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Manganese X Energy Corp is a Canada-based junior mineral exploration and development company. The company is engaged in acquiring and exploring mineral properties in North America. It is focused on supplying materials to lithium-ion batteries and other alternative energy industries. The company's project consists of Battery Hill, located in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The company also holds various other properties such as the Peter Lake Copper-Nickel-Cobalt property, Iron Ore Hill Road property, and others. It operates in two reportable operating segments, the acquisition and exploration of mineral property interests in Canada and technology development related to battery technologies and HVAC systems to respond to air quality needs.

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The energy transition towards renewable resources is driving demand for manganese, graphite, silicon, and fluorspar, highlighting China&#39;s dominance. Companies are looking to bolster the ex-China supply chain for these critical minerals.

Beyond Lithium: Strategic Battle For Fluorspar And Other Essential Minerals In Global Energy Politics

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Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods analyst David Konrad maintains Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CFG#NYSE">CFG</a>) with a Market Perform and raises the price target from $53 to $56.

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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Market Perform on Citizens Financial Group, Raises Price Target to $56

Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods analyst David Konrad maintains Truist Finl (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TFC#NYSE">TFC</a>) with a Outperform and raises the price target from $55 to $57.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Outperform on Truist Finl, Raises Price Target to $57

Keefe, Bruyette &amp; Woods analyst Kelly Motta maintains WaFd (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WAFD#NASDAQ">WAFD</a>) with a Market Perform and lowers the price target from $42 to $34.

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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Maintains Market Perform on WaFd, Lowers Price Target to $34

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas downgrades Harley-Davidson (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HOG#NYSE">HOG</a>) from Overweight to Equal-Weight and lowers the price target from $40 to $33.

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Morgan Stanley Downgrades Harley-Davidson to Equal-Weight, Lowers Price Target to $33

Morgan Stanley analyst Megan Alexander downgrades Polaris (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PII#NYSE">PII</a>) from Overweight to Equal-Weight and lowers the price target from $81 to $60.

Morgan Stanley Downgrades Polaris to Equal-Weight, Lowers Price Target to $60

U.S.-listed shares of Chinese EV startups Li Auto Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LI#NASDAQ">LI</a>), Nio Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NIO#NYSE">NIO</a>), and Xpeng Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/XPEV#NYSE">XPEV</a>) rose as high as 7.3% in premarket trading on Tuesday after President Donald Trump&#8216;s inauguration even as shares of California-based EV startup Rivian Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RIVN#NASDAQ">RIVN</a>) fell.
What Happened: Trump on Monday revoked a 2021 executive order signed by former President Joe Biden that sought to ensure that 50% of new vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2030 are electric. The new President also said that his administration would consider <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/tech/25/01/43090016/which-evs-might-lose-7500-ev-tax-credit-under-trump-administration">ending the $7500 federal tax credit available on select EV purchases</a>, posing a threat to the EV industry and dragging Rivian shares 1.1% lower in pre-market trading on Tuesday. 
Chinese EV manufacturers, however, rose in pre-market trading as Trump did not target China in his inauguration speech or impose tariffs on Beijing. Trump, instead said that he could impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1. 
To add to the Chinese EV startups&#8217; rally, Nio saw 2800 brand vehicle registrations in China for the week of January 13-19, up 86.7% as compared to the previous week. 
Li Auto had 9500 insurance registrations in the period, up 25% from the week before,
Xpeng also saw 9400 insurance registrations in the week, marking a jump of 27% from the week before.
Meanwhile, Tesla: Tesla (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TSLA#NASDAQ">TSLA</a>) stock rose 1.85% in pre-market trading on Tuesday, despite Trump&#8217;s announcements about EVs, likely owing to investor expectations of Tesla CEO Elon Musk&#8216;s close affinity to Trump aiding the company and enabling a favorable regulatory environment for its vision of deploying autonomous vehicles on public roads this year.
Musk has also previously dismissed the impact of a drop in EV tax credit for Tesla saying that the impact of the elimination of subsidies&nbsp;<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/07/39934750/trump-presidency-and-ira-cut-would-be-devastating-for-competitors-says-elon-musk-long-term-probably" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">would only be slight for Tesla</a>&nbsp;but devastating for its competitors. The elimination of EV subsidies would probably help Tesla in the long term, he added.
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Tesla's Chinese Rivals Li, Xpeng, Nio Surge While Rivian Declines In Pre-Market As Trump Revokes Biden's EV Target

Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore downgrades Astera Labs (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ALAB#NASDAQ">ALAB</a>) from Overweight to Equal-Weight and maintains the price target from $142 to $142.

