Critical Minerals Institute
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Scandium Canada’s Simon Thibault Gives Crater Lake a Commercial Purpose Through a Product First Strategy
New CEO Simon Thibault tells Jack Lifton that customer specifications, a practical route into manufacturing and global cost…
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How a Chinese Recession Could Undermine America’s Critical Minerals Strategy
In the event of a Chinese economic recession, how will the United States’ critical minerals economy be directly…
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Critical Minerals Institute Marks Five Years with a Warning That Government Funding Alone Is Not a Strategy
Today, August 20, 2026, the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) marks its fifth anniversary. Five years after CMI was…
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The China Price Is No Longer the World Price for Rare Earths
The global rare earth market is now bifurcating—and perhaps trifurcating—as I have long predicted it would. Deglobalization is…
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Critical Minerals Report (08.16.2026): The Critical Minerals Bull Market Is Here as China Puts Its Arsenal Back in Play
“November 10 is not simply an export control deadline. It is the day the West discovers whether it…
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Critical Minerals Institute to Lead Supply Chain and Rare Earths Discussions in Atlanta
CMI Executive Director Tracy Hughes, Co-Chair Melissa Sanderson and Director Constantine Karayannopoulos will join industry leaders at Critical…
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November 10: The Day America Learns Whether It Has Solved Anything
If China extends its temporary suspension of critical minerals export restrictions, the real question will not be what…
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Lifton’s First Law of Energy Economics
The Cost That Matters Most There is a tendency among economists and politicians to measure almost everything except…
