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…
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…
Trump’s rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed ‘Sputnik moment’
The other day US President Donald Trump said: “With a communist in charge? Look, you just go back…
Why US-China trade talks in Malaysia are crucial to paving way for Xi-Trump summit
With the US threatening to leverage its software strengths ahead of fresh trade talks with China in response…
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…
Donald rare earth mine given major project status by Australian government
The Australian government has granted major project status to Astron Corporation’s Donald Rare Earth and Mineral Sands project…
To hit back at the United States in their trade war, China borrows from the US playbook
WASHINGTON (AP) — China likes to condemn the United States for extending its arm too far outside of…
Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Donald Trump could hardly be timed better
When he sets foot inside the gilded cage of the Oval Office — for what will arguably be…
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…
US trade envoy Jamieson Greer calls China’s new rare earths curb a ‘power grab’
The outlook for US-China relations appeared to hit another snag on Sunday when the US Trade Representative Jamieson…
America and China return to fierce trade conflict
ONE OF THE year’s surprises has been how few countries chose to retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariffs with…