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Mining, energy, and supply chains: explained without hype. The latest signals across mining markets point to a common constraint: securing future supply is becoming as important…
Illustrative image: critical-minerals processing infrastructure in Queensland. Queensland Parliament has passed legislation giving the state government expanded powers to accelerate major projects, including critical-minerals mines, processing…
Industrial equipment at a U.S. critical minerals processing facility. WASHINGTON : The U.S. government will invest about $3 billion in critical-minerals, battery and mining projects as…
The global architecture governing critical minerals has entered a decisive operational phase. As industrial demand accelerates across electric vehicles (EVs), grid-scale energy storage systems (ESS), artificial…
Global industrial supply chains are undergoing a structural realignment as governments and operators confront the deep vulnerabilities inherent in critical mineral sourcing. Rare earth elements (REEs),…
WASHINGTON : Federal acquisition officials and defense prime contractors are confronting an increasingly narrow operational window as the statutory January 1, 2027 deadline approaches. Under federal…
The global energy transition is hitting a massive structural wall, and it has nothing to do with whether miners can pull ore out of the ground.…
Japan’s manufacturers can currently secure only about two-thirds of required rare-earth supply after Chinese dysprosium and terbium exports fell to zero in the first half of…
Bunker Hill Mine infrastructure in Idaho’s Silver Valley. Bunker Hill Mining Corp. has agreed to acquire Silver47 Exploration Corp. in an all-stock merger valued at approximately…
The United States government has executed a decisive intervention in the critical minerals supply chain, moving to halt foreign shipments of shredded lithium-ion battery materials and…
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