Metals
  • Gold$3,993.62/oz0.00%
  • Silver$53.90/oz+0.02%
  • Platinum$1,552.00/oz0.00%
  • Palladium$1,046.50/oz0.00%
  • Copper$6.48/lb0.00%
  • Aluminium$3,047/t+0.01%
  • Nickel$15,870/t+0.13%
  • Zinc$3,744/t−0.09%
  • Lead$1,895/t−0.49%
  • Lithium$14,542/t−0.04%
  • Cobalt$23.11/lb0.00%
  • Uranium$90.10/lb+0.02%
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Salini Krishnan

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Salini Krishnan reports on the policy and capital forces reshaping critical-mineral supply chains: rare earths, US–China export controls, government stockpiles, deep-sea mining and the public money behind the West's push to rebuild refining capacity. A science postgraduate with a degree in communication, she reads the technical record before the press release, following minerals from exploration licence to processing plant. She has written for Skillings Mining Review since 2019.

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