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    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      European carmakers risk missing out on critical minerals, Australia warns

      Manufacturers could fall behind rivals if they fail to invest to secure supplies, says resources minister

      Pilgangoora lithium project in Port Hedland, Western Australia
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Visual story
      Can Europe go green without China’s critical minerals?

      The EU’s increasing demand for rare earths is causing problems for policymakers

    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      UK rare earth producer pivots to EU and US

      Less Common Metals applies brakes in home market after Brexit stymies exports to mainland Europe

    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Moral Money
      The green treasure chest buried in Ukraine Premium content

      Up to $11.5tn worth of minerals needed for the energy transition are located in the country

      A Ukrainian soldier lies on the ground as a tank fires toward Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Jennifer Harris
      No country can solve critical mineral shortages alone

      Achieving the energy transition will demand far more lithium and other essential commodities by 2030 than we are on track to produce

      image of a hand stirring a pile of lithium powder
    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      The Big Read
      Artisanal mining: the struggle to clean up a murky industry

      Small-scale miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo are risking their lives to source a metal critical for the energy transition

    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      LexJune Yoon
      The Lex Newsletter: rare earth dearth will hurt US and China Premium content

      Tit-for-tat trade curbs show both nations are prioritising political objectives over economic health

      A man holds up a gallium oxide wafer at the Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center
    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      UK looks to mine potential rich seam of critical clean-tech minerals

      British Geological Survey maps areas for exploration as ministers look to strengthen supply of key raw materials

      Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the north-west Highlands of Scotland
    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Special ReportThe World 2023
      Companies race to work around choke points in world trade

      Geopolitical risks are driving efforts to diversify but there are no quick solutions

      An advanced chip wafer displayed at a ceremony in Taiwan, the world’s largest semiconductor producer
    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Mining
      Sweden discovers biggest rare earths deposit in EU

      Lapland mine could help reduce Europe’s dependence on China imports

      The LKAB iron mine in Kiruna
    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      Misha Glenny
      The scramble for rare earths carries big geopolitical risks

      But without these metals there are limited solutions to our planetary problems

      A man in a hard hat holds a large power washer that blasts sand from the ground at a rare earth metals mine
    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Special ReportEnergy Transition
      Europe lags China in race for electric car supply chain

      Lithium from hard rock for batteries and rare earths for magnets and motors underscore main Asian competitor’s dominance

      Lithium ore falls onto a stockpile at the Pilbara Minerals Ltd. Pilgangoora project
    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      Solvay SA
      Solvay plans rare earths push as EU seeks to break reliance on China

      Belgian group to create Europe’s second facility producing elements vital in electric cars and wind turbines

      Solvay chief Ilham Kadri, pictured in February 2020
    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Experts cast doubts over UK’s first rare earths processing site

      Government launches strategy to bolster supply of critical minerals with £150mn investment in Hull facility

      Saltend chemicals park and power station near Hull
    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Pro-China group attacks US rare earths plant in fake social media posts

      Cyber campaign comes as Washington tries to boost self-sufficiency in critical minerals

      A security guard at a Lynas plant in Malaysia
    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      News in-depthBatteries
      China taps markets for $10bn to cement clean tech supremacy

      Country dominates electric vehicle supply chain as west races to develop rare earths production

      Production workers at a lithium-ion power battery plant in Nanjing
    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Pentagon bankrolls rare earths plant as US plays catch-up to China

      Australia’s Lynas will build facility in Texas with $120mn of funding from Washington

      Rare earths dug up and processed at Mount Weld in Western Australia
    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Australia backs rare earths mine to reduce China’s supply dominance

      $100mn project finance for Yangibana expected to feed Europe’s automotive sector

      Rare earths minerals are used in computer chips, batteries, magnets and cell phones
    • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
      China merges 3 rare earths miners to strengthen dominance of sector

      New entity hailed as ‘aircraft carrier’ of its industry for its market power and strategic importance

      Pots containing rare earth metals in a smelting workshop in China
    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      Special purpose acquisition companies
      Deep sea mining group left in lurch after $200m disappears

      ‘Pipe’ investment that failed to materialise during Spac merger overshadows listing of The Metals Company

      Workers disembark in San Diego, US, from a research vessel just returned from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean
    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Hochschild Mining PLC
      Hochschild to spin out Chilean rare earths project

      London-listed precious metals miner to list Aclara on Toronto stock exchange

      An employee working on an electric car assembly line
    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      Biden faces green dilemma in push to build US rare earths capacity

      White House wants to reduce reliance on China for critical materials but environmentalists have raised objections

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      US-China trade dispute
      US targets China rare earth magnets for possible tariffs

      Biden considers investigation of neodymium magnets in bid to reduce dependency on Beijing

      Neodymium at a factory in Inner Mongolia, China
    • Monday, 1 March, 2021
      North American groups seek to break China’s grip on rare earths supply

      New production method for metals vital to advanced technology comes as Beijing considers export ban

    • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry

      Beijing asks industry executives if proposed restrictions will harm western contractors

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