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Helison (Linde-Sonatrach helium JV, Skikda)

mining-metals·🇩🇿 DZ·Ownership re-checked 2026-10-06 · exposure claims not re-checked since fill

Linde-Sonatrach joint venture running a liquid-helium extraction plant at Skikda, Algeria (built 2006, fed by Sonatrach's GL1K liquefaction complex), with Helison Marketing SA handling export.

Supply-risk report · CRMA Art. 20–25 assessment Policy outlook · threats, impact & strategy

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Low

Binding chokepoint

helium 49

Controller

🇺🇸 US 43%

Measures, 24m

2 · 0 total mentions

Scored exposures

1 materials

Its binding exposure, helium, is controlled by US at 43% of refined output.

Material exposure

1scored materials · 1 produced, 0 consumed

This company sits on the supply side for 1 of its 1 materials — a restriction on those is a tailwind, not a headwind.

helium🇺🇸 US · produces49

Policy measures, last 24 months

No actions in the register have named or swept this company in the last 24 months.

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If passed, would hit their inputs

1proposals matching this company's materials

Tanzania Critical & Strategic Minerals Strategy + statutory critical/strategic minerals LIST (Ministry of Minerals, Mavunde) — beneficiation-mandate licensing instrument🇹🇿 moderategraphite, nickel, rare-earths, lithium, niobium, cobalt, titanium, helium

Supplier alternatives

1of 1 exposures have a viable non-dominant substitute · avg lead 3mo

helium🇺🇸 US 43% → 🇶🇦 QA0-6mo

No dated actions on record. Material exposures are company-researched, not yet re-checked; scores are footprint-adjusted and buyer-relative.

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