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Airbus, Toulouse, Occitania
Toulouse, France43.63°N 1.37°E
computed criticality49/100
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final assembly; Russian titanium dependence cut to ≈20%
2024Fault line
The European assembler concentrates downstream the fragilities of titanium (residual Russian dependence ≈20%), of niobium superalloys and of Chinese aluminium-magnesium. Requalifying alternative forgings takes years, so much so that no European sanction has ever directly targeted VSMPO. The record A320neo build rates amplify every upstream strain.
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Airbus (Toulouse)
Safran (Paris)
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Aluminium smelting, Binzhou, ShandongCritical Metals · Critical anchor↗VSMPO-AVISMA, Verkhnyaya Salda, UralsCritical Metals · Link↗CBMM, Araxá, Minas GeraisCritical Metals · Critical anchor↗Framatome zirconium-hafnium, Jarrie, IsèreCritical Metals · Critical anchor↗Carbon fibre, Toray (Japan)Chemicals & Materials · Critical anchor↗Lynred, Veurey-VoroizeCompute · Critical anchor↗Aubert & Duval, Les Ancizes siteChemicals & Materials · Critical anchor↗Shocks endured
Power rationing: Chinese magnesium collapsesSep 20, 2021↗Sources