ESG
Europe’s Hidden Power in Mining: How Regulation, Finance, and ESG Rules Shape Global Copper, Lithium, and Critical Minerals Supply
Europe is reshaping the global mining industry—not by controlling vast mineral deposits, but by influencing how projects are financed, regulated, and integrated into supply chains. Through…
Southeast Asia and India sit on critical-minerals wealth, but value capture remains elusive
Southeast Asia and India control large shares of key critical-minerals reserves, yet downstream processing and battery manufacturing are still concentrated elsewhere—leaving the region exposed to trade,…
Rio Tinto keeps Serbia’s Jadar lithium project in reserve as it stays in care and maintenance
Rio Tinto has kept its legal and operational presence in Serbia while the Jadar lithium project remains in care and maintenance, a status observers increasingly view…
Norway’s Fen Rare Earth Find Puts Europe’s Critical Minerals Strategy to the Test
Norway’s Fen Carbonatite Complex has been re-estimated at 15.9 million tonnes of rare earth oxides, with about 19% neodymium and praseodymium—key inputs for magnets used in…
Salta’s Lithium Push Turns Argentina’s Northern Province Into a Europe–Mercosur Supply-Chain Bridge
As the EU–Mercosur trade framework moves toward provisional implementation in May 2026, Argentina’s Salta is positioning itself as a strategic link between South America’s mineral supply…
Critical minerals prices are being reshaped by geopolitics, not just production costs
Signals from U.S. trade leadership point to a willingness in Western economies to pay structurally higher prices for critical minerals sourced outside China. The shift is…
Uzbekistan’s In-Situ Uranium Recovery Technology Reshapes Global Supply Dynamics
Central Asia is emerging as a key pillar of the global nuclear fuel supply chain, with Uzbekistan accelerating uranium output through advanced in-situ recovery (ISR) technology…
Norway takes planning control of Fen rare earth project as Europe seeks supply security
Norway has moved to assume national planning authority for the Fen rare earth deposit, aiming to speed approvals for a project seen as pivotal to reducing…
Norway moves to centralise planning for Fen rare earth project to speed Europe’s critical minerals push
Norway has stepped in to take over planning for the Fen rare earth project in Telemark, aiming to accelerate development after Rare Earths Norway upgraded its…
Non-China Critical Minerals to Trade at a Premium as US Redraws Global Supply Chains
A structural transformation is taking hold in global critical minerals markets, where price formation is no longer dictated purely by cost efficiency but increasingly by geopolitical…