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Recent Executive Actions Affecting Critical Minerals and Materials

Four recent executive actions build on the Trump Administration’s efforts to secure critical minerals and materials for American national and economic security. Two of the actions...

Critical Rare Earth Race To Accelerate As China Tightens Grip

The Leading Producers of Space Race Materials

Which countries supply the materials behind the space race? Explore the global leaders in rare earths, gallium, graphite, titanium, and more.

How To Climb a Critical Mineral Mountain? Come Together, Right Now

At 2026 Partner Forum, Industry, Academia, Government, and Researchers Convene To Talk U.S. Supply Strangleholds, Modern Mining, and Optimism If you drive through one of the wester...

Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future

Why are critical minerals suddenly at the centre of global politics?

U.S. critical mineral strategy depends on battery recycling

The current global race isn’t just about making batteries; it’s about who controls the critical minerals inside of them. As demand for batteries—from data centers, defense, transpo...

Tungsten: The obscure metal testing the West's critical minerals strategy

  Pressure on Western defense stockpiles is drawing attention to a critical mineral most people rarely encounter by name: tungsten. With a melting point of approximately 6,177 F, t...

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.

Japan and India hold first event focused on recycling of key minerals

The global market for critical minerals, including rare earths, is dominated by China, making it necessary for both Japan and India to rely heavily on imports.

This unassuming New Hampshire refinery could help the U.S. break free from China’s hold on minerals

A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The c...

Battery recycling solves mineral security

Global competition for critical minerals is reshaping economic and technological leadership. Lithium, cobalt, and nickel power everything from electric vehicles to grid-scale stora...

Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future

Why are critical minerals suddenly at the centre of global politics?Read the full story, “Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future”, on globalissues...

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...

Security Council debrief: Race for critical minerals intensifies amidst warnings of conflict

The world needs more critical minerals than ever before for electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, batteries and smartphones.Read the full story, “Security Council debrief...

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

China's critical metal imports soar 60% in push to control global supply

Trump's critical minerals push faces U.S. supply shortfall

WASHINGTON D.C.: U.S. President Donald Trump's drive to eliminate Washington's reliance on Chinese critical minerals by January 2027 is running into a major obstacle, with industry...

China Targets U.S. Rare Earth Companies

China has long dominated the production and refining of rare earth elements, which are critical for the global green transition. […] The post China Targets U.S. Rare Earth Companie...

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...

Argonne and DOE Launch National Science at Scale Collaborative to Accelerate Critical Materials Manufacturing

Critical materials manufacturing acceleration is now at the forefront of United States economic and energy strategy following a major August […] The post Argonne and DOE Launch Nat...

Duke University, UCT make tangible investment recommendations ahead of lithium, rare earths boom

A first-of-its-kind report from researchers at Duke University and the University of Cape Town (UCT) has mapped the most credible research and development opportunities for lithium...

Critical Materials Crossroads Engine wins $160-million NSF award to develop domestic sources of critical minerals

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the Critical Materials Crossroads Engine, led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), to receive up to $160 million...

U.S. to invest $3 billion in minerals projects to boost supply chains

Minerals including rare earths, tungsten, germanium and scandium are essential for precision-guided missiles and other advanced weapons.

Al Attiyah Foundation Highlights Growing Strategic Importance of Critical Minerals

Critical minerals are emerging as one of the world’s most important strategic resources, with demand driven by the growth of electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, advanced ma...