Molybdenum: Relationships

Every element and industry that Molybdenum is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Steel: Steel is molybdenum's main market: about four-fifths of newly mined molybdenum (2022 data) goes into stainless, alloy and tool steels and cast iron, where it adds strength and corrosion resistance and has few good substitutes. (researched)
• Copper: Outside China and the United States, almost all molybdenum is recovered from copper mines, so molybdenum supply follows copper mine plans and copper miners earn part of their revenue from a steel-alloy metal. (researched)
• Rhenium: Rhenium is caught from the gases given off when molybdenite concentrate is roasted, so its supply is fixed by molybdenum and copper output, while its demand comes from jet-engine superalloys that also use molybdenum. (researched)
• Machinery and equipment: Machinery and equipment depends on molybdenum.
• Metal products: Metal products depends on molybdenum.
• Refining catalysts: Molybdenum is a raw material for refining catalysts.