimonio de Tayikistán, impulsado por la inversión china, está impulsando su economía y el suministro global, especialmente a la UE.