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Project Vault gives the US a $10B critical minerals reserve, but rare-earth refining and magnet capacity remain major supply-chain gaps.
Rare earth separation and refining equipment at an industrial processing facility. The critical minerals supply chain is becoming less constrained by geology than by chemistry. New…
Industrial facilities are central to the U.S. effort to rebuild a secure tungsten supply chain. PORTLAND, Maine : The U.S. government has committed up to $2…
Modern critical minerals refining and separation facility. The world is adding mines, but the refining system that turns ore into usable industrial material is becoming more…
Rare earth separation tanks and piping at an industrial processing facility. China’s critical minerals policy is approaching a decisive test. On Nov. 10, 2026, the suspension…
Modi’s warning about critical minerals comes as India seeks better ties with China while building alternatives to Chinese supply-chain dependence.
Critical minerals refining remains heavily concentrated. IEA data shows the top three refining countries accounted for an average 86% of output across six key minerals in…
A proposed U.S. refinery capable of processing 24,000 metric tonnes of black mass a year is one of several 2026 milestones showing how the critical minerals…
Ghana is courting Australian investors to develop its critical minerals sector as the country looks beyond its traditional gold-led mining industry. The push puts Ghana critical…
The United States is backing Kenya’s ambition to build a domestic critical-minerals processing industry, turning a preliminary minerals framework into a test of whether African producers…
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