What is Japan’s potential for domestic rare earth mining?
Rare earth elements extracted from the sea floor surrounding a remote Japanese island earlier this month could someday…
Indonesia’s rare earth push unlikely to shake China’s grip – Markets
ndonesia’s recent identification of eight mining blocks with significant potential deposits of rare earth elements marks a strategic…
Takaichi Tests a New Growth Formula for an Inflation Era, Economist Says
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is moving to reframe Japan’s economic debate around a simple proposition. The country is…
US hopes to challenge China’s critical minerals dominance with new trading bloc
The US is urging dozens of countries to follow Australia’s lead and sign on to a plan to…
Europe’s largest rare earths mine: How EU funding clashes with environmental laws
A core tension underlies the EU’s support for LKAB’s Per Geijer rare-earth mine in northern Sweden. The EU…
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’s exports rebound in November despite extended slump in US shipments
China’s exports rebounded in November after declining in October, as overall trade sentiment improved on the heels of…
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…
Attackers Can Use Poetry To Derail AI Safeguards
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how poetry elides AI safeguards, the new boom…
What Australia can learn from China to become the world’s ‘cleaner’ rare earth refiner
Australia holds a plethora of rare earths — minerals essential for all sorts of cutting-edge technologies from wind…
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…
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…