Critical Minerals • Sep 11, 2025
Mining & Inflation: Are Critical Minerals
Copper & lithium face major supply deficits by 2035. Can they join gold as inflation-proof safe havens for mining companies & investors?
Rare Earths
Explore the high-stakes world of rare earth mining with Skillings. This category covers the exploration, production, and processing of critical elements like neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium—essential to defense, clean energy, and electronics. We report on China’s dominance, U.S. and EU supply chain diversification, refining challenges, and investment flows. Whether you’re a policymaker, investor, or tech manufacturer, this section offers strategic insights into how rare earths shape the future of geopolitics and innovation.
Energy Transition • Sep 8, 2025
Europe’s Green Transition Paradox: Rare Earths
KIRUNA, SWEDEN — When LKAB confirmed this spring that its Per Geijer deposit holds around 1.2 billion tonnes of ore containing 2.2 million tonnes of rare-earth…
Middle East • Sep 6, 2025
The Post-Oil Era Begins: Why Gulf Billions Are
Saudi Arabia & UAE pivot from oil to mining, reshaping Gulf wealth through lithium, copper & cobalt investments.
Processing & Smelting • Sep 4, 2025
Uranium’s “Second Nuclear Age”: Junior Miners
Junior uranium miners are driving the new nuclear age, transforming uranium into a strategic asset central to global energy security.
Battery Metals • Sep 2, 2025
Lithium Price Crash Meets Surging Demand
Lithium prices plunge 85% despite record demand, reshaping the global battery metals industry and challenging miners.
Market Intelligence • Aug 30, 2025
China Rare Earth Price Control: How Beijing Dominates Global Supply Chains and What Japan’s Strategy Teaches the West
China controls 70% of rare earths, dictating prices and supply. Japan reduced dependence—can the U.S. learn before the next crisis?
Base Metals • Aug 26, 2025
Why Copper and Potash Just Landed on the US
US DoI draft 2025 Critical Minerals List adds copper, potash, silver. What it means for supply chains, retailers, and national security.
Rare Earth • Aug 23, 2025
U.S. Exit from UNESCO Narrows Oversight on
Trump’s UNESCO withdrawal by 2026 reduces global oversight on Grand Canyon uranium mining. What it means for U.S. miners and ESG risks.
Mining Finance • Aug 22, 2025
U.S. Rare Earth Breakthrough: Energy Fuels
Energy Fuels dysprosium oxide production at 99.9% purity marks a U.S. first. White Mesa Mill’s milestone reshapes America’s rare earth supply chain.
Battery Metals • Aug 20, 2025
IU Invest Moves Into DRC Mining
IU Invest acquires majority of Critical Metals, taking control of DRC’s Molulu copper-cobalt project. A Western challenge to China’s mining dominance.
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