Melissa Sanderson
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CMR Podcast (07.22.2026): The West Cannot Mine Its Way to Security
The critical minerals debate still begins in the wrong place too often. Western governments count deposits, announce financing…
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America Cannot Order a Supply Chain into Existence
President Donald Trump’s July 20th executive order, Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical…
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CMR Podcast: Why Industrial Expertise Is Becoming the West’s Greatest Critical Minerals Asset
“The conversation is shifting from owning deposits to owning capabilities.” That observation from Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) Co-Chair…
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CMR Podcast: Critical Minerals, China, and the Limits of G7 Cooperation
The Critical Minerals Report (CMR) Podcast is a new, twice-monthly series produced by the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI),…
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Critical Minerals Report (06.21.2026): Allies, Competitors, and Critical Minerals
“Critical minerals have become the ultimate geopolitical paradox. Governments increasingly recognize that supply-chain security requires cooperation, yet every…
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The Price of Ignorance: Ebola, the Congo, and the Cost of Looking Away
Ebola is a particularly nasty virus, and an especially ugly way to die. It came to the attention…
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CMI Masterclass: The Global Economic War for Rare Earths
The rare earth industry has stopped being a supply chain and started behaving like a lever of power.…
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Critical Minerals Institute Announces New Masterclass: The Competition for Critical Minerals in a Deglobalized World During the Next Decade (2026–2035)
TORONTO, ONTARIO – January 8, 2026 – The Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) today announced it will host a…
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Melissa “Mel” Sanderson to Champion Critical Minerals Sustainability at Future Minerals Forum 2026
TORONTO, ONTARIO – January 6, 2026 — Melissa “Mel” Sanderson, Co-Chair of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), will…
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The Congo Is Not a Quick Win
In Washington, “peace” is being marketed like a term sheet. In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, it is…
