List of Critical Minerals articles
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The words "Hyundai Motor Group" are seen in large letters on the side of a large white industrial building. Trump’s Hyundai Raid Drains U.S. Battery Brains
The United States can’t build the powerful technologies on its own.
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Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing arrives to deliver a speech in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2024. Trump Is Inching Toward a Major Strategic Blunder in Myanmar
Washington appears poised to reach out to the military junta as part of its obsession with critical minerals.
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The top of a Virginia-class submarine peeks out above the ocean, its forward fin looming against a pale blue sky. America’s Military Runs on Chinese Rare Earths
But the Pentagon is hoping it can change that.
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe and Congolese Foreign Affairs Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner in the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington Should Prioritize Transparency and Sanctions in Congolese Critical Minerals Deal
Peace between Rwanda and Congo is good news, but more pressure is needed to make it stick.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen looks on during a press conference at the end of a European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on April 18, 2024. Can Europe Break Free From China’s Rare-Earth Grip?
Brussels is worried it could be Beijing’s next target.
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Rare-earth minerals are loaded for export to Japan at a port in Lianyungang, in China's Jiangsu province, on Sept. 5, 2010. Why Is Trump So Obsessed With Critical Minerals?
Inside Washington’s bet to loosen Beijing’s chokehold on these resources.
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A general view of a rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012. How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon
Washington wasn’t always so vulnerable to Beijing’s chokehold.
