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Vanadium

Vanadium is a hard, silvery-grey transition metal used primarily as an alloying agent in steel production and increasingly in energy storage applications. The element, with atomic number 23, enhances the strength, toughness and wear resistance of steel when added in small quantities, making it essential for high-strength low-alloy steels used in construction, automotive manufacturing and infrastructure projects. Approximately 85% of global vanadium production is consumed by the steel industry, where it is added to produce rebar, structural beams and pipeline steel. Vanadium redox flow batteries represent a growing application, offering large-scale energy storage solutions for renewable energy integration and grid stabilisation. The metal is typically produced as ferrovanadium, an iron-vanadium alloy, or as vanadium pentoxide, a chemical compound used in battery electrolytes and catalysts. Major vanadium-producing countries include China, Russia and South Africa, with significant deposits found in titaniferous magnetite ores and vanadium-bearing shales. South Africa's Bushveld Complex hosts one of the world's largest vanadium resources, primarily extracted as a by-product of magnetite mining. Vanadium is classified as a critical mineral by several governments, including the United States and Australia, owing to its strategic importance in steel production and energy storage technologies. The vanadium market is relatively small compared with base metals, with global production estimated at around 100 000 tonnes of vanadium content annually. Prices are sensitive to steel demand cycles and policy support for energy storage deployment. The element was first discovered in 1801 by Spanish mineralogist Andrés Manuel del Río and later confirmed and named by Swedish chemist Nils Gabriel Sefström in 1830.

Vanadium Updates


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau speaks at the launch of the EU investment roadshow
EU aims to use investor roadshow to convert €12bn pledge into South African projects
1st June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The EU, which announced a €12-billion investment package for South Africa in October, is undertaking investment roadshows in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban this week as part of efforts to... 


Iron-ore pellets
Strategic Resources nears full authorisation for four-million tonne iron-ore pellet plant in Québec
27th May 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed vanadium, high-purity iron and titanium producer Strategic Resources has submitted all responses to questions received from Québec's environment Ministry in connection with the... 


Drill core from Sarfartoq
Greenland Mines fast-tracks updated study on newly acquired Sarfartoq rare earths project
22nd May 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nasdaq-listed Greenland Mines has signed a definitive agreement with TSX-listed Neo Performance Materials to acquire full ownership of the Sarfartoq rare earths project in south-west Greenland for... 


Critical metal MOE plant
Critical metals processing innovator Boston Metal raises another $75m for scaling MOE tech
21st May 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A technology company with ambitions to redefine global metals production, Boston Metal, has raised $75-million to accelerate deployment of its Moltex Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) platform and scale... 


An image of uranium
Metals One signs uranium waste dump treatment agreement with DISA
15th May 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Critical and precious metals project developer and investor Metals One has signed an agreement with materials liberation company DISA Technologies to seek to evaluate and, if successful, treat... 


VR8 executive chairperson Jurie Wessels.
South African vanadium project secures non-binding offtake term sheet
15th May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Australia-listed Vanadium Resources (VR8) has announced two new developments towards the company’s VR8 Steelpoortdrift vanadium project in South Africa becoming a long-term vanadium supplier.... 


An image of Grant Mitchell
Junior mining, exploration critical to industry longevity
15th May 2026 By: Trent Roebeck

The junior mining and exploration sectors in South Africa provide a way forward to expand the country’s critical minerals discovery and producing capability, with various funding programmes to... 


Drilling gets under way at Kabwe mine orebody
14th May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Aim- and AltX-listed Shuka Minerals has started the Phase 1 drilling programme at the No.2 orebody at its Kabwe zinc mine, in Zambia. The No.2 orebody is open at depth and the initial diamond drill... 


Lithium extraction equipment used by Anson Resources
Anson subsidiary admitted to US Defence Industrial Base Consortium
11th May 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Anson Resources’ wholly owned US subsidiary A1 Lithium has been admitted as a member of the US Defence Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC). The DIBC is a US Department of War- (DoW-)... 


Image of drill core from Steelpoortdrift
Steelpoortdrift vanadium project, South Africa – update
1st May 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

VR8 has executed a nonbinding offtake term sheet with US Vanadium Holding Company for 100% of the vanadium-bearing slag to be produced from the proposed V-Iron plant 


VR8 executive chairperson Jurie Wessels.
South African vanadium project secures non-binding offtake term sheet
29th April 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Australia-listed Vanadium Resources (VR8) has announced two new developments towards the company’s VR8 Steelpoortdrift vanadium project in South Africa becoming a long-term vanadium supplier.... 


Strategic Resources' BlackRock vanadium ore samples
MoU between Tyfast, Strategic Resources to advance heavy-duty Canadian electrification
28th April 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Heavy-duty advanced battery materials developer Tyfast Energy Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Canadian critical minerals miner Strategic Resources to evaluate a... 


Pickle Crow project area, in Ontario
FireFly nears end of Ontario assets sale to Bellavista
24th April 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and ASX-listed FireFly Metals has confirmed all conditions have been satisfied related to a share sale and purchase agreement with ASX-listed Bellavista Resources, whereby Bellavista is... 


Vanadium drill core at Lac Doré in Québec
VanadiumCorp closes first tranche of $700 000 private placement
16th April 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed VanadiumCorp Resource has received stock exchange approval for a private placement to raise $700 000 from 5.8-million units issued at a price of $0.12 apiece. The company has already... 


Maracás Menchen mine, in Brazil
Primary vanadium producer Largo reports higher Q1 output, plans to supply base metals, PGMs
15th April 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and Nasdaq-listed vanadium and ilmenite producer Largo has achieved a 101% year-on-year increase in vanadium pentoxide ( V2O5) production to 2 616 t in the first quarter of the year. This... 


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