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Critical Minerals Report
Critical minerals for clean energy ‘concentrated in fewer countries’ – report
The world’s sources of critical minerals are increasingly concentrated in just a few countries, most notably China, leaving the global economy vulnerable to supply cut-offs that could disrupt economies and hit consumers with higher prices, a report ...

Wed, 21 May, 2025

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
White House and Ukraine draw closer to rare earths deal
The progress in talks comes after President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky traded sharp rhetoric this week about their differences over the matter

Sat, 22 Feb, 2025

Wheelloaders transport iron ore at an ore yard in Tianjin, China, April 7, 2010.

The Chinese action, involving rare earth mine
World ‘has enough rare earth minerals to fuel shift to green energy’
The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electricity and limit global warming, according to a study.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2023

Scientists detail origins and diversity of every known mineral on Earth
Scientists detail origins and diversity of every known mineral on Earth
The study sets out that water helped more than 80% of mineral species to form

Fri, 01 Jul, 2022

US toolkit stakes claim to world's rare-earth minerals
US toolkit stakes claim to world's rare-earth minerals

The US State Department has helped launch an online tool to stake its claim to many of the world’s rare-earth minerals.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2020

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