# Molybdenum: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/links/

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

- [Steel](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/molybdenum-and-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](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/copper-and-molybdenum/): 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](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/molybdenum-and-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](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/machinery-and-equipment-and-molybdenum/): Machinery and equipment depends on molybdenum.
- [Metal products](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/metal-products-and-molybdenum/): Metal products depends on molybdenum.
- [Refining catalysts](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/molybdenum-and-refining-catalysts/): Molybdenum is a raw material for refining catalysts.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/correlation/index.md)
- [Extraction](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/extraction/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/production/index.md)
- [Stocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/stocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/movement/index.md)
- [Criticality](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/criticality/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/molybdenum/emissions/index.md)