Yunnan germanium company and its subsidiaries received government subsidies totaling 13.1476 million yuan.

[SMM Flash] Kenya is intensifying efforts to move from raw-mineral exports towards domestic processing and value addition, with the United States pledging support for development of the country's critical-minerals processing industry. President William Ruto has recently called for greater domestic beneficiation of resources including coltan, while US officials said Washington wants to support a transparent mining sector with greater local processing and community benefits. The immediate US focus includes Kenya's Mrima Hill deposit, which is primarily associated with rare earths and niobium rather than tantalum. However, the wider beneficiation policy is relevant to Kenya's emerging coltan sector because implementation could alter how locally produced tantalum-bearing material enters regional and international supply chains. No blanket legally effective coltan export ban or specific new tantalum-processing facility was confirmed in the latest US-Kenya announcement, so the development should currently be treated as policy direction rather than established new tantalum capacity.

[SMM Flash] U.S. Critical Minerals has entered binding agreements to merge with Nova Resources and acquire the historic McAllister tantalum mine, mineral rights and associated processing mill in Alabama, seeking to establish a domestic US tantalum supply source. The McAllister operation produced approximately 250 tonnes of tantalum concentrate between 1989 and 1992, about half of which was sold to the US National Defense Stockpile. Nova controls more than 5,000 acres across the Coosa County district, where exploration has outlined a lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatite system extending over more than 230 km² and initial drilling has confirmed tantalum and lithium mineralisation. Following completion of the transactions, U.S. Critical Minerals plans geophysical surveys, drilling and assessment of the existing mill. Any restart remains conditional on exploration results, technical studies, permitting, financing and market conditions, meaning no future production volume has yet been confirmed.

[SMM Flash] The Democratic Republic of Congo is strengthening state control over geological information as it develops a national databank covering critical minerals including tantalum, cobalt, copper, lithium and gold. The country’s geological survey told Reuters that systematic exploration currently covers only about 20% of the DRC, while a US$180 million airborne mapping programme with Spain’s Xcalibur is surveying more than 700,000 km². The national geological databank is expected to become fully operational by the end of 2026. Basic geological information is expected to remain freely accessible, while more sensitive datasets will be subject to controlled, fee-based access. The initiative does not change current coltan production directly, but improved geological intelligence could influence where future tantalum exploration capital is deployed and strengthen Kinshasa’s negotiating position over new discoveries. The impact on actual supply will depend on whether mapped targets proceed through exploration, financing and mine development.