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Policies and Regulation
We are moving from a system of running costs—buying oil and gas to keep the lights on—to a system of capital costs, where the minerals we bake into our technology define our…
Industry News
Germany and France have rejected a US metals tariff adjustment that Brussels says worsens conditions for half of affected products, deepening uncertainty over the ratification of the stalled EU-US trade deal as…
Industry News
EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič has vowed to defend every European job and company against what he described as unfair treatment, as the bloc's €359 billion trade deficit with China and Beijing's…
Policies and Regulation
The EU and US have signed a strategic critical minerals MoU and Action Plan covering the full supply chain from exploration to recycling, with border-adjusted price floors and a potential plurilateral trade…
Policies and Regulation
Environmental groups have condemned a private Stockholm meeting between EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall and mining industry lobbyists on the future of the Water Framework Directive, warning that closed-door talks risk weakening…
Industry News
Australia and the EU have signed a free trade agreement eliminating nearly all tariffs on goods, with critical minerals access and geopolitical rivalry with China central to the landmark deal.
Industry News
The EU’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act is seen as crucial to restoring competitiveness in Europe’s metals sector.
Policies and Regulation
Ten EU countries are pushing to reform the bloc’s carbon market, warning it threatens industrial competitiveness.
Companies & Organisations
The US, EU and Japan are preparing a critical minerals trade framework featuring price floors and coordinated policies to reduce dependence on Chinese supply chains.
Policies and Regulation
France’s president Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to diversify uranium supplies away from Russia, highlighting Uzbekistan as a potential partner.