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…
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…
China’s consumer prices return to growth as deflationary pressures persist
China’s consumer prices returned to growth in October – though the near-zero figure still pointed to persistent deflationary…
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…