# Molymet (SNSE: MOLYMET) Critical Minerals Exposure

Molymet is linked to 1 critical mineral: a processor of rhenium. It is listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange as MOLYMET and based in Chile.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/molymet-snse-molymet
Exchange: SNSE
Ticker: MOLYMET
Country: Chile
Production verified from filings: yes

## Critical minerals linked to Molymet

| Mineral | Role | Price per kg (USD) | 1M change | Stocks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rhenium](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/rhenium-price-us) | Processor | $5,002 per kg contained | +63.3% | - |

## Sectors Molymet serves

- [AI](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/ai)
- [Defence](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/defence)
- [Electric Vehicles](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/electric-vehicles)
- [Power Grids](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/power-grids)
- [Semiconductors](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/semiconductors)

## About Molymet

Molymet is a Chilean company that processes molybdenum concentrate from miners around the world, and one of the largest molybdenum processors anywhere. Roasting molybdenite releases rhenium, which Molymet captures, making it one of the world's main sources of a rare metal used in jet engine superalloys and petrol refining catalysts.

## Molymet's critical minerals business

Molymet is linked to rhenium, which it recovers when it roasts molybdenite concentrate. Rhenium is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust, and almost all of it comes as a by-product of copper and molybdenum mining. It goes mainly into the nickel superalloys used in jet engine turbine blades and into the catalysts that make high-octane petrol, which makes it strategic for aerospace and defence.

## Where Molymet operates

Molymet's main plant is at Nos, near Santiago, with a second at Mejillones in northern Chile. It also operates plants in Mexico, Belgium and Germany, giving it processing capacity close to many of the world's molybdenum miners and buyers.

## In the Stockatomics Terminal

Share price against its minerals, mineral exposure by value, the exposure score and its components, verified production with sources, downstream demand exposure and catalysts affecting Molymet.

## FAQ

### Which critical minerals does Molymet produce?

Molymet does not mine critical minerals itself: it is a processor of rhenium.

### Is Molymet a rhenium stock?

Yes. Molymet is a processor of rhenium. [See the rhenium price per kg](/commodities/rhenium-price-us).

### Where is Molymet listed?

Molymet is listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange under the ticker MOLYMET (SNSE: MOLYMET), and is based in Chile.

### What is rhenium used for?

Mainly in nickel superalloys for jet engine and gas turbine blades, and in platinum-rhenium catalysts that refiners use to make high-octane petrol.

### Does Molymet mine its own molybdenum?

No. It processes molybdenum concentrate bought from copper and molybdenum miners, recovering rhenium as it does so.

## Sources

- Company filings: Molymet’s minerals and its role in each.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Stockatomics: each mineral’s benchmark price per kg.

Last updated 18 October 2026.