Bloom Energy criticism spotlights obscure but vital rare mineral
Geopolitics · Mining.com ·
A short-selling firm, Hunterbrook, published a report alleging that fuel-cell maker Bloom Energy remains reliant on Chinese scandium despite repeated assurances to investors that it is not dependent on China for the material. Bloom's shares tumbled on the report before recovering some of the losses. The episode has thrust scandium — one of the world's smallest and most obscure critical-mineral markets — into the spotlight.