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  • Charted: China’s Grip on Critical Mineral Refining
  • Charted: The Explosive Growth of Critical Minerals
  • Critical minerals are reshaping global trade as demand surges – Unctad

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visualcapitalist.com /1 month ago

Charted: China’s Grip on Critical Mineral Refining

China leads refining for 19 of 20 critical minerals analyzed, averaging about 70% market share across key supply chains.

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visualcapitalist.com /1 month ago

Charted: The Explosive Growth of Critical Minerals

Explore how global mine production has evolved from 1960 to 2024, highlighting booming demand for critical minerals and industrial metals.

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miningweekly.com /1 month ago

Critical minerals are reshaping global trade as demand surges – Unctad

As the global economy shifts towards cleaner energy systems, electrification and digital technologies, more countries are competing for access to critical minerals. Clean technolog...

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finance.yahoo.com /3 weeks ago

First Phosphate critical minerals strategy strengthened by international support, Noble Capital Markets says

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thehindubusinessline.com /3 weeks ago

Lack of industry-scale knowledge of extracting, processing critical minerals is biggest stumbling block, says Geological...

Calls for separate strategy for mining critical minerals

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usnn.news /2 weeks ago

Australia Will Struggle to Develop All 31 of Its Critical Mineral Reserves, Inquiry Told

By Alfred Bui Australia cannot realistically build leading industries around all 31 of its designated critical minerals, a parliamentary inquiry has heard, with calls for a more ta...

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ft.com /1 month ago

China’s hunt for US tungsten escalates global critical minerals race

Effort has driven up prices and prompted calls to restrict sales of a vital national security resource to overseas buyers

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globalissues.org /1 week ago

UNCTAD: Governments Turn to Trade Policy to Secure Critical Mineral Supplies

UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (IPS) - Demand for critical energy transition minerals (CETMs) is expected to surge over the coming decades as countries expand clean technology capacity, d...

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supplychainbrain.com /2 weeks ago

Report: Race for Critical Minerals Risks Global Disruptions

Governments acting independently to build strategic reserves of critical minerals risk driving up prices, worsening shortages and increasing geopolitical tensions.

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realclearpolitics.com /20 hours ago

China & the New Era of Critical Minerals Diplomacy

Beijing's export controls on rare earths and other niche metals are distorting markets and fuelling resource nationalism

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oilandgas360.com /1 month ago

From oilfields to magnets: How the U.S. is quietly rebuilding its critical minerals backbone

(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA –  For years, America’s rare‑earth and critical‑minerals problem was framed as a […]

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omanobserver.om /1 week ago

National critical minerals strategy vital for Oman: Report

MUSCAT, JULY 6Oman should adopt a comprehensive national strategy for critical minerals to safeguard its energy transition ambitions - a move that could create around 4,000 skilled...

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newswire.com /2 days ago

Temas' RCL Critical Minerals Patent Portfolio Expands into Chromium

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visualcapitalist.com /3 weeks ago

Mapped: Which Countries Hold the Biggest Mineral Reserves?

Australia ranks No. 1 in reserves for 5 of the 18 minerals listed.

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newstalkkzrg.com /4 weeks ago

MoDNR selects global firm to develop the Missouri Critical Minerals Plan

Missouri’s geology makes it one of the nation’s top 10 mineral producing states.

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miningweekly.com /1 month ago

Forward-looking critical minerals strategy must drive African beneficiation

South Africa’s Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy must become a practical roadmap for beneficiation, industrialisation and regional development, State-owned mineral research org...

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businessgreen.com /1 month ago

Study: 'Scramble' for critical minerals could stifle climate action

International coordination through existing organisations the only way to manage intensifying competition for cobalt, lithium, graphite and copper, report argues

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thediplomat.com /1 month ago

The Upcoming C5+1 Dialogue on Critical Minerals

On the sidelines of the Astana Mining & Metallurgy Congress, the C5+1 aims to deepen cooperation on critical minerals.

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newsroom.co.nz /1 week ago

Critical minerals mines must find private capital to unlock $50m from Govt

Two West Coast mining companies hope the funding will allow them to increase the value of exports from NZ mines

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grist.org /4 weeks ago

The US military is spending big on critical minerals

Indigenous peoples raise the alarm as Pentagon spending on lithium, graphite, and other minerals skyrockets.

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miningweekly.com /2 weeks ago

Future Minerals Forum report outlines practical framework for building shared value in global mining

Government-led industry organisation the Future Minerals Forum and US-based Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy have released a new report titled ‘Building Shared V...

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naval-technology.com /1 month ago

UK inquiry thrusts tungsten mining into defence minerals spotlight

MPs heard that the UK’s future defence-industrial resilience may depend not only on access to critical minerals, but on domestic refining The post UK inquiry thrusts tungsten minin...

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thediplomat.com /1 month ago

South Korea Has Diversified Some Critical Minerals. The Hardest Dependencies Remain.

For six minerals critical to South Korea’s most strategically important industries, China’s 2025 share of Korean imports ranges from 14.8 percent to 94.2 percent 

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news.mongabay.com /1 month ago

U.S. defense spending on critical minerals surges in the last decade

Over the past decade, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spending for critical minerals transformed from virtually nonexistent into a major revenue stream, with the last five yea...

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