Tungsten Co history

To compare the evolution of a technology with the growth of a tree was a unique idea which has since been developed and expanded from 1850.

High speed steels with tungsten additions up to 20% were first exhibited at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, and revolutionized engineering practice in the early 20th century.

The first tungsten light bulbs were patented in 1904, and rapidly replaced the less efficient carbon filament lamps on the lighting market.

To produce drawing dies with diamond-like hardness but improved toughness was the driving force for the development of cemented carbides in the 1920s.

For the full story on the History of Wolfram and Tungsten, click to read the article in Newsletters June and December 2005.

The Tungsten Corporation was proudly founded by industry pioneers Keith Benton and David Victoria in 2007.

The Los Santos Mine was acquired by Almonty in September 2011 and is located approximately 50 kilometres from Salamanca in western Spain and produces tungsten concentrate.

The Sangdong mine, which was historically one of the largest tungsten mines in the world and one of the few long-life, high-grade tungsten deposits outside of China, was acquired in September 2015 through the acquisition of a 100% interest in Woulfe Mining Corp.