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Monthly Insights | Critical Minerals | March 2026
Welcome to this edition of AltaScient’s Complimentary Critical Minerals Insights, where we highlight the most consequential developments from the past month shaping supply security, processing capacity, traceability enforcement, and geopolitical leverage across critical mineral supply chains. March developments point to a system under increasing strain—not from lack of resources, but from constraints in execution, capital, and coordination . Supply chains are becoming more f
Antonio Cardenas
Apr 233 min read


Monthly Insights | Semiconductors | March 2026
Welcome to the March edition of AltaScient’s Semiconductors Monthly Insights, where we analyze the supply-chain dynamics, pricing signals, and policy developments shaping global semiconductor markets as Q1 demand continues to evolve. March developments reinforce a critical shift: the semiconductor market is no longer simply tight—it is becoming structurally imbalanced , driven by AI-centric demand concentration, backend bottlenecks, and execution constraints across the supp
Antonio Cardenas
Apr 234 min read


Monthly Insights | Semiconductors | January 2026
weekly USD price points for DDR4 16Gb eTT and DDR5 16Gb eTT from publicly available ChinaFlashMarket (CFM) tables Welcome to the January edition of AltaScient’s Semiconductors Monthly Insights , where we analyze the supply-chain disruptions, pricing signals, and policy actions shaping global semiconductor markets at the start of the year. Key Takeaways Memory markets remain structurally tight , with AI, accelerator, and HBM demand continuing to absorb incremental wafer cap
Antonio Cardenas
Feb 22 min read


Monthly Insights | Critical Minerals | January 2026
Welcome to this edition of AltaScient’s Complimentary Critical Minerals Insights , where we highlight the most consequential developments from the past month shaping supply security, processing capacity, traceability enforcement, and geopolitical leverage across critical mineral supply chains. January’s biggest signals were clear: processed minerals are now treated as a national security trade issue; public capital is scaling into rare earths and midstream ; traceability enf
Antonio Cardenas
Feb 24 min read
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