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critical minerals
Critical minerals are naturally occurring geological materials that are essential for modern technologies and industries, including renewable energy, defense, and electronics. They are considered vital for economic and national security due to their role in manufacturing products like batteries, semiconductors, and military equipment.
Why it’s in the news: They are in the news due to intense geopolitical competition, particularly between the US and China, as nations and blocs like the EU and BRICS race to secure supply chains and reduce dependence on each other.
Latest on critical minerals
- Brimstone and its one-stop process for making cleaner cement and critical minerals
- China’s stealth fighters, critical minerals from lithium waste: 7 science highlights
- BRICS Summit: Weaponisation of tech, critical minerals could hinder shared progress, warns Modi
- Malaysia draws global critical minerals interest as China curbs loom
- US critical minerals proposals to Brazil go unanswered as China looms
- EU slips further behind US in race for critical minerals
- Adjusting Imports Of Processed Critical Minerals And Their Derivative Products Into The Un
- Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The
- Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Delegates Defense Production Act Authority with Resp
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President Donald J. TrumpHow Austria can loosen China’s grip over a key critical mineralIndia’s Bid to Build the Magnets the West NeedsEU to invest €200 million in Greenland as Trump circlesMalaysia draws global critical minerals interest as China curbs loomUS critical minerals proposals to Brazil go unanswered as China loomsJapan and India hold first event focused on recycling of key mineralsMalaysiaCritical Minerals Supply Chain Diversification