AMG Critical Materials NV, a Dutch company specializing in the production and sale of engineered specialty metals and mineral products, has recently announced a significant acquisition. The company has agreed to acquire the remaining majority stake in Zinnwald Lithium Plc, a transaction valued at approximately $56 million. This acquisition will be financed equally with cash and new shares, granting AMG full control over a substantial lithium-potassium-tin project in Europe.
The strategic acquisition is aimed at advancing technical studies and adopting a staged development approach to bring the mine into operation. AMG plans to focus on improving environmental and cost efficiencies as part of this initiative. The company anticipates closing the deal in the third quarter and will subsequently concentrate on project feasibility and infrastructure development.
This move is positioned as a strategic effort to bolster Europe’s critical minerals supply chain and expand AMG’s resource base across its lithium, vanadium, and technology segments. AMG Critical Materials NV intends to engage with local stakeholders throughout the process, ensuring a collaborative approach to the project’s development.
AMG Critical Materials NV operates through two primary segments: AMG Critical Materials and AMG Engineering. The former is responsible for developing and producing specialty metals for various applications, including energy, aerospace, infrastructure, and specialty metal and chemicals. These metals encompass ferrovanadium, ferronickel-molybdenum, aluminum master alloys and additives, chromium metals, tantalum, lithium, antimony, natural graphite, silicon metal, and titanium master alloys. Additionally, the segment offers specialty alloys, coating materials, and vanadium chemicals.
The AMG Engineering segment focuses on designing, engineering, and producing vacuum furnace systems, including vacuum remelting, vacuum induction melting, vacuum heat treatment, high-pressure gas quenching, turbine blade coating, and sintering systems. This segment also operates vacuum heat treatment facilities and provides vacuum case-hardening heat treatment services on a tolling basis.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, AMG Critical Materials NV primarily operates in various international markets, including the United States, Germany, China, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Brazil, Italy, Austria, South Korea, India, Mexico, Belgium, Sweden, Turkey, Canada, Spain, Kazakhstan, Poland, Australia, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Russia, Thailand, Argentina, Singapore, and more. The company’s initial public offering took place on July 11, 2007, on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.
As of May 13, 2026, AMG Critical Materials NV’s close price was 40.9 EUR, with a 52-week high of 41.64 EUR and a low of 17.67 EUR on June 22, 2025. The company’s market capitalization stands at 1.44 billion EUR, with a price-to-earnings ratio of -133.22.
