China’s metal dominance

Washington has finally begun to recognize its critical minerals vulnerability.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | December 6, 2024 | 12:44 pm

Rattled by China, West scrambles to rejig critical minerals supply chains

China's trade restrictions on strategic minerals are starting to hit Western companies where it hurts.

Reuters | December 6, 2024 | 10:32 am

Australia grants further $257m for Iluka’s rare earths refinery amid cost blowout

Iluka had first committed to building what will be Australia's first fully integrated rare earths refinery in 2022.

Reuters | December 5, 2024 | 2:18 pm

Ionic Rare Earths applies for UK gov’t grant for commercial plant

The capital grant could provide the UK with sovereign magnet REO capability for the first time, the company says.

Staff Writer | December 5, 2024 | 8:12 am

The 45X tax credit makes a difference for US critical minerals

Regulations lawmakers and policymakers implement today will play an outsized role in the critical mineral landscape of tomorrow.

Farrell Gregory | December 4, 2024 | 10:38 am

China’s trade reprisals may extend to minerals like rare earths

China isn’t short of options when it comes to critical minerals that could be used as counters in a trade war with the US.

Bloomberg News | December 4, 2024 | 9:39 am

The role of minerals in Trump’s energy strategy dominance agenda

Achieving energy dominance will necessitate substantial quantities of minerals, ranging from tungsten in exploration drill bits to copper in electrical transmission lines.

Gregory Wischer and Shubham Dwivedi | December 3, 2024 | 6:00 am

Column: US targets scrap to close the critical minerals gap

As the US government is discovering, investing in new scrap processing capacity is far cheaper and greener than building new mines.

Reuters | November 29, 2024 | 9:53 am

RANKED: Top 20 automakers by EV battery metal spending

Value of the graphite, lithium, nickel, cobalt and magnesium contained in EV batteries is up 38% from the lows struck in January.

Frik Els | November 27, 2024 | 4:27 pm

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