Why President Trump wants Australia’s rare earths
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was kept waiting months for his first meeting with US president Donald Trump, but…
Global finance chiefs wait on Trump and Xi as trade war simmers
(Bloomberg) — After a week of talks dominated by trade spats and geopolitical distrust, finance chiefs were once…
‘China versus everyone’: US eyes rare earths deal with Australia as former Trump advisor touts major trade win from Trump-Albanese meeting
A former Trump advisor expects the US to forge a valuable rare earths partnership with Australia ahead of…
China Rare-Earth Product Exports Shrink as US Frictions Flare
(Bloomberg) — China’s exports of rare earth products fell in September from a month earlier, as Beijing’s tighter…
US wants to make rare earth deals with Australia but without China involved, expert says
The United States has an appetite to strike critical minerals deals with Australia, but without involving China in…
China Trade Fight Threatens COVID-Like Shock To U.S. Economy, Analysis Finds
AFP / Getty Images The reignition of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies could suppress economic…
Markets tumble as Trump escalates trade war with 100% tariff on China ‘over and above’ current rates
President Donald Trump has sent the market tumbling while escalating his trade war with China and threatening a…
Donald Trump threatens ‘massive’ tariffs on China after Beijing restricts rare earths
US President Donald Trump has threatened to hike tariffs against China and cancel a planned meeting with President…
China has a ‘chokehold’ on the rare earth supply chain. Could Australia offer an alternative?
They sound like the names of characters in a science fiction blockbuster: Neodymium, Praseodymium, Dysprosium and Terbium. In…
China’s dual-use asteroid-collision research threatens satellites
China has unveiled its mission to impact deliberately a near-Earth asteroid by 2030 – a decisive step toward…
Shoring up Australia’s remaining industry an investment rather than bailout
As a nation, Australia often baffles the experts. We rank amongst the world’s richest nations when it comes…