Japan’s economic statecraft of rare earths – The International Institute for Strategic Studies
Japan’s economic statecraft of rare earths The International Institute for Strategic StudiesJapan mines Pacific Ocean mud for rare earths…
The water wars are coming
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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…
How is China involved in Greenland’s Kvanefjeld project?
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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…
Canada As A Critical Minerals Refiner Is Globally Irrelevant
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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…
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 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 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…
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…