Governments say they want diversified critical minerals supply chains. Yet many regulatory systems still require a decade or more to move new mines from discovery to production. Getting a processing plant going is similarly protracted. …
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The United States and the European Union are both working to reduce their dependence on China for critical minerals, but they’re taking markedly different approaches. As both powers pursue critical-mineral independence through different means, the …
Critical minerals supply chains are shaped as much by geography as policy or finance. Yet much of Australia’s national debate still centres on regulatory frameworks and capital markets rather than the physical places where processing …
India imported 53,748 metric tonnes of rare-earth permanent magnets in the year to March 2025, and its demand is projected to double by 2030. That’s the mine-to-magnet problem in one line: India wants the clean-energy …
Neodymium and samarium may sound like something from a Hollywood superhero film, but they aren’t. These obscure elements drive modern tech and are buried deep inside modern missile systems, and they give China a quiet …