India, Australia invited to G7 meeting on critical minerals, Bessent says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Australia and several other countries would join a meeting of finance ministers…
China bets big on copper, but ‘weaponisation’ risks low, unlike with rare earths: analysts
China is accelerating efforts to secure its copper supply chain, designating the metal as critical across strategic industries…
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…
What economic cards will China play with Japan? Analysts say Beijing faces a balancing act
Beijing is expected to calibrate its response to Japan with caution, weighing potential punitive measures against the risk…
US manufacturers face higher Chinese hurdles than soybean farmers
American soybean farmers aren’t alone in their dangerous overdependence on China. In a different way, so are many…
China’s exports fall in October as firms wait out Xi-Trump summit, trade war reset
China’s exports fell in October amid a volatile trade war with the United States – though recent high-level…
What is asteroid mining and how close are we to making it a reality?
The solar system is far more richly endowed by resources than everyday experience might suggest. You must have…
China’s rare earth limits may have ‘gone too far this time’ as trade talks start while U.S. gathers support amid global backlash
Top U.S. and Chinese officials met in Malaysia on Saturday to lay the groundwork for a summit between…
Breaking China’s iron grip on world’s supply of critical minerals
If there is any mystery over America’s historic agreement to partner with Australia this week on the supply…
Critical minerals industry cheers deal that will ‘encourage greater investment’ as stock prices swing
Australia’s critical minerals industry has broadly welcomed the wideranging rare earths deal struck between the US and Australia,…
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…
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…