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The United States is expanding domestic rare earth production, but the real challenge lies further downstream. Processing, metalmaking, alloy production and permanent magnet manufacturing remain critical to building a resilient…
Europe Considers a Bigger Role in Financing Critical Minerals BRUSSELS, 27 October 2026 — For a mining company, discovering a mineral deposit is only the beginning.…
When the Trump administration issued an executive order in April 2025 calling for accelerated development of seabed mineral resources, it identified three distinct geographic areas as…
China's export cutoff has left Japan months from running out of a metal that coats jet engines and chipmaking equipment. US defense contractors are exposed because…
A permanent magnet generates a magnetic field without any external power supply. No current through a coil, no energy input required to maintain the field. The…
One year ago today, President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed the United States-Australia Critical Minerals Framework at the White House. The agreement…
The battery in your electric car contains more graphite than any other material by weight. Here is what it is, how it works and why China…
One year ago today, President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical minerals framework at the White House. The agreement promised to build…
Canada is changing how it screens foreign investment in critical minerals. The new rules extend beyond outright acquisitions. They reach minority stakes. And they require government…
The United States has taken its first physical delivery of copper into Project Vault. The $12 billion strategic minerals reserve launched at the White House in…
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