MetalsIntel vs Industrial Info Resources (IIR): compare plant and mine development mapping with live critical-minerals prices. A free, real-time market-data alternative.
↗ Get live market data — freeIndustrial Info Resources (IIR) is known for its Global Market Intelligence (GMI) database, mapping plant and mine development across mining, smelting and recycling. It is an enterprise tool for tracking projects, capex and capacity additions worldwide.
| Capability | MetalsIntel | IIR |
|---|---|---|
| Primary data | Live prices + producer/offtaker geography | Plant/mine project & capex database |
| Live market prices | Yes — real-time, market-implied | — |
| Interactive supply map | Yes — producers → offtakers | Project mapping (GMI) |
| Critical-minerals & AI lens | Core focus | Broad industrial |
| Access | Free account | Enterprise subscription |
IIR excels at cataloguing plant, mine, smelting and recycling projects for capacity and capex intelligence. MetalsIntel is the free, live-price alternative: real-time market-implied prices for 60+ critical minerals, curated indices, and a geospatial producer-to-offtaker map that shows where the metals behind AI and the energy transition are produced and refined.
Where IIR maps industrial project development and capacity through its GMI database, MetalsIntel focuses on live critical-minerals market data, rare-earth and battery-metal indices, and China export-control risk — a complementary, accessible view of the same supply chains.
Start free — no card required