Aegean Intelligence Group

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Every dependency we map gets a label: 1. FACT (disclosed) 2. HYPOTHESIS (evidence suggests, unconfirmed) 3. GAP (unknown) Something like 'This supplier is China-exposed' is only useful if we say which tier, which input, and what would confirm it. Most risk reports blend the three, but that is not analysis. Aegean always provides the full picture. Learn more about our capabilities below and book a consultation with our firm: #capabilities" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">aegeanintel.com/#capabilities

An insight into critical minerals: The rare-earth bottleneck is not necessarily oxides. It is separation and metallization. For example, a magnet supply chain can have diversified mining and still route through one country for the step that matters. Diversifying the mine without diversifying the midstream is diversification on paper, but not in practice.

NEW from Aegean: "Critical Minerals Under Pressure: China Export Controls and the Race for Alternative Supply." What the export-licensing regime actually controls, where Western supply chains break, and which decisions have windows closing. aegeanintel.com/research/miner…

Critical minerals are treated as a commodity story. They are actually a control story. The constraint is not what sits in the ground, it is who controls processing, refining, and qualification. China's leverage in rare earths is not mining share. It is the midstream the rest of the world spent two decades outsourcing.

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How we work: Separate what we found (FACT) from what we think it means (ASSESSMENT) from what we recommend (ACTION). Three content types, three evidentiary standards, never blended into one confident-sounding paragraph. That discipline is the product.

Most 'supply chain risk' commentary stops at the headline. The work that matters starts one layer down: which input, from which geography, with how many qualified alternatives, on what lead time. The real exposure is the absence of an answer to that question before the disruption arrives. When your team says you are 'exposed' to a region or a commodity, can they put a number on it? The actual share of revenue, the actual lead time, the actual count of qualified alternatives. The gap between the adjective and the number is usually where the surprise lives