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The US is significantly outspending Europe in critical minerals investment, raising concerns about European reliance on Chinese supplies and prompting a strategic response from the EU.
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Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev criticises rising costs at strategic enterprises, highlighting significant increases in production expenses at key state companies ahead of potential IPOs.
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The US has committed $46 billion to critical minerals projects, eight times Europe's investment, disrupting European supply chain efforts and raising dependence concerns.
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EU-Africa critical minerals partnerships must expand beyond extraction to include processing and manufacturing, ensuring mutual economic benefits and sustainable development.
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Academic analysis of sociopolitical paradoxes in Europe's energy transition, examining opposition to critical mineral mining from environmental and populist movements amid geopolitical tensions.
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Europe's commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 requires more than 20 times its current lithium consumption. Dangerously dependent on imports from Australia, Chile and China, the continent is now developing its…
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IEA's 2026 Outlook warns critical mineral supply concentration and export restrictions pose growing economic security risks, despite some progress in diversification and public investment.
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Uzbekistan inaugurates its first casting and rolling complex at Uzmetkombinat, boosting hot-rolled sheet metal production to 1 million tons annually and creating 1,200 jobs.
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IEA report reveals Middle East conflict disrupts aluminum, sulfur, and critical mineral supply chains via Strait of Hormuz closure, raising sulfuric acid costs and impacting global production.
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China is evaluating coal waste as a potential new source of critical minerals, with researchers identifying fly ash and coal gangue as promising feedstocks for recovering metals such as germanium, gallium, lithium…