Critical minerals

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
China

Global alarms rise as China's critical mineral export curbs take hold

German automakers became the latest to warn that China's export restrictions threaten to shut down production and rattle their local economies, following a similar complaint from an Indian EV...

The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2022, more than a week after Russia invaded Ukraine. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
USA

Trump seeks minerals refining on Pentagon bases to boost US output: sources

An employee works at a production line of lithium ion batteries inside a factory in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China October 16, 2018. Picture taken October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Joyce Zhou/File Photo
World+Biz

China expands critical mineral export controls after US imposes tariffs

Resource Dependency of Major Economies
By The Numbers

Resource Dependency of Major Economies

Sophia Kalantzakos
Thoughts

Critical minerals and the new geopolitics