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Morgan Stanley Downgrades Astera Labs to Equal-Weight, Maintains Price Target to $142

Morgan Stanley analyst John Glass downgrades Wendy's (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WEN#NASDAQ">WEN</a>) from Equal-Weight to Underweight and lowers the price target from $22 to $14.

Morgan Stanley Downgrades Wendy's to Underweight, Lowers Price Target to $14

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Morgan Stanley analyst John Glass downgrades Yum Brands (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/YUM#NYSE">YUM</a>) from Overweight to Equal-Weight and lowers the price target from $158 to $140.

Morgan Stanley Downgrades Yum Brands to Equal-Weight, Lowers Price Target to $140

Shares of INNOVATE Corp. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/VATE#NYSE">VATE</a>) rose sharply in today's <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/VATE">pre-market trading</a>.
INNOVATE announced the FDA approval of MediBeacon&#8217;s TGFR System For accurate kidney function testing.
INNOVATE shares jumped 19.4% to $6.10 in the pre-market trading session.
Here are some other stocks moving in pre-market trading.
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<li>EON Resources Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EONR#NYSE">EONR</a>) gained 89.2% to $1.93 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Dogwood Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/DWTX#NASDAQ">DWTX</a>) rose 62.5% to $3.04 in pre-market trading after falling 3% on Friday.</li>
<li>Crown Electrokinetics Corp. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRKN#NASDAQ">CRKN</a>) rose 43.5% to $0.1794 in pre-market trading. Crown Electrokinetics shares jumped around 57% on Friday after the company announced it entered into an exclusive partnership with Electro Scan.</li>
<li>Trio Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TPET#NYSE">TPET</a>) gained 30.7% to $2.33 in pre-market trading. Trio Petroleum said as of Jan. 7, it has fully repaid senior secured convertible promissory notes with aggregate principal of $1.6 million.</li>
<li>Tempus AI, Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TEM#NASDAQ">TEM</a>) gained 22.9% to $43.21 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Crown LNG Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CGBS#NASDAQ">CGBS</a>) gained 22.8% to $0.9185 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Agape ATP Corporation (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ATPC#NASDAQ">ATPC</a>) gained 22.6% to $1.63 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>First Foundation Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FFWM#NYSE">FFWM</a>) gained 12.7% to $7.09 in pre-market trading. First Foundation will release its fourth quarter 2024 earnings results before the opening bell on Thursday, Jan. 30.</li>
<li>Riskified Ltd. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RSKD#NYSE">RSKD</a>) gained 9.2% to $5.49 in pre-market trading.</li>
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<li>Canoo Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GOEV#NASDAQ">GOEV</a>) fell 72.3% to $0.3736 in pre-market trading after the company announced Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, ending operations effective immediately.</li>
<li>Orangekloud Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ORKT#NASDAQ">ORKT</a>) shares fell 30.3% to $0.78 in pre-market trading after dipping 72% on Friday.</li>
<li>Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TMCI#NASDAQ">TMCI</a>) fell 29.4% to $6.14 in pre-market trading after gaining over 5% on Friday.</li>
<li>IF Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IROQ#NASDAQ">IROQ</a>) shares dipped 29.4% to $18.00 in pre-market trading after gaining 6% on Friday.</li>
<li>TechTarget, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TTGT#NASDAQ">TTGT</a>) shares tumbled 19.5% to $14.00 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ELTX#NASDAQ">ELTX</a>) shares fell 19.4% to $5.10 in pre-market trading.</li>
<li>Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BDMD#NASDAQ">BDMD</a>) fell 18.2% to $7.24 in today's pre-market trading after jumping 63% on Friday.</li>
<li>Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RYAM#NYSE">RYAM</a>) declined 17.1% to $6.24 in pre-market trading</li>
<li>New Oriental Education &amp; Technology Group Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EDU#NYSE">EDU</a>) fell 16.2% to $50.98 in pre-market trading after the company announced weak quarterly earnings.</li>
<li>SWK Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SWKH#NASDAQ">SWKH</a>) dipped 14.3% to $14.00 in pre-market trading.</li>
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Amazon.com Inc.&#8217;s (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AMZN#NASDAQ">AMZN</a>) autonomous driving unit Zoox is reportedly looking to begin offering rides to the public &#8220;quite soon.&#8221;
What Happened: Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/17/amazon-zoox-plans-commercial-expansion.html">told</a> CNBC that the company intends to offer rides to the public and significantly grow its fleet of self-driving vehicles in 2025.
Zoox is currently testing its vehicles on the roads of San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Foster City, California. 
According to CNBC, the company will first launch commercial services in Las Vegas, followed by San Francisco. The company will launch an &#8220;early rider program&#8221; in Las Vegas in the coming months and open rides to the public later this year, the report said.
Zoox is also eyeing expansion to Miami and Austin, Levinson told CNBC, without detailing a timeline. 
"I don't want to imply that it'll be a commercially meaningful business this year … but it's going to be useful in terms of customers will be able to get value out of it and actually use it to go places. We're excited for that," Levinson told CNBC. "We've taken a pretty conservative and steady approach to scaling and rolling out, just because of the safety-critical nature."
Why It Matters: Zoox, once operational, will be up against Alphabet&#8217;s (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GOOG#NASDAQ">GOOG</a>) (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GOOGL#NASDAQ">GOOGL</a>) Waymo which is already operating its robotaxis in Phoenix and Los Angeles.
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TSLA#NASDAQ">TSLA</a>) is also looking to join the robotaxi business in 2025. During the company's third-quarter earnings call last year, Elon Musk said that the company expects to start a ride-hail service in Texas and California starting next year, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/10/41484511/palo-alto-may-open-streets-to-tesla-robotaxis-but-california-regulators-will-decide-fate" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">subject to regulatory approval</a>, with Model 3 and Model Y vehicles equipped with its full self-driving (FSD) driver assistance technology.
However, the vehicles might not all operate as driverless robotaxis but with a driver as some states demand it until the company touches certain milestones in terms of miles and hours driven, the company then said. Musk, known for overestimating his company&#8217;s products, expressed confidence about the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/top-stories/24/10/41279865/elon-musk-may-unveil-teslas-robotaxi-but-consumers-respond-with-ehhh-new-study-reveals-skepticism-ne" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">company operating driverless paid rides sometime in 2025</a> despite its FSD technology not achieving fully autonomous driving yet. 
Levinson in October dismissed the possibility of Tesla deploying autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in California this year,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/10/41645383/elon-musk-slams-zoox-co-founder-over-fsd-criticism-your-company-would-be-dead-already-if-not-for-ama" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">alleging that the EV giant&nbsp;</a>lacks a technology that works.
Tesla is faced with a lot of regulatory hurdles that they haven&#8217;t even started trying to climb yet, Levinson&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwFzIm-M6TU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">said</a>&nbsp;at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 event in San Francisco. But the fundamental problem, he said, is that Tesla doesn&#8217;t have a &#8220;technology that worked.&#8221;
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Eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment For January 18.0 Vs. 16.9 Est.; 17.0 Prior

