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04 / MATERIALS
Strategic minerals focus

The materials behind defence, industry and the next technology cycle.

Dafan is focused on non precious strategic materials that sit at the centre of industrial capability, advanced manufacturing and resource security.

Antimony represents the company's initial focus.

The platform is designed to expand across additional strategic materials where sourcing, processing, custody and intelligence can create structural advantage.

Z 51 · 121.76 Sb
Antimony
Dafan’s initial focus. A strategically important material used across industrial alloys, flame retardants, battery systems and defence related supply chains. Antimony serves as the foundation for the platform’s custody, processing and intelligence architecture.
Applications
Defence systems
Munitions hardening
Flame retardants
Lead acid batteries
Z 74 · 183.84 W
Tungsten
A high performance material relevant to aerospace, precision tooling, advanced manufacturing and defence related applications.
Applications
Aerospace alloys
Armour penetrators
Industrial tooling
Semiconductors
Z 6 · 12.011 C
Graphite
A strategically important material used across battery systems, industrial processing, refractories and advanced technologies.
Applications
Battery anodes
Refractories
Lubricants
Nuclear moderators
Z 83 · 208.98 Bi
Bismuth
A non precious strategic material with applications across specialty alloys, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and advanced materials.
Applications
Lead free alloys
Pharmaceuticals
Specialty manufacturing
Catalysts
Z 73 · 180.95 Ta
Tantalum
A high value strategic material used across electronics, aerospace systems, medical technologies and high performance industrial applications.
Applications
Electronics capacitors
Aerospace superalloys
Medical implants
Semiconductors
Z 41 · 92.906 Nb
Niobium
A strategic material used in superalloys, advanced steel, aerospace systems and critical industrial infrastructure.
Applications
Superalloys
Pipeline steel
Aerospace components
Superconductors