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Less Common Metals

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Rare-earth alloys and strip — holds How this is computedCount of bottlenecks on which this organisation is recorded as a producer, a holder of the capacity, or a supplier of a critical part.Method →Code → of the How this is computedCount of rows in the bottleneck corpus: every material plus every non-material chokepoint.Method →Code → bottlenecks tracked here.

Bottlenecks held1 (Computed: Count of bottlenecks on which this organisation is recorded as a producer, a holder of the capacity, or a supplier of a critical part.) of 33each with another maker recordedHardest binding10 (Estimate by Substrata, 2026-09-15: concentration 3 + substitution 2 + lead time 3 + inelasticity 2 = 10 of 12)/12Dysprosium metal · judged 2026-09-15Directory gradeChokepointa judgement, not a sourced factEvents0 (Computed: Accepted events that name this organisation, plus (counted separately) accepted events on a bottleneck it holds that do not name it.)name it · 2 more on what it holds

Why graded so · A tiny specialist standing between Western separated oxide and a finished magnet.

Role cited from lesscommonmetals.com ↗. The grade is this project’s judgement. Report an error

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01Chokepoints it holds

0 of 1 sourced
  • Dysprosium metal

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    Other makers: China Rare Earth Group CN, Shenghe Resources CN, Lynas Rare Earths AU MY, Neo Performance Materials CA EE

    Unverified

    Estimate, not a measurementconcentration 3 + substitution 2 + lead time 3 + inelasticity 2 = 10 of 12. Heavy rare earth, Chinese and export-controlled since 2025. Grain-boundary diffusion reduces the need but does not remove it.By Substrata · 2026-09-15Supporting source →/123+2+3+2

Score = concentration + substitution + lead time + inelasticity, each 0–3, an analyst judgement dated 2026-09-15; open a score for its rationale and assessment. Makers are those the corpus records, not the whole market. No market-share figure is sourced, so none is shown.

02What has happened

2 about what it holds

About what it holds, not naming Less Common Metals

All events →

03Unread leads

6 found by the sweep, unread

Pages the sweep found on these chokepoints. Nobody here has read them yet; they are not events and not evidence.

04What could loosen its grip

about its chokepoints, not the company
  • Rare-earth-lean and rare-earth-free motors

    Motor designs that use less heavy rare earth, or none: ferrite magnets, wound rotors, and diffusion methods that place dysprosium only where it is needed.

    Science · for Dysprosium metal

    readiness
    Estimate, not a measurementQualified and entering production. Grain-boundary diffusion is standard practice and rare-earth-free traction motors are in production; the trade-off is mass and efficiency, not feasibility.By Substrata · 2026-09-15Supporting source →/9

Readiness is the 1–9 technology-readiness scale, a dated judgement; open a figure for the reasoning and its source.

05Others at the same step of the chain

directory rows · grades are judgements

06Ways to take part

how to reach it, not whether to

Not investment advice. This says how the public can reach a company — a job, its shares, its products — not whether anyone should. It takes no account of anyone’s circumstances, and a company holding a chokepoint is not a reason to own it. What this is not

Work there
It publishes its roles on its own careers page.Official careers page ↗
Own part of it
No public listing was found for Less Common Metals (checked 2026-09-24); there may be no way for the public to own its shares.
Buy from it
What it does in the chain: Rare-earth alloys and strip. At this depth of the chain most sales are to other businesses, under contract. Its own page describes what it offers.Its own page ↗

07Hiring

official careers page

Its roles are published on its own site, which Substrata links rather than reads. Official careers page ↗

08What this holds up

2 loops
  • Materials qualificationone turn: Years

    makes Dysprosium metal, which gates it.

    Worst judgement on this loop: How this is computedThe highest severity score among the bottlenecks recorded as gates on the loop.Method →Code →, judged 2026-09-15 · this join is unverified

  • Printed and machined partsone turn: Hours to days

    makes Dysprosium metal, which gates it.

    Worst judgement on this loop: How this is computedThe highest severity score among the bottlenecks recorded as gates on the loop.Method →Code →, judged 2026-09-15 · this join is unverified

A loop is one design, build and measure turn. Severity is a dated judgement on a 0–12 scale, not a measurement, and the judgements are not added together — the figure shown is the worst single one.

09Sources

1 cited
  1. lesscommonmetals.com ↗ — its role in the chain: Rare-earth alloys and strip

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