Germany ZEW Economic Sentiment For January 10.3 Vs. 15.2 Est.; 15.7 Prior

Morgan Stanley analyst John Glass upgrades Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TXRH#NASDAQ">TXRH</a>) from Equal-Weight to Overweight and raises the price target from $205 to $213.

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Mercantile Bank Corporation Says Overall Financial Standing And Commercial Loan Funding Will Allow Company To Meet Challenges Arising From Changing Operating Environments

Mercantile Bank (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MBWM#NASDAQ">MBWM</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $1.22 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.14 by 7.02 percent. This is a 2.4 percent decrease over earnings of $1.25 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $58.500 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $57.378 million by 1.96 percent. This is a 2.72 percent increase over sales of $56.949 million the same period last year.

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Mercantile Bank Q4 2024 GAAP EPS $1.22 Beats $1.14 Estimate, Sales $58.500M Beat $57.378M Estimate

Net interest income was Baht 149,376 million, a slight increase of Baht 932 million or 0.63% from the previous year partly due to limited loan growth in line with the economic situation and the enhancement of credit underwriting processes to ensure quality lending. Net interest margin ratio stood at 3.64%, a slight decrease from the previous year. Non-interest income was Baht 48,570 million, an increase of Baht 4,361 million or 9.86% mainly due to increased fee income from customer's wealth management service through the offering of comprehensive financial products from the Bank and its subsidiaries, as well as partners. Additionally, there was an increase in gains from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss and investment income, along with increased revenue from foreign exchange transactions which were in line with the recovery of tourism.

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WASHINGTON — While copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt often grab headlines when it <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/government/24/06/39554280/exclusive-glencore-other-experts-say-us-permitting-system-holding-back-domestic-battery-metals-indus">comes to battery metals</a>, there is an array of other minerals important to the energy transition away from fossil fuels.



As the importance of manganese, graphite, silicon and fluorspar grows alongside demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage, that dynamic also highlights China's dominance of these industries.



As government leaders in the United States and Europe work to build out their ex-China supply chains for a host of critical and strategic minerals, industry executives gathered at a recent&nbsp;Benchmark Mineral Intelligence&nbsp;mining conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss minerals and geopolitics.



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Here's a look at what they had to say:



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"We're all facing the issue of China, where the dominance is," said&nbsp;Danny Keating, CEO of&nbsp;Giyani Metals Corp.&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CATPF#OTC">CATPF</a>), a Canadian miner developing manganese assets in Botswana. "We're no different in manganese."



