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Mine-to-customer explainers for individual commodities, and practical guides for traceability rollouts and selling into mining. Every figure shows its source and the date we last checked it.
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Seven stages from pyrochlore ore in Brazil to high-strength steel parts, with niobium content and the record that moves at each handover.
Open the explainerOne page per commodity: its key figures, the supply chain explainer, related guides and an update log.
Explainers are free to read. Guides are free workbooks sent by email.
Six stages from bauxite to cars, cans and buildings, with aluminium content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Six stages from copper-cobalt ore in the DRC to battery cells and engines, with cobalt content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Six stages from copper ore to cables, buildings and electric cars, with copper content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Five stages from gold ore to bars and jewellery, with gold content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Six stages from flake graphite ore to battery anodes and electric cars, with graphite content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Six stages from iron ore to steel products, with iron content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Six stages from spodumene ore and brine to electric vehicles, with lithium content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Six stages from manganese ore to steel parts, plus the battery route, with manganese content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Six stages from laterite and sulphide ore to stainless steel products, plus the battery route, with nickel content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Seven stages from pyrochlore ore in Brazil to high-strength steel parts, with niobium content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Six stages from rare earth ore to magnets in EV motors and wind turbines, with rare earth content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
Five stages from silver-bearing ore to solar panels and electronics, with silver content and the record that moves at each handover.
Figures checked 1 Nov 2026
For founders and sales leaders selling software into mining, metals and battery supply chains: finding the real buyer, pilots that convert and deals your team can run.
18-page workbook
Why traceability rollouts stall after the pilot, the data blueprint, the first 90 days and a go-live checklist.
17-page workbook
Sixteen steps from naming the scale-up budget holder to showing momentum in the first 90 days, on a single page.
One page, 16 steps
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