3422°C
Highest melting point of all metals
ITIA notes tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals and an exceptionally high boiling point.
Recovered archive · Modern resource
The tungsten forum rebuilt for today.
Talking Tungsten began as a specialist forum for investors, analysts and mining-company presenters to explain tungsten’s strategic role, supply/demand fundamentals and industrial uses. This modern version preserves the recoverable forum archive and adds a clean education layer for today’s critical-minerals audience.
Original purpose
Why Talking Tungsten existed
“Talking Tungsten Forum was developed because we recognized that there was a need to form an event where industry experts and company professionals educate people about Tungsten as a commodity, focusing on its strategic nature and global supply/demand fundamentals.”
Recovered from the archived homepage. The old site documented a Vancouver forum on September 30, 2008 and a Toronto forum on March 3, 2009 at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre Hotel.
Recovered event record
Vancouver · Sept. 30, 2008
First Talking Tungsten Forum, described by the old site as a successful event with analysts and tungsten-company presenters.
First Talking Tungsten Forum, described by the old site as a successful event with analysts and tungsten-company presenters.
Toronto · Mar. 3, 2009
Second forum at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre Hotel. Archived presentations and videos are preserved in the media section.
Second forum at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre Hotel. Archived presentations and videos are preserved in the media section.
Archive rebuild · 2026
Legacy content, PDFs and WMV videos were recovered from the Wayback Machine and rebuilt into a modern static site.
Legacy content, PDFs and WMV videos were recovered from the Wayback Machine and rebuilt into a modern static site.
Why tungsten matters
Hardness, heat, density and strategic supply.
Old-site facts cross-checked with ITIA and USGS references.
60%
Cemented carbide demand
USGS 2025 says an estimated 60% of tungsten consumed in the United States was used in cemented carbide parts for cutting and wear-resistant applications.
W
Element 74
Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is element 74. It is dense, hard, heat-resistant and difficult to substitute in many industrial uses.
Old site themes preserved
Strategic metalSupply/demandForum videosMining issuersAnalyst talks
The rebuild keeps the historical identity of Talking Tungsten without pretending the old sponsor/company list is current.
Important disclaimer
This is an archive and education site. It is not an offer, recommendation, investment promotion or current company endorsement. Historical videos and logos are preserved to document what the old site contained.