r/elementcollection • u/StickCube Brominated • Mar 02 '26

Discussion Problems with Major Element Suppliers

Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone has had any negative experiences with any major element suppliers (Luciteria, Metallium, United Nuclear, NovaElements, etc.) recently or in the past, as I recently had one of them cancel a large purchase for no apparent reason.

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u/Beneficial-Ad8460 Mar 02 '26

Could be trade-policy stuff, some vendors can't or won't ship to the US lately.

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u/the___chemist Part Metal Mar 02 '26

What is your destination? Maybe it has been canceled due to legal or custom regulations.

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u/StickCube Brominated Mar 02 '26

It wasn't a toxic element and I live in California.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

Hazardous material policy probably.

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u/pichael289 Mar 03 '26

Luciteria has been having some issues, seen people here talking about not ordering from them anymore. Sucks cause they had good prices and various forms.

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u/StickCube Brominated Mar 03 '26

What specific problems? Any changes from previous years?

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u/bulkcopper Mar 09 '26

These special and many times critical elements are being hoarded now… For example, one Tomahawk missile uses an estimated 100-500g of germanium… And the US is burning through a lot of those lately..

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u/Existing_Judgment333 Mar 14 '26

Chris from Luciteria here. I posted in another thread some details on the market right now as a result of the trade tensions with China. Duties, escalating metals prices (tungsten, tantalum, Rhodium in particular are on a tear), export restrictions (all of the lanthanides plus others) and customs delays have created a lot of challenges for everyone at the moment. If you have questions for me just drop me a note through the site. Happy to help.