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The main use of antimony is to harden lead in storage batteries, and it is increasingly being used in the semiconductor industry.

Source of information on antimony in Australia from Geoscience Australia.

USGS summary of the antimony market for five years up to 2023

Video discussion on alternative energy storage solutions and the role antimony plays in liquid metal batteries.

A report on the importance of diversity of energy storage solutions to minimise mineral supply chain risks to produce batteries including the development of liquid metal batteries where antimony is the cathode.

The Minerals Council of Australia released a guide to the minerals and metals that are essential to future applications for daily life. Antimony appears nine times in applications ranging from computer memory processing, anti-bacterial and anti-microbial materials, pacemakers and electric fire trucks!

A historic report for the colonial Department of Mines on antimony deposits in Victoria

Infographic on geopolitical importance & supply risk of antimony

China has finally flexed its muscles and enacted a long-expected export ban on antimony that is terrible news for users of the critical mineral but excellent news for the few members of the Australian antimony club

China will impose export controls on some antimony products from Sept. 15, it said on Thursday, citing national security, adding to measures imposed by Beijing since last year to curb shipments of strategic minerals.

The price of antimony is expected to surge following news that the Chinese government is set to further restrict exports of the critical mineral

An extreme supply shortage since April has led to the sharpest price rally ever recorded in the antimony market since Fastmarkets started pricing the metal back in the early 1980s.

IEEE Spectrum article on a potential antimony based stationary storage liquid-metal battery.

A write up on SXG's antimony at the end of the article.