China’s global technology and engineering ascendancy continues
China now dominates in every technology that defines the modern world. According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s…
The Circular Battery Economy Set to Surge to Nearly $78 Billion
As the global energy transition accelerates, the race to secure critical minerals is shifting from remote mines to…
Canada As A Critical Minerals Refiner Is Globally Irrelevant
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has just returned from a trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where…
South Africa & EU ink critical minerals pact, champion multilateralism
At a high-profile trilateral meeting on Thursday, Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, together with Ursula von der…
EU ‘optimistic’ about breakthrough in free trade agreement negotiations with Australia
A breakthrough in long-stalled negotiations over a free trade deal between Australia and the European Union could come…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heralds WA gallium project as ‘game changing’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited the future West Australian gallium processing plant site, central to the United…
Are Australia and its rare earths part of the solution to ‘magnet shock’?
The big question from the magnet shock of 2025 is who gets to be the North Sea. It’s…
What can Australia learn from Norway’s approach to taxing resources?
Norway is renowned for ranking among the happiest and wealthiest countries around the globe — a standard of…
What can Australia learn from Norway’s approach to taxing resources?
Norway is renowned for ranking among the happiest and wealthiest countries around the globe — a standard of…
Australia supplying China with critical mineral vital for hypersonic missiles and its nuclear program
Chinese companies are the largest shareholders in two Australian mines producing minerals vital for Beijing’s hypersonic missiles and…
Australia’s pursuit of critical minerals holy grail could come at great cost
Pursuing the holy grail of critical minerals could be economically irrational, and Australia will need to bet on…
Japan and US sign deal on rare earths as new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi goes on ‘charm offensive’
US President Donald Trump and Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have signed a framework agreement for securing the…