Europe’s largest rare earths mine: How EU funding clashes with environmental laws
A core tension underlies the EU’s support for LKAB’s Per Geijer rare-earth mine in northern Sweden. The EU…
India, Australia invited to G7 meeting on critical minerals, Bessent says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Australia and several other countries would join a meeting of finance ministers…
In 2025, global trade cracked as Europe hurt by US tariffs and new China shock
In 2025, the first shock came from Washington. But it wasn’t the only one. The world’s largest economy…
bne IntelliNews – India approves domestic rare earth magnet scheme
India has authorised final approval for a programme to establish an integrated manufacturing base for sintered rare earth…
Canada As A Critical Minerals Refiner Is Globally Irrelevant
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has just returned from a trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where…
What economic cards will China play with Japan? Analysts say Beijing faces a balancing act
Beijing is expected to calibrate its response to Japan with caution, weighing potential punitive measures against the risk…
Attackers Can Use Poetry To Derail AI Safeguards
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how poetry elides AI safeguards, the new boom…
US manufacturers face higher Chinese hurdles than soybean farmers
American soybean farmers aren’t alone in their dangerous overdependence on China. In a different way, so are many…
China’s exports fall in October as firms wait out Xi-Trump summit, trade war reset
China’s exports fell in October amid a volatile trade war with the United States – though recent high-level…
China’s rare earth limits may have ‘gone too far this time’ as trade talks start while U.S. gathers support amid global backlash
Top U.S. and Chinese officials met in Malaysia on Saturday to lay the groundwork for a summit between…
EU countries mull response to China’s squeeze on rare earths
European Union countries are mulling how to respond to China’s sweeping restrictions on rare earths, a decision that…
Trump-Xi summit, if not canceled like Trump-Putin, will be tepid
The summit between American President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could be a meeting between…