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China’s Export-Maximizing Playbook Is Working — and Democracies Need a Better Counterstrategy
A $1.2 trillion trade surplus is not just a trade imbalance: it is the visible product of an industrial, financial and g...
Pentagon Signs $2.03 Billion in Battery and Critical Minerals Supply Deals
Conditional loan and equity commitments target battery cells, rare earth magnets and bauxite processing as the Defense D...
Cobalt, Lithium, Tin and Rare Earths: The Strategic Metals Behind Modern Industry
Automotive, aerospace, renewables, electronics and defence share a deepening dependence on cobalt, lithium, tin and rare...
US Critical-Minerals Push: 28-Day Permits, $40bn in Deals and a Stalled Senate Bill
A White House roundtable, emergency permitting and a stalled Senate bill frame America's race to shorten mine approvals,...
DOE Commits $100M to Train Critical Minerals Workforce, Aiming to Double Graduates
The PROSPECT initiative will fund scholarships and new programs to fill a projected 6,000-engineer gap in mining and mat...
Bosnia’s Potential 200,000-Tonne Antimony Trove Attracts Attention as Prices Soar on Chinese Export Curbs
Antimony prices tripled to nearly $60,000/ton after China restricted exports, making Bosnia’s estimated 200,000-tonne re...
Trump’s $3bn Critical Minerals Push Aims to Forge a US “Mineral Superpower”
President Trump unveiled a $3bn investment package for critical minerals and batteries, driven by the need to restock de...
Rare Earths Could Add R$192 Billion to Brazil’s GDP and Create 750,000 Jobs by 2050, Says Amcham Study
Foreign investment and onshore processing would unlock an extra R$63.4 billion in GDP, with industrial states reaping th...
Tanzania’s Mining Boom Lifts GDP Share to 10.3% as Gold Exports Soar to $4.7bn
Record gold prices and a pipeline of critical mineral projects have propelled mining past tourism to become Tanzania’s l...
Kazakhstan Needs a Critical Minerals List Built on Commercial Readiness, Not Geology Alone
A proposed national list should prioritise minerals where processing, offtake contracts, and proven technology exist—not...
Namibia's New China Deals Put Its EU Partnership — and Its Industrial Strategy — to the Test
Fresh Chinese agreements across energy, mining, infrastructure and agriculture collide with the EU's €1.3bn Global Gatew...
Ferro-Alloy Resources Names New CEO, Raises £5.7m and Sets Sights on Yttrium
The Kazakhstan-focused miner is replacing its CEO, raising funds to meet near-term debt, and weighing yttrium extraction...
Queensland Launches $146m Critical Minerals Plan to Counter China’s Dominance
The Australian state’s four-year strategy aims to accelerate extraction, processing and export of rare earths and other ...
Trump Orders Export Curbs on Critical Mineral Waste Under Defense Powers
The White House has authorised the Commerce Secretary to restrict exports of e‑scrap, black mass and end‑of‑life rare‑ea...
Hedge Funds Boost Short Bets on US Critical Minerals Miners Amid China Dominance
Short interest surges in key US critical minerals and rare earth stocks as investors question whether government support...
Okonjo-Iweala: Africa Must Act Now as Global Trade Reaches Record $34.7 Trillion
WTO chief and Nigeria’s central bank governor warn that Africa risks losing a historic chance to reshape its economic fu...
Trump’s 2027 Ban on Chinese Critical Minerals Set to Miss Deadline as U.S. Processing Lags
With domestic rare earth supply at 0.6% of demand and key projects years behind schedule, the January 2027 prohibition o...
US to Auction 33M Acres off American Samoa for Deep-Sea Mining Despite Local Ban
The Trump administration aims to lease seafloor tracts for critical mineral exploration, drawing criticism from local co...