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U.S. and South Africa discuss potential critical mineral deals

May 8, 2026

(Oil Price) – Despite tense bilateral relations, the United States and South Africa held this week their highest-level meeting so far this year to discuss potential resource deals in critical minerals, the Financial Times reported on Friday, quoting attendees of the meeting in Johannesburg. The two countries have been in tense relations since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for his second term

Resource wars are here and oil is the first casualty

March 25, 2026

(Oil Price) – In just over a year, the world saw several instances of a choked supply of commodities indispensable for today’s economies and military capabilities. From China’s restrictions on rare earths and critical minerals supply to the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, policymakers and analysts began to realize that the control of oil, critical minerals, rare earths,

US, Mexico to develop coordinated trade policies on critical minerals

February 4, 2026

(Investing) – WASHINGTON – The United States and Mexico on Wednesday unveiled a 60-day plan to develop coordinated trade policies aimed at mitigating vulnerabilities in critical mineral supply chains, including possible price floors for certain mineral imports. The plan, which includes no specific mention of China and its chokehold on processing of many such minerals, calls for the two nations to

US, Europe fall behind in the race to control the Arctic: Vladimirov and Petrova

January 29, 2026

(BOE Report) – The Arctic is no longer a frozen periphery, especially not after the U.S. spat with Europe over Greenland. As sea ice melts, the High North is emerging as a strategic hub for energy, shipping and critical minerals. It is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet, but what’s also heating up is the

Platinum set for biggest monthly gain in 39 years on EU auto policy boost

December 30, 2025

(Investing)– Platinum prices are on track for their strongest monthly rally in nearly four decades in December, fuelled by the EU’s U-turn on its 2035 combustion-engine ban, a tight supply backdrop and rising investment demand for precious metals. Platinum and palladium, both used in autocatalysts that reduce car exhaust emissions, have surged this year as U.S. tariff uncertainty and a rally in gold and silver helped

Large critical minerals deposit discovered in Utah

December 17, 2025

(Oil Price)– A Utah company has unearthed a massive deposit of critical minerals, describing it as potentially “one of North America’s most significant” finds to date. According to Ionic Minerals Technology, assays from its Silicon Ridge project in Utah have confirmed the presence of 16 critical minerals, including germanium and gallium, in the halloysite-hosted ion-adsorption clay (IAC) system, a geological system that’s

U.S. Army looks to build small refineries for critical minerals

December 9, 2025

(Oil Price) – The U.S. Army will develop small-scale refineries to ensure domestic supply of critical minerals for defense and military purposes as the United States and the Western allies look to reduce their dependence on China. “We need to come up with a way to ‌make our own (critical minerals) domestically that we can actually monitor and control within our

G-20 tries to box in critical mineral disruption

November 24, 2025

(Oil Price) – The G-20 is tiptoeing around China with a sledgehammer. In a draft declaration seen by Bloomberg, leaders called for shielding the global critical-minerals value chain from “unilateral trade measures inconsistent with WTO rules”—a diplomatic way of saying: everyone noticed what China did this year. Beijing’s licensing chokehold on dysprosium, terbium, and other heavy rare earths rattled supply chains from missile makers

Trump to meet Central Asian presidents as US seeks to counter China, Russia influence

November 6, 2025

(Investing)– U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of five Central Asian nations at the White House on Thursday as the U.S. seeks to gain influence in a region long dominated by Russia and increasingly courted by China. The talks take place amid intensifying competition for Central Asia’s vast mineral resources. Western nations are seeking to diversify supply chains

South Korean firms pledge $150 billion in US investments at summit

August 26, 2025

(BOE Report)– South Korea touted a broad range of U.S. investment plans by its companies at Monday’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, spanning shipbuilding, nuclear energy, aerospace, energy and critical minerals. While South Korean companies pledged at the summit $150 billion in U.S. investments, the countries also agreed to establish a non-binding

US prioritizes recovery of critical minerals from mine waste

July 24, 2025

(Investing) – WASHINGTON -The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday took steps to increase recovery of critical minerals, used in everything from electric vehicles to high-tech weapons, from mine waste, coal refuse, tailings and abandoned uranium mines. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed his department to streamline federal regulations on the recovery of the minerals such as rare earths, lithium and cobalt from

International group fights growing global critical minerals threats

February 24, 2025

(Oil & Gas 360) – With strategic minerals rising fast on the list of geopolitical risks given the Trump administration’s talk of Canada, Greenland, and Ukraine in his first month in office, miners worldwide are collaborating as never before to build and share security and operational resilience. According to officials at the Colorado Mining Association’s 127th National Western Mining Conference

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