Critical mineral strategy

[Dec – 2025] US, Orion form critical minerals fund targeting $5 billion

[Dec – 2025] Saudi Arabia launches bidding for 13,000 sq km mineral exploration licences

[Dec – 2025] EU plans looser environmental rules to allow more mining

[Dec – 2025] Commission adopts RESourceEU to secure raw materials, reduce dependencies and boost competitiveness

[Dec – 2025] DRC signals resumption of cobalt exports amid uncertainty over new quota system

[Dec – 2025] India approves $815mn rare earth magnets scheme

[Dec – 2025] Germany ploughs hundreds of millions into Europe’s biggest lithium mine

[Dec – 2025] US plans more stakes in minerals companies, Trump official says

[Dec – 2025] EU to spend €3B in 2026 on critical raw materials supply

[Dec – 2025] Kyrgyzstan plans to increase critical minerals exports to $1B by 2030

[Dec – 2025] Turkey considers new authority to oversee critical minerals, rare earths

[Dec – 2025] Germany’s Strategic Rare Earth Bunker Secures European Supply Chains

[Dec – 2025] Brazil delays critical minerals areas auction

[Dec – 2025] Britain vows to ‘wrest control’ of critical mineral supplies from China

[Nov – 2025] Putin wants Russia to muscle in on rare earths race

[Nov – 2025] Indonesia limits new nickel permits to add value to production

[Nov – 2025] UK launches critical minerals strategy to reduce dependency on China

[Nov – 2025] US launches critical minerals club

[Nov – 2025] Liberia targets lithium, cobalt to diversify iron ore-heavy mining sector

[Nov – 2025] Cabinet revises royalty for four critical minerals to boost mining