me-metals: Earlier this month, European Union leaders agreed to press ahead with a ‘Buy European’ policy to protect strategic sectors of the bloc’s industry, but in doing so they risk overlooking the critical minerals sector that underpins our place in the global economy.
News ID: 13203 Publish Date : 2026/02/26
me-metals: In the cavernous halls of the US State Department last week, something unusual was on display: earnest cooperation rather than the usual diplomatic theatre. The inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial wasn’t about tariffs, trade tantrums, or chest-thumping press releases. It was, quite simply, a collective admission that the West is behind, China is ahead, and time is not on our side.
News ID: 13152 Publish Date : 2026/02/16
me-metals: This month, the Trump administration announced the launch of Project Vault, a $12 billion investment in a critical minerals stockpile to blunt America’s longstanding reliance on China.
News ID: 13151 Publish Date : 2026/02/16