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Tungsten, a critical mineral, is drawing increased demand from the artificial intelligence boom at the same time global supplies are reported to be critically low.
Demand rising, supply critically short: the pairing defines the stress now entering this market.
Critical mineral designation placed tungsten on supply-vulnerability watch before AI expansion arrived as a new demand catalyst.
The reported critically low state of global inventories makes that vulnerability concrete rather than theoretical. The AI boom is adding fresh consumption pressure to a material already under supply strain.
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