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One platform for everything behind your suppliers.

Your products and their components, every supplier down to the mine, and the evidence for each link.

How an engagement runs
Walk a sample chainAn illustrative servo motor, from Barcelona to the mine

Start from the question in front of you.

A regulation, a customer questionnaire, or a supplier you are about to pay.

What each rule asks

Where the hidden tiers are deepest.

Metal, minerals and electronics, through refiners and traders in several countries.

All industries

An intelligence company.

We research registries, trade records and public sources. We never contact your suppliers.

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Where the hidden tiers are deepest.

Metal, minerals and electronics pass through refiners, traders and sub-suppliers in several countries before they reach your part. Eight sectors, one method: map the chain, evidence every link, mark every gap.

Terraced open-pit mine seen from aboveGlobe with the Democratic Republic of the Congo highlighted in red and an arc towards China

Critical minerals and batteries

From the mine to the cell.

Lithium from Chile and Australia, cobalt from the DRC, nickel from Indonesia. Each passes through refiners and traders before it reaches a battery or a magnet. We trace it back as far as the evidence allows.

Typical exposure
Refining and ore origin, artisanal mining, single-source dependency
What we map
Cell maker, cathode and electrolyte, refiner, mine or trader of origin
Relevant rules
EU Batteries Regulation, Critical Raw Materials Act, forced labour
  1. Battery pack
  2. Cells
  3. Cathode
  4. Refined cobalt
  5. Mine of origin

The Democratic Republic of the Congo mined about 73% of the world's cobalt in 2025, and Indonesia about 14%. China is the leading refiner.USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

Close-up of a jet engineGlobe with China, Japan, Russia and Kazakhstan highlighted

Aerospace

Every forging, accounted for.

Titanium, nickel alloys and electronic sub-assemblies move through long, opaque chains. We identify the manufacturer of record behind each part, and who ultimately owns it.

Typical exposure
Forgings, castings and alloys; foreign ownership
What we map
Machinist, forge, alloy producer, ownership structure
Relevant rules
Export controls, sanctions, forced labour
  1. Your assembly
  2. Machined part
  3. Forging
  4. Titanium alloy
  5. Titanium sponge

China, Japan, Russia and Kazakhstan made more than 95% of the world's titanium sponge in 2025, China alone about 70%.USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

Naval vessel at seaGlobe seen from the north with China highlighted in red and an arc to Barcelona

Defence

Ownership and origin, proven.

Defence programmes depend on sub-suppliers that change hands quietly. We resolve who owns each company in your chain, and where its critical inputs come from.

Typical exposure
Foreign ownership and control, restricted entities, single sources
What we map
Sub-tier suppliers, beneficial owners, origin of critical inputs
Relevant rules
Export controls, sanctions, foreign investment screening
  1. Your system
  2. Sub-assembly
  3. Component maker
  4. Ultimate owner

China mined about 79% of the world's tungsten in 2025, and added export controls on tungsten products in February 2025.USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

CNC lathe machining a metal partGlobe with Australia and China highlighted and an ore route between them

Industrial machinery

Steel, motors, bearings.

A casting from China, a forging from India, a motor from Türkiye: each carries metal and magnets from somewhere else. We follow them from your part to the smelter or separator.

Typical exposure
Primary aluminium, steel, rare-earth magnets
What we map
Foundry, rolling mill, ingot supplier, smelter, magnet maker
Relevant rules
Forced labour, UFLPA, CBAM, Critical Raw Materials Act
  1. Your part
  2. Foundry
  3. Ingot
  4. Primary smelter

China made about 52% of the world's crude steel in 2025.worldsteel, January 2026

Printed circuit board with componentsGlobe with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda highlighted in red and an arc to southern China

Electronics

Behind every distributor.

Boards assembled in Vietnam or Malaysia, components bought through distributors across Asia. We resolve the real manufacturer of each critical component and screen it against export-control and sanctions lists.

Typical exposure
Distributors and traders, semiconductors, conflict minerals
What we map
Assembler, PCB maker, distributor, component manufacturer
Relevant rules
Export controls, sanctions, UFLPA, forced labour
  1. Your board
  2. Assembler
  3. Distributor
  4. Real manufacturer

The DRC and Rwanda mined more than two thirds of the world's tantalum in 2025, the metal in tantalum capacitors.USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

Operator in a semiconductor cleanroomGlobe with China highlighted in red, and Taiwan, South Korea and Japan in white

Semiconductors

From wafer to gallium.

Chips pass through fabs, packaging houses and distributors before they reach your board, and their critical inputs are among the most concentrated in the world.

Typical exposure
Gallium, germanium and polysilicon; export controls; distributors
What we map
Distributor, packaging, fab, critical input supplier
Relevant rules
Export controls, Critical Raw Materials Act, forced labour
  1. Your board
  2. Distributor
  3. Fab
  4. Gallium refiner

China produced 99% of the world's primary gallium in 2025, and has restricted its export since August 2023.USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

Robotic arms on a car assembly lineGlobe with China highlighted in red and an arc across Eurasia to Barcelona

Automotive and e‑mobility

Castings, magnets, cells.

A vehicle component carries aluminium, steel, magnets and battery materials from several continents. Your customers in automotive will ask you to show where they come from.

Typical exposure
Primary aluminium, rare-earth magnets, battery materials
What we map
Tier 1 and 2 parts makers, smelters, separators, cell suppliers
Relevant rules
Forced labour, UFLPA, Batteries Regulation, CBAM
  1. Your component
  2. Motor
  3. Magnet
  4. Rare-earth oxide

China mined about 70% of the world's rare earths in 2025, and since April 2025 requires export licences for seven of them, including dysprosium and terbium used in motor magnets.USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

High-voltage substation equipmentGlobe with Chile, Peru and the Democratic Republic of the Congo highlighted

Energy and grid

Transformers, cable, steel.

Grid equipment and renewables depend on electrical steel, copper and polysilicon, with long lead times and concentrated suppliers.

Typical exposure
Polysilicon, electrical steel, copper; single sources
What we map
Equipment maker, core steel mill, copper rod, polysilicon producer
Relevant rules
UFLPA, forced labour, CBAM, Critical Raw Materials Act
  1. Transformer
  2. Winding wire
  3. Copper rod
  4. Cathode
  5. Copper mine

Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Peru mined almost half of the world's copper in 2025.USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

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