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Amid escalating U.S.–China trade tensions, Kazakhstan is gaining attention as a potential pillar in global rare-earth diversification — a resource-rich state balancing openness, infrastructure limits, and strategic neutrality.
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Pensana has abandoned its £250m rare earth refinery project near Hull, citing high energy costs and stronger US incentives, in a major blow to Britain’s critical minerals ambitions.
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Tajikistan plans to modernize its rare earth facilities and expand lithium, antimony, and copper production, aiming to join the global clean energy metals supply chain.
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Japan, Spain, and South Korea have warned that record-low copper processing fees threaten the survival of smelters, urging a return to sustainable TC/RC levels.
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The EU is pushing for a joint G7 response after China tightened rare earth export controls, with Brussels and Washington pledging to accelerate supply diversification.
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Ferro-Alloy Resources’ $520 million Balasausqandiq project in Kazakhstan could become one of the world’s lowest-cost vanadium producers, the company’s feasibility study shows.
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China’s new rare earth export restrictions could hit Europe’s auto industry hard as reserves run dry, warns Italy’s ANFIA chairman.
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Kazakhstan’s President Tokayev reaffirmed energy as the core of the nation’s strategy, calling for greater cooperation on renewables and efficiency across Turkic states.
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Germany expects EU approval for €1.75 billion in compensation payments to LEAG, marking a major step in the country’s coal phase-out and transition efforts in eastern regions.
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Uzbekistan plans to double copper production to 500,000 tonnes by 2030, boosting high-tech manufacturing and expanding its $2.1 billion industrial investment program.