China Mines 79% of World Tungsten. The U.S. Answer Needs Land
VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 16, 2026 /CNW/ -- American News Group News Commentary - The U.S. Geological Survey put Chinese mine output at 67,000 of the world's 85,000 tonnes of tungsten in 2025, close to 79% of global supply, with the United States mining none, as it has every year since 2015. Washington has responded with money and with rules. From January 1, 2027, the restriction under DFARS 252.225-7052 on tungsten from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea widens from the melt or production stage to the mine or ore stage, and recycled material will no longer reset country of origin. What neither the money nor the rules can manufacture is land. Before a single ounce of domestic tungsten reaches a
