Almonty Flips the Switch at Sangdong, Locking In a Two-Decade Revenue Stream
Published on 08/22/2026 at 08:41 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
The transition from project developer to producer is rarely a single moment, but for Almonty Industries it arrived with the commissioning of the mill at its Sangdong mine in South Korea. The processing plant has now begun throughput operations, feeding a 139,700-tonne ore stockpile grading 0.25 percent tungsten trioxide. That operational milestone, confirmed on Thursday, shifts the company's profile in a way that balance sheet metrics alone cannot capture.
The timing could hardly be more favorable. Tungsten prices have climbed 622 percent between January 2025 and April 2026, according to the International Energy Agency, and the supply-demand calculus is tightening further with new US restrictions. From August 27, 2026, a Bureau of Industry and Security rule reserves all tungsten scrap for domestic buyers for a full year, and starting January 1, 2027, US defense procurers will be barred from sourcing the metal from China, Russia, Iran or North Korea. For a producer operating entirely outside Chinese territory, those regulatory shifts open doors that were previously closed.
A Contract That Outlasts Most Mining Cycles
The centerpiece of the company's commercial strategy is the expanded off-take agreement with Global Tungsten & Powders (GTP). The contract now runs 21 years, with contracted volumes increased by 40 percent to 4.41 million metric units and the pricing basis raised 6.3 percent. That extension provides revenue visibility across a horizon that spans multiple commodity cycles — a meaningful counterweight to the volatility that has defined tungsten markets in recent years.
The Sangdong deposit itself is among the most significant tungsten resources outside China, and the move to active production means Almonty now generates revenue directly from operations rather than relying on development milestones. The Korea Times has flagged the mine as a future linchpin for semiconductor industry supply of non-Chinese tungsten, a segment where Beijing has already imposed export controls on ammonium paratungstate and tungsten oxide.
The Numbers Behind the Narrative
The second-quarter results, published August 11, underscore the scale of the transformation. Revenue surged 498 percent year-over-year to 43.0 million Canadian dollars, with adjusted EBITDA of 17.6 million Canadian dollars. Net income swung to 181.8 million Canadian dollars from a loss of 58.2 million Canadian dollars in the prior-year quarter. Earnings per share of 0.62 Canadian dollars blew past the consensus estimate of 0.10 Canadian dollars, although revenue came in marginally below the 45.7 million US-dollar forecast.
The financial foundation has strengthened in parallel. The oversubscribed placement of convertible notes — 800 million US dollars at 2.25 percent interest, maturing 2031, completed June 9 — left the company with roughly 1.2 billion Canadian dollars in cash by the end of June. That liquidity has already been put to work: the KfW loan has been fully repaid, and the company announced a buyback program of up to 14.4 million shares, or 300 million US dollars, commencing August 24.
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Structural Shifts and Market Signals
Almonty has also streamlined its market presence, announcing the voluntary delisting from the Australian Securities Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange to concentrate trading on the Nasdaq. The move follows inclusion in the Russell 1000 and Russell 3000 indices at the end of June.
The broader tungsten ecosystem shows similar momentum. Supplier Elmet Group posted a 35.2 percent revenue increase to 66.4 million US dollars in the second quarter of 2026, with a backlog of 131.5 million US dollars — further evidence of the demand dynamics rippling through the sector. Market projections from The Business Research Company see the tungsten market expanding from 6.66 billion US dollars in 2026 to 9.62 billion US dollars by 2030.
Simply Wall St analysts point to high insider ownership as a constructive signal, while cautioning about potential insider selling, dilution effects and an elevated price-to-earnings ratio. The share price has given back 21.3 percent since the KfW repayment roughly a month ago, a reminder that even well-capitalized producers face valuation scrutiny in a market still calibrating to the new supply landscape.
For investors, the converging storylines are straightforward: a mine that has crossed the threshold into production, a contract book that extends deep into the 2040s, and a balance sheet equipped to return capital while funding growth. Whether those elements translate into sustained earnings will become clearer as Sangdong's throughput ramps in the quarters ahead.
