Critical Minerals and Energy Intelligence
Latest Insights
Listen to our latest Podcast
Subscribe to our newsletter
Industry reports
Commodity infographics
Latest Investment Insights

US suppliers not ready for Pentagon’s 2027 ban on China-sourced magnets and minerals
Major US mineral suppliers say they will not be ready for a January 1, 2027 Pentagon deadline requiring defense contractors to stop purchasing covered rare-earth

West faces $500 billion critical minerals financing test — report
The West needs about US$500 billion in new mining investment by 2040 to meet mineral demand under current policy settings — but the public institutions

Why Geopolitics Has Overtaken Supply And Demand In Commodity Markets
For decades, commodity investors focused on supply-and-demand fundamentals. However, the models that guided commodity investing for much of the past 30 years were built on

Over $750 billion needed for energy mineral supply to meet demand
More than US$750 billion needs to be invested in mining and refining between 2026-2040 to meet demand for key energy minerals, according to the latest

Copper is the new oil
We’re not ready for the rising needs and the infrastructure takes years to build, says Anthony Milewski for Fast Company For most of the past

China’s rare-earth restrictions push Japan to mine the Pacific seabed
China shipped no gallium, dysprosium, terbium or yttrium to Japan in June, extending an eight-month halt in shipments of critical magnet materials — pushing Japan








