Tungsten moves fast — export rules, price shocks, new mines, policy shifts. These briefs translate each development into plain English and what it means for your carbide scrap. Newest first.
Effective August 27, 2026, American sellers of tungsten waste and scrap must sell 100 percent of it to domestic buyers under a federal allocation order. What the BIS rule says, why Washington issued it, and what it means if you hold carbide scrap.
Record APT benchmarks, export curbs, lead times measured in months, new mines in Korea and the UK, and the recycling push — what happened and what sellers should watch next.
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