{"slug": "shortage-of-tungsten-key-for-ai-defense-is-fueling-this-stock", "title": "Shortage Of Tungsten, Key For AI, Defense, Is Fueling This Stock", "summary": "Almonty Industries (ALM) announced a share buyback on Monday to capture a 'disconnect' between its stock price and the value of its tungsten assets as processing ramps up at its Sangdong mine in South Korea. The company's stock jumped early Monday after a big gain on Friday, reflecting growing concerns about a tungsten shortage that is key for AI and defense applications.", "body_md": "Almonty Industries (ALM) announced a share buyback on Monday. The buyback is meant to capture what it calls a \"disconnect\" between ALM stock's price and the value of its tungsten assets as processing ramps up at its Sangdong mine in South Korea. Almonty stock jumped early Monday after a big gain on Friday. The stock reaction reflects growing concerns about…\n\n# Shortage Of Tungsten, Key For AI, Defense, Is Fueling This Stock\n\nCopyright ©2026 Investor's Business Daily, LLC. All rights reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shortage-of-tungsten-key-for-ai-defense-is-fueling-this-stock", "canonical_source": "https://www.investors.com/news/tungsten-shortage-almonty-stock-buyback/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo", "published_at": "2026-08-17 14:56:21+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-17 15:13:19.293046+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Almonty Industries", "Sangdong mine"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shortage-of-tungsten-key-for-ai-defense-is-fueling-this-stock", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shortage-of-tungsten-key-for-ai-defense-is-fueling-this-stock.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shortage-of-tungsten-key-for-ai-defense-is-fueling-this-stock.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/shortage-of-tungsten-key-for-ai-defense-is-fueling-this-stock.jsonld"}}