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U.S. critical-minerals processing infrastructure is moving closer to the center of national-security policy. The United States is moving from statements about critical-minerals independence to direct industrial…
Rare-earth processing equipment at an industrial facility. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has proposed allowing the state-owned Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security…
Rare earth separation equipment inside a modern processing facility. The critical minerals supply chain in 2026 is moving beyond the traditional mine-and-offtake model. Across rare earths…
Rare-earth separation equipment at a U.S. processing facility. The critical minerals supply chain is often described as a race to mine more ore and separate more…
Critical minerals supply chains are being reorganized around security rather than cost alone. In 2026, governments are combining export controls, domestic-processing incentives, strategic stockpiles, recycling targets…
The architecture of global resource security is undergoing its most aggressive structural realignment in decades. Across Washington and allied capitals, policymakers are confronting a stark operational…
Rare earth processing equipment at a US industrial mill. The US critical minerals supply chain is moving from broad policy commitments toward a more demanding test:…
Mine-tailings reprocessing and critical-minerals recovery facility. Image: Skillings Mining Intelligence. **WASHINGTON : ** The U.S. Department of Energy has selected nine projects for up to $162…
Exploration equipment in a remote Saudi Arabian mineral frontier. Saudi Aramco and the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, known as Maaden, have signed an agreement to establish…
The critical minerals supply chain 2026 strategy in the United States is moving beyond mine incentives. Washington is combining Defense Production Act authority, export controls, defense…
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