# Sinomine Resource Group (SHE: 002738) Critical Minerals Exposure

Sinomine Resource Group is linked to 1 critical mineral: a producer of cesium. It is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as 002738 and based in China.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/sinomine-resource-group-she-002738
Exchange: SHE
Ticker: 002738
Country: China
Production verified from filings: yes

## Critical minerals linked to Sinomine Resource Group

| Mineral | Role | Price per kg (USD) | 1M change | Stocks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cesium](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/cesium-price-us) | Producer | $104,000 per kg contained | - | - |

## Sectors Sinomine Resource Group 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)
- [Robotics](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/robotics)
- [Semiconductors](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/semiconductors)

## About Sinomine Resource Group

Sinomine Resource Group is a Beijing-based company and the world's leading producer of cesium and rubidium products. It owns the Tanco mine in Manitoba, Canada, one of very few sources of pollucite, the main ore of cesium, and turns it into cesium formate for oil and gas drilling as well as fine chemicals. It has also built a lithium business, including the Bikita mine in Zimbabwe.

## Sinomine Resource Group's critical minerals business

Cesium is Sinomine Resource Group's critical mineral, and it is one of very few suppliers in the world. Cesium formate, a dense, non-toxic drilling fluid, is its main cesium product, together with cesium and rubidium chemicals used in atomic clocks, catalysts and electronics. Tanco also contains tantalum and lithium, which the company has developed into a broader battery materials business.

## Where Sinomine Resource Group operates

Sinomine Resource Group owns the Tanco mine at Bernic Lake in south-eastern Manitoba, Canada, and the Bikita lithium mine in Zimbabwe. Its cesium, rubidium and lithium chemicals are made at plants in China.

## 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 Sinomine Resource Group.

## FAQ

### Which critical minerals does Sinomine Resource Group produce?

Sinomine Resource Group is linked to 1 critical mineral: it is a producer of cesium. Each mineral's price is on its page: [Cesium](/commodities/cesium-price-us).

### Is Sinomine Resource Group a cesium stock?

Yes. Sinomine Resource Group is a producer of cesium. [See the cesium price per kg](/commodities/cesium-price-us).

### Where is Sinomine Resource Group listed?

Sinomine Resource Group is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the ticker 002738 (SHE: 002738), and is based in China.

### What is cesium formate?

A dense, non-toxic salt solution used as a drilling and completion fluid in high-pressure oil and gas wells. Sinomine Resource Group is one of very few suppliers.

### Where is the Tanco mine?

At Bernic Lake in south-eastern Manitoba, Canada, one of the world's few sources of pollucite, the main ore of cesium.

## Sources

- Company filings: Sinomine Resource Group’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.