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Technology Metals Report (01.10.2025): China Advances Forward in the Global Critical Minerals Arena While the West Watches Trump TV

Last week’s global headlines were dominated by significant business developments in China’s mining and energy sectors, reflecting strategic…

Tracy Hughes

January 10, 2025
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths, Market Opinion

The Rare Earth Landscape 2025: Part IV – Fantastical Claims and the Harsh Realities of Mining Economics

We have recently been informed by both a paid and an ignorant media that some jurisdiction or other…

Jack Lifton

January 5, 2025
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths

Technology Metals Report (01.03.2025): China to Cap Lithium Exports and Constellation Energy Lands $1B Nuclear Power Contract with U.S. Govt

This week, significant developments unfolded regarding China’s strategic maneuvers in the critical minerals and electric vehicle (EV) technology…

Tracy Hughes

January 3, 2025
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths

The Rare Earth Landscape 2025: Part III – The American Economy as an Expertise Magnet for Magnet Makers

Since 2020 many manufacturing companies have entered into a period of what we can call economic Darwinism. They…

Jack Lifton

January 2, 2025
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths, Market Opinion

The Rare Earth Landscape 2025 Part II – Shifting Sands: From Engineering to Finance and the Erosion of Supply Chain Competence

The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) American automotive industry’s efforts to secure domestic supplies of the necessary critical technology…

Jack Lifton

January 1, 2025
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths, Market Opinion

Resolutions and Consequences: A Look Ahead to the Geopolitical Landscape of 2025

‘Tis the time in which many of us look toward the New Year with intentionality and purpose and…

Melissa (Mel) Sanderson

December 31, 2024
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths

Technology Metals Report (12.27.2024): Japan Expands Nuclear Power, China’s EV Sales Set to Surpass Traditional Cars, and Arcadium Lithium Shareholders Challenge $6.7B Acquisition by Rio Tinto

Last week brought noteworthy shifts in global markets and energy sectors. In China, electric vehicles (EVs) are forecasted…

Tracy Hughes

December 27, 2024
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths

Technology Metals Report (12.20.2024): U.S. Graphite Miners Propose 920% Tariff, Paladin Acquires Fission Uranium and Saudi Arabia Enters the Lithium Market

Last week’s news highlights a significant move in the critical minerals sector, as North American graphite miners called…

Tracy Hughes

December 20, 2024
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths, Market Opinion

Assessing the Global Rare Earths Landscape in 2025: Part I – Price Discovery

All international trading nations aim for price stability, not for increases or decreases for particular categories, just to…

Jack Lifton

December 17, 2024
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Critical Minerals & Rare Earths

Technology Metals Report (12.13.2024): Canada Contemplates Export Tax on Critical Minerals in Response to Proposed Trump Tariffs

Last week’s news in the critical minerals sector was marked by several significant developments reflecting the growing geopolitical…

Tracy Hughes

December 13, 2024
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Pini Althaus to Deliver Keynote at CMI Summit 5 on U.S. Government Policy and Strategy in the Global Race for Critical Minerals

Technology Metals Report (01.10.2025): China Advances Forward in the Global Critical Minerals Arena While the West Watches Trump TV

The Rare Earth Landscape 2025: Part IV – Fantastical Claims and the Harsh Realities of Mining Economics

Technology Metals Report (01.03.2025): China to Cap Lithium Exports and Constellation Energy Lands $1B Nuclear Power Contract with U.S. Govt

The Rare Earth Landscape 2025: Part III – The American Economy as an Expertise Magnet for Magnet Makers

The Rare Earth Landscape 2025 Part II – Shifting Sands: From Engineering to Finance and the Erosion of Supply Chain Competence

Resolutions and Consequences: A Look Ahead to the Geopolitical Landscape of 2025

Technology Metals Report (12.27.2024): Japan Expands Nuclear Power, China’s EV Sales Set to Surpass Traditional Cars, and Arcadium Lithium Shareholders Challenge $6.7B Acquisition by Rio Tinto

Technology Metals Report (12.20.2024): U.S. Graphite Miners Propose 920% Tariff, Paladin Acquires Fission Uranium and Saudi Arabia Enters the Lithium Market

Assessing the Global Rare Earths Landscape in 2025: Part I – Price Discovery

Technology Metals Report (12.13.2024): Canada Contemplates Export Tax on Critical Minerals in Response to Proposed Trump Tariffs

Critical Minerals Report (04.05.2026): Section 232 Reset Begins, Tungsten Capital Accelerates & Rare Earth Supply Chains Face Execution Test

Critical Minerals Report (04.12.2026): The Iran War, China’s Chemical Leverage & The Real Supply Chain Constraint

The Critical Minerals Report (04.19.2026): Supply Chains Under Siege, Policy Experiments Multiply, and the Market Starts to Fracture

InvestorNews Member News

Greenland Mines And Its Subsidiary Major Precious Greenland A/S Join the European Raw Materials Alliance

Homerun Resources Inc. Announces Commencement of Trading of Sponsored BDR’s on the Brazil B3 Stock Exchange

Spartan Metals Appoints SRK Consulting to Lead Preliminary Economic Assessment on the Victorio Tungsten-Molybdenum Project, New Mexico

Grid Metals Reports Second Batch of Assays from its Phase 2 Drill Program at Falcon West; Cesium Mineralization Intercepted 75 m North of Lucy South Target Area

American Tungsten Confirms High-Grade Tungsten Mineralization from Initial Zero Level Underground Drilling at Ima Mine

InvestorNews Interviews

Deep Sea Minerals’ James Deckelman on the Next Critical Minerals Frontier

Kerem Usenmez on Volta Metals’ Rare Earth Scale and the High-Grade Gallium that Sets it Apart

Robin Dunbar Positions Grid Metals at the Center of the Global Cesium Supply Race

Defense Metals’ Mark Tory on Why the Rare Earths Grade and Processing Technology Matters

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InvestorNews Interviews

Deep Sea Minerals’ James Deckelman on the Next Critical Minerals Frontier

Kerem Usenmez on Volta Metals’ Rare Earth Scale and the High-Grade Gallium that Sets it Apart

Robin Dunbar Positions Grid Metals at the Center of the Global Cesium Supply Race

Defense Metals’ Mark Tory on Why the Rare Earths Grade and Processing Technology Matters