The Chinese Society of Rare Earths has issued its second notice for its 2026 annual conference, scheduled for October 23–26 in Suzhou. The document announces no single commercial breakthrough. Its ...

The Argus Australia Critical Minerals Forum 2026 brings together industry leaders, investors, policymakers and market experts to discuss the latest developments in rare earths, lithium, manganese and ...

Madagascar's 2025 IGF country profile (opens in a new tab) correctly identified the island as an emerging source of critical minerals, but developments in 2026 show the story has evolved. The country ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has elevated overseas Chinese affairs—known as qiaowu—as a long-term strategic priority, calling for stronger engagement with Chinese communities abroad to support ...

Jack Lifton's latest InvestorNews analysis (opens in a new tab) reaches a conclusion Rare Earth Exchanges® has advanced repeatedly: a rare earth plant built outside China is not necessarily an ...

The world's rare earth challenge does not begin in the mine—it begins in a labyrinth of chemistry that few policymakers, investors, or even industry observers fully appreciate. While governments race ...

Firefighting robots have transformed emergency response by allowing crews to operate from safer distances while maintaining effective suppression capabilities. These rugged, teleoperated platforms ...

The report integrates government data, industry metrics, and cross-regional policy analysis to map the extent to which Chinese materials are embedded in global manufacturing. It tracks export volumes, ...

Gallium and germanium are small-volume, high-consequence materials. Neither is usually mined for its own sake. Both are recovered mainly as byproducts of larger industrial systems, which is why their ...

The study is not a laboratory experiment but a comparative geopolitical and economic analysis, combining government trade statistics, executive orders, African Union policy documents, and historical ...

Before high-force-density motors, ultra-stable optics, and radiation-hard detectors, chipmaking depended on bulkier, slower, and less precise systems that limited overlay, throughput, and yield. Today ...

China’s near-monopoly over rare earth elements – about 69% of global mining and 90% of processing – is more than a resource play; it is the backbone of a strategic innovation drive across high-tech ...