Giyani is looking to help bolster the ex-China supply chain for manganese, he said.&nbsp;



Manganese is mined in multiple countries around the world, but more than 90% of the world's refined manganese comes from China. That creates a key choke point for a material used in lithium batteries.&nbsp;



Batteries, which account for 2%-3% of global manganese demand, are the largest market for the metal outside of its use as an alloy in various metals, according to the&nbsp;International Manganese Institute. The industry group said manganese is the fourth most used metal in the world based on tonnage, behind only iron, aluminum and copper.



Manganese ore prices rallied earlier in the year when a cyclone took out production at an Australian mine owned by&nbsp;South32 Ltd.&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SOUHY#OTC">SOUHY</a>) and&nbsp;Anglo American&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NGLOY#OTC">NGLOY</a>), halting 12% of global supply, according to&nbsp;S&amp;P Global Commodity Insights.&nbsp;



Prices have since pulled back but remain elevated compared to the beginning of the year.



Aside from Giyani, other small publicly traded companies involved in manganese include&nbsp;Euro Manganese Inc.&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EUMNF#OTC">EUMNF</a>) and&nbsp;Manganese X Energy Corp.&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MNXXF#OTC">MNXXF</a>).



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After spending the better part of a decade in the lithium business,&nbsp;Vincent Ledoux-Pedailles&nbsp;three months ago took a job as the chief commercial officer for privately-held New Zealand-based&nbsp;CarbonScape Ltd.



The venture-capital backed company is commercializing technology to make graphite more sustainably than the current synthetic or natural versions. Its process turn waste from the timber industry into what it calls "biographite"



Because the process uses cheap wood chips, Ledoux-Pedailles said the technology can produce graphite at a lower cost than in China, which dominates graphite production.



The company points out that its process can be used anywhere in the world, enabling nations concerned about critical materials to produce graphite locally, potentially freeing electric vehicle markets in Europe and North America from China's grip on the material.



CarbonScape's last round of funding raised $18 million in September, according to private market data provider&nbsp;PitchBook. Ledoux-Pedailles said at the conference that the company plans to have another round of financing later this year.



Publicly-traded graphite companies include&nbsp;Graphite One Inc.&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GPHOF#OTC">GPHOF</a>) and&nbsp;Nouveau Monde Graphite (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NMG#NYSE">NMG</a>).



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While graphite has proven its use in lithium batteries, silicon is more of an emerging technology.



Silicon can hold more energy than graphite, but the material swells during charging, degrades over time and is too expensive for mass use in electric vehicles.



Several companies are working on improving silicon battery technology because it holds the potential to increase electric-vehicle range, decrease charging times and lower battery costs.



One of those companies is venture-capital backed&nbsp;Advano, which last month announced the final stage of commissioning at its industrial pilot plant in anticipation of beginning production.



The company's CEO,&nbsp;Chris York, said at the conference that the industry needs to lower the cost of batteries and remove supply chain control from China.



"You don't have to make a profit in China," he said. "Everything is state-owned at the end of the day."



Publicly traded silicon companies include&nbsp;HPQ Silicon Inc.&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HPQFF#OTC">HPQFF</a>) and&nbsp;Ferroglobe&nbsp;(NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GSM#NASDAQ">GSM</a>).



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The Oregon Group, an investment research firm, recently called fluorspar "the EV critical mineral no one has heard of."



The mineral is often used to make refrigerants, steel and aluminum, as well as to process uranium.&nbsp;



There is also more fluorspar contained in a lithium-ion electric battery than there is lithium, and, according to Benchmark, demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage promises to increase the use of fluorspar.



"We need investment in fluorspar mining now just like we needed (in) lithium mining 10 years ago," said James Rodriguez de Castro, managing director of privately held Mongolian Minerals, a mining company specializing in fluorspar.



China is by far the world's biggest fluorspar miner, followed by Mexico and Mongolia. But China only has about 10 years' worth of supply based on reserves and production rate, he said.



In Mongolia, the executive has been building up and exploring a portfolio of fluorspar mining and exploration licenses.



Mongolian Minerals needs $200 per metric ton to mine fluorspar and ship it to China, he said. Fluorspar in China ended the first quarter at $462 per metric ton, according to chemical market intelligence firm&nbsp;ChemAnalyst.



Investors looking for publicly-traded fluorspar companies can consider&nbsp;Ares Strategic Mining Inc. (OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ARSMF#OTC">ARSMF</a>) and&nbsp;Energy Transition Minerals Ltd.&nbsp;(OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GDLNF#OTC">GDLNF</a>), although the latter's project containing fluorspar in Greenland is in arbitration.



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