Tungsten (W) is a metal with a wide range of uses, the largest of which is as tungsten carbide in cemented carbides.   Cemented carbides (also called hardmetals) are wear-resistant materials used by the metalworking, mining, and construction industries.  Tungsten metal wires, electrodes, and/or contacts are used in lighting, electronic, electrical, heating, and welding applications.  Tungsten is also used to make heavy metal alloys for armaments, heat sinks, and high-density applications, such as weights and counterweights; superalloys for turbine blades; tool steels; and wear-resistant alloy parts and coatings.  Tungsten composites are used as a substitute for lead in bullets and shot.  Tungsten chemical compounds are used in catalysts, inorganic pigments, and high-temperature lubricants.

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Special Publications

• Conflict Minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Global Tungsten Processing Plants, a Critical Part of the Tungsten Supply Chain 
  Fact Sheet 2014-3069
• Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States 
  Data Series 140
  • Tungsten
• International Strategic Mineral Issues Summary Report - Tungsten
  Circular 930-O
• Materials Flow of Tungsten in the United States
  U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 9388
• Metal Prices in the United States through 2010
  Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5188
• Statistical Compendium
  • Tungsten
• Tungsten Deposits in the United States
  USGS Data Release
• Tungsten Recycling in the United States in 2000 
  Circular 1196-R 

Links

• International Tungsten Industry Association