China accounts for more than 80 per cent of global battery production. It’s highly unlikely the U.S. can reduce China’s role in the production and processing of critical minerals.
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The new agreement gives Australia and India a chance to become much needed AI chip material suppliers – and an alternative to China.
Strategic resources have been central to the American-led global system for decades, as a historian explains. But US actions toward Greenland today are different.
When the US invited more than 50 countries to discuss a new club to share critical minerals, China was not invited. Will Australia be forced to pick a side?
Green finance hinges on causing a minimal environmental disruption but tension in Greenland is building.
The G20’s new critical minerals framework wants to move Africa beyond raw exports so that mineral wealth creates jobs and growth on the continent.
Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also contains valuable rare earth elements.
The US depends on imports of over 40 critical minerals and Donald Trump is looking for trade deals on his terms.
The expansion of Arctic shipping, scramble for seafloor mining and overfishing are all straining international relationships. But the powers of diplomacy go beyond ocean treaties.
The new strategic reserve may provide the West with greater access to key minerals. But China still dominates the processing of many of them.
Mining and fossil fuel extraction both demand infrastructure that Greenland doesn’t have.
Greenland’s rare earth element deposits may be among the world’s largest by volume.
Australia’s rare earths deal with the US will expand production. Until now, much high-risk processing has been outsourced overseas. That will have to change.
New technologies could transform the way we mine – and recycle – critical minerals.
Our increasing demand for injectable cosmetic procedures isn’t responsible for making chromium, nickel and iron ore critical. But there’s an environmental cost.
Canada’s accelerated approach to mining raises major concerns for both the environment and Indigenous rights.
At the same time Australia has inked a deal with the US on critical minerals, it’s proposing cuts to facilities that underpin its clean energy ambitions.
Trump waved away concerns about AUKUS, but as is common with the mercurial president, much of the detail is unclear or a problem for the future.
The long-awaited meeting has produced substantial results, including an agreement on critical minerals and rare earths.
Global energy giants are turning their focus to critical minerals. With such deep-pocketed players, Australia must invest heavily if it wants to stay in the race.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Technology and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Sustainability and Fellow of Indo Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
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Professor, Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Australia-India Critical Minerals Research Hub, Monash University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Critical Resources & Sustainability Analytics, University of Maryland
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Lecturer in Human Geography, Liverpool John Moores University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Università di Torino
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Professor of Geography, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Global Governance, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Engineer in Electric Vehicle Batteries and Battery Storage, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Natural Resource Economics, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
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Lecturer (Political Economy), University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow (Geoenvironmental Engineering) | Adjunct Lecturer (Civil Engineering), The University of Queensland