Jack Lifton
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China’s Rare Earth Playbook: Status‑Quo Stability, Crisis‑Driven Leverage, and the Global Race to Respond
For more than a decade, analysts have warned that the world’s dependence on China for rare earths represents…
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Rebuilding the American Rare Earth Industrial Base
The rare earth supply chain has become one of the most strategically consequential—and structurally misunderstood—industrial systems in the…
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The Critical Minerals Platform (CMP) Report: The Chokepoints Nobody Sees Until They Matter
In the critical minerals business, supply disruptions do not always begin at a mine. Sometimes they begin in…
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The Chemistry of Reality and the Rise of Rare Earth Wish Factories
“The chemistry and metallurgy dictate the flowsheet — not investor enthusiasm.” — Jack Lifton, Co-Founder & Co-Chair, Critical…
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Jack-in-the-Stox: Quantum Critical Metals’ Quebec Gallium-Cesium Discovery
In this ongoing “Jack-in-the-Stox” Q&A series, Jack Lifton examines the companies, technologies, and geopolitical realities shaping the global…
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How Critical Minerals Are Reshaping America’s Industrial Future
As a long-time observer and participant in the research and development of the global rare earth products utilization…
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Lewis Black of Almonty Industries to Headline CMI Summit 5 with Stark Warning on the Critical Minerals Talent Crisis
May 14, 2026 — TORONTO, ONTARIO — As governments across the West race to secure critical minerals supply…
