Updates, industry insights, and announcements from Nami Tech Solutions.
China's critical-materials export controls, from gallium to scandium: a chronological reference with per-item status and sourcing implications.
Inventory buffering is a lead-time service and transfer of risk. A framework on carrying cost, the cash conversion cycle (CCC), and four levers to cut it.
Some 'SiC granules' are really crushed angular powder. A lot-verification protocol with SEM/EDS, PSA, and XRD checking morphology, composition, and phase.
China's materials export controls are licensing regimes, not embargoes. Five procurement strategies: licensing, dual-sourcing, contracts, and Incoterms.
China's April 2025 MOFCOM Announcement No. 18 controls scandium exports, tripling scandium oxide prices and disrupting SOFC electrolyte sourcing.
Scandium: almost no standalone mines and just ~40 tonnes of global output a year — its shortage, SOFC and aerospace demand, and post-control price spike.
ScSZ (10Sc1CeSZ) specs and the SOFC electrolyte supplier landscape across China, Japan, the US, and Korea, with a selection-criteria matrix.
A practical guide to importing silicon carbide (SiC) powder into Korea: HS classification, tariff rates, FTA origin, K-REACH, and packaging.
The 2026 global silicon carbide (SiC) market: ~$5.29 billion at a 10.7% CAGR through 2031. Demand by application, the price ladder, and China supply.
Round SiC powder is not one thing: grade crushed angular, spray-dried granule, and plasma-spheroidized powders, and what to verify before you buy.
