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Niobium

41Nb

Niobium

Critical MineralMedium(41)

transition metal

Overall Risk

Supply chain vulnerability assessment

China Exposure

0%

Import Reliance

100%

41Medium

Supply Security

Allied nation supply chain coverage

52

Moderate

94%

5.0%

Allied

94.5%

Neutral

0.5%

Adversary

Key Applications

steel alloyssuperalloyssuperconductors

Potential Substitutes

vanadiummolybdenumtantalum

Top Producers

1

🇧🇷Brazil94.0%

2

🇧🇷Brazil85.0%

3

🇨🇦Canada10.0%

4

🇨🇦Canada5.0%

5

🇩🇪Germany3.0%