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23V50.94Vanadium

base · Z 23 · 50.94 u

Vanadium (V)

South Africa, China and Russia still print most vanadium units. Flow-battery electrolyte is the new offtake story.

Steel slag and magnetite are the mine-gate; electrolyte is a spec product. Sanctions screening on Russian FeV is a gate, not a footnote.

Geo

Mine, process, refine.

ISOCountryRoleNote
ZASouth AfricaMineBushveld magnetite
CNChinaMinePanzhihua slag
RURussiaMineEvraz slag — screen
AUAustraliaMineMarillana / Australian vanadiferous
BRBrazilMineMaracás

Forms

  • V2O5 flake
  • FeV
  • Electrolyte

Uses

  • HSLA steel
  • Vanadium redox flow batteries