Rare Earth-Linked Stocks Firmly in Bear Market After Two ‘Transformational’ Government Bailouts
A fear of overt control by China over supplies of rare earth elements needed for advanced technologies have driven…
Tag: Mining
02/26 End of the Empire: Project Vault Is a Poor Substitute for a Critical Metals Industry
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Trump’s Greenland Obsession May Involve Blocking China-Backed Australian Mining Company
As WaL reported on January 23rd, President Trump’s obsession with critical minerals spun-off into an obsession with Greenland. Understanding that…
To Develop Critical Minerals, Industry and White House Propose Becoming China to Fight China
This is Part 4 of a 4-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…
Trump’s ‘Obsession’ with Critical Minerals Led Him to Greenland–for No Good Reason
Last July, Foreign Policy described President Trump as being “obsessed” with critical minerals—a byword for a host of commodities as common…
Environmentalism’s Cost in Cobalt, Antimony, Copper, and Silver: Critical Minerals in America
This is Part 3 of a 4-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…
Rare Earths Are Not Nearly as Rare as the Capital and Interest Needed to Develop Them
This is Part 2 of a 3-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…
Are Critical Minerals Critical, or Just Neglected?
This is Part 1 of a 3-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…
Nuclear Energy and Uranium Futures Glowing After Big Announcements from Japan and India
More closely linked to political decisions than any other commodity or energy security, uranium, and the energy companies that…
How Scott Bessent Using a Leverage Buyout to “Save” Ukraine
Reprinted with permission from Germinal G. Van… Scott Bessent, the incumbent US Secretary of the Treasury, recently “bought” Ukraine…
China Believes it’s Found World’s Two Largest Gold Deposits Totaling 2,000 Tonnes—Right Within its Own Borders
Geologists in China have now reported that they have identified two new large gold deposits inside the country that,…
Skyrocketing Natural Resource Revenues Mean More Money For Conservation
PICTURED: An offshore oil platform off the coast of Brazil. Photo credit wikimedia CC 3.0 Brazil. According to a…