The Institut für Seltene Erden und Metalle AG was established with the mission of directly connecting European industrial companies with mining operations. In 2008, growing concerns over the unstable supply chain of rare earth elements and other raw materials classified as critical brought together experts from various fields.
After supply shortages were considered averted in 2011, a formal association was founded as a non-profit organization to maintain and expand the organically developed network of contacts. Since then, we have been recording prices for a wide range of metals and related products, all of which are stored in our comprehensive database.
