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Critical · 2 lists

Scandium · Sc

specialty_metal · byproduct

USGS_2022

USGS_2025

Bottom line

Scandium sits on 2 federal critical-minerals lists. The US is 100% net import-reliant (2025). Prices held flat over the past year (0%/yr over 4y).

At a glance

Headline indicators

Price · 2025

5,200dollars per kilogram

USGS MCS (Scandium metal, ingot, 99.999%)

Price trend

0% 1Y

0%/yr · 4Y CAGR

US net import reliance · 2025

100%

From ore to use

lifecycle flow

01Reserves
11.7Kt
Australia leads · 100% share
02Production
0t
2025
03Trade
4t
net importer · 2025
04Stocks
-
05Consumption
-

Process engineering

1 PROMMIS flowsheet

PROMMIS · uky
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Primary REE recovery from coal byproducts: leaching → solvent extraction (rougher + cleaner) → precipitation → roasting. Reports per-metal recoveries + overall product purity at the canonical UKy reference flowsheet.
commodity: scandium · suggested axis: leach_liquid_feed_rate_l_per_hr · y: overall_ree_recovery_pct

Coverage

Data coverage notes

no dataNo commodity-decomposed recycling data - No USGS MCS Fig13 scrap rows. EU WEEE / battery EOL flows (Phase 6.1.1) are country-keyed only - see country profiles.
datedMaterial-flow analysis is historical - All 4 material-flow records date to 2000 or earlier (Yale STAF era). They describe the anthropogenic cycle of that period, not today's system.
datedEnvironmental footprint is dated - Cradle-to-gate intensity rows carry a 2008 inventory vintage (Nuss & Eckelman-era LCA). Current-process footprints are not yet in scope.

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Geoscience Australia AIMR 2025
strata midstream/components census
midstream_components_seed
SEC S-K 1300 TRS - LLM extraction lane
sec_edgar_ex96_pdf
USGS MCS (Scandium metal, ingot, 99.999%)
USGS MCS (Scandium oxide, powder, 99.99%)
USGS MCS (Scandium-aluminum alloy, ingot)
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
USGS ARDF
USGS Critical-Mineral Deposits
usgs_critmin_deposits_v2
USGS MRDS deposits
usgs_mrds_2016
USGS USMIN Critical Deposits
usmin_critical_deposits

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