--- title: "About 65% of global molybdenum production comes from a by-product of copper mining. — argus_price_agency — DecisionGateway" description: "statement by argus_price_agency, recorded 2026-11-05 — verbatim quote and source citation." canonical_url: "https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc13-6f9d-7b14-818d-3be64d16cd11" meta: "og:description": "statement by argus_price_agency, recorded 2026-11-05 — verbatim quote and source citation." "og:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" "og:image:alt": "White network of connected nodes crossed by a timeline on black" "og:image:height": "1024" "og:image:width": "1024" "og:title": "About 65% of global molybdenum production comes from a by-product of copper mining. — argus_price_agency — DecisionGateway" "twitter:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://dgw.tmarket.io/llms.txt) statementSaid on 2026-11-05 # **About 65% of global molybdenum production comes from a by-product of copper mining.** A statement by [**argus\_price\_agency**](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021), said on 2026-11-05. Statements are as reported by the cited publishers — not verified by DecisionGateway. > *Около 65% мирового производства молибдена приходится на побочный продукт добычи меди* argus\_price\_agencyPublished 2026-11-05 [ Read source](https://t.me/argus_price_agency/1667) [**argus\_price\_agency dossier **](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021) ## **Discussion** ## **Related claims** [**Argus experts examine the role of molybdenum, sulfur and sulfuric acid in the profitability of copper smelters.**Argus · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc13-701b-7905-b958-eb65c83c0ff8) [**According to Sumitomo Metal Mining, about 800-900 thousand tonnes of black mass are generated worldwide annually, while total processing capacity is roughly twice the available volume; a significant part of this capacity is concentrated in China.**Sumitomo Metal Mining · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1b68b-ce99-7243-abc7-a247783252d2) [**China controls roughly 80% of global tungsten production.**nikkeiasia · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1c6f9-b7f9-77a2-9a89-37be9572f639) [**According to the company's estimate, producing metals from used batteries is accompanied by significantly lower CO2 emissions than mining and processing ore.**фирмы · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1b68b-ce83-73e2-a34a-3f4661ee009a) [**Metallurgy previously contributed about 6% of Ukraine's GDP.**Олександр Третьяков · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d777-7f0b-7e74-b906-4be57bfa06da) [**The price of copper on the LME in 2026 exceeded $14,000/t and approached $15,000/t.**argus\_price\_agency · prediction](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc13-6f66-732c-ba7b-4e280c55f288) ## **More claims by argus\_price\_agency** [**The largest decline occurred in China: supplies fell to 24.7 thousand tonnes due to reduced production of transition grades of PP; all exports to China went through the Dostyk-Alashankou crossing.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a83b-79ce-bdf4-a4797470b76b) [**Exports to Turkey fell to 32.5 thousand tonnes due to part of the shipments switching to road transport.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a7c2-7179-b2ea-9d39cfcffac9) [**Supplies to Germany (7.4 thousand tonnes) and France (4.9 thousand tonnes) increased, with the product starting to be sent there through the port of St. Petersburg.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a7a5-7003-9b54-b1bce74c062e) [**PP supplies to Europe grew to 54 thousand tonnes; Poland remained the largest buyer, although volumes there declined slightly.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a781-7208-9341-53ff875ea0a6) [**The second producer, «Нефтехим Ltd», mainly supplies products abroad by road transport.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a723-7112-85b1-61454430b8fc) [All claims by argus\_price\_agency](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims?claimant_id=01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021) [All claims](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Decisions, events and falsifiable forecasts from 4,000+ Telegram channels — every claim cited. 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