The United States does not need half-measures. It needs clear, uncompromising enforcement that restores domestic market confidence. A full prohibition on imports of Chinese-origin and -linked polysilicon and derivatives ensures…
Category: Mining
Ignoring EV Pollution for Fake Climate Crisis
The mass evangelism for EVs and wind turbines is not a noble crusade to save the planet. It is a cynical ploy to enrich a small cadre of green-tech investors…
American-Japanese Pact Signals Ascent of Energy Realism
The U.S. and Japan are shedding the paralysis of irrational climate policies with a strategic pact covering rare-earth minerals, critical components for semiconductors and next-generation nuclear reactors.
Argentinian Reform: Subsoil Privatization (Javier Milei, meet Guillermo Yeatts)
“The history of oil production in Argentina has been characterized by a continuing tug-of-war between the state as owner of the subsurface and private producers in the pursuit of profitable…
Rare Earth Minerals, Etc from China … Or The USA?
Now we must begin temporarily impacting some pristine areas to locate, evaluate and extract strategic materials – and end our dangerous and needless dependence on unfriendly and unreliable sources, before…
Indonesian Rainforests Turned Into Open-Cast Mining Pits to Improve Range of High-End Electric Vehicles
There may be a genuine effort on the part of publicity-conscious companies like JLR to avoid being primarily responsible for digging up the rainforest. But an overall increase in demand…
The Slowly Mounting Mineral Shock
In minerals, models that minimize or ignore chokepoints and social license realities will steer the world into the very emergencies we want to avoid. We don’t need aspirational scenarios. We…
New Scientist: “We could get most metals for clean energy without opening new mines”
“… most mines don’t know exactly what they are tossing out …”
Leveraging Michigan’s Assets as an Economic Growth Catalyst
Michigan’s economic future is not just in factories or finance, it is also in its fields, its rocks, and its water. With the right balance of protection and progress, these…
First U.S. Rare Earth Mine In 70 Years Opens In Wyoming
The project’s backers hope the Brook Mine will inspire further investment and innovation in the domestic rare earth supply chain—ensuring that Wyoming, and the nation, are at the forefront of…
For National Security, We Need Uranium Mined in America
Our dependence on imported minerals, particularly from adversaries, poses a grave threat to national security. And it will cause serious trouble for key sectors of our economy if something isn’t…
America Must Lead on Seafloor Mineral Development
The United States has a rare opportunity to secure not only the security of its supply chains but also the future of its clean energy industry by responsibly advancing seafloor…
Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
President Trump’s executive order calls for research into a potential “international benefit-sharing mechanism for seabed mineral resource extraction and development that occurs in areas beyond the national jurisdiction of any…
China’s Expanding Strategic Footprint in Libya: Energy, Infrastructure, and a New Gateway to Europe
Libya may appear a fragile and fractured state, but to Chinese planners, it represents a gateway—one with the potential to tie Africa, Europe, and Asia together under a new global…
Trump Administration Plans to Finance $120 Million Rare Earths Mining Project in Greenland
Meanwhile, Ford struggles with supply of rare earth magnets as geologists question if there are truly significant mineral deposits under the Arctic island.
Study: Mining Minerals to Support Renewable Energy is Wrecking the Environment
Who could have seen that coming…
Deep-sea mining next arena for U.S. – China global rivalry
Seabed mining is environmentally risky with the ever-present threat of a spill that can lead to significant liability. Further, creating domestic processing facilities will require an expedited permitting process and…
Trump Administration Expedites Approval for New Uranium Mine in Utah
The reopening of this mine aligns with Trump administration push to expedite the development of U.S. nuclear energy capacity.
Vice President J.D. Vance: The Optimal Choice for Critical Minerals Czar?
As the U.S. competes for essential tech metals, calls for establishing a Critical Minerals Czar (or special envoy or task force) are plentiful and palpable, and this should be a…
Mine, Baby, Mine – Right Here in the USA!
Relatively few Americans today have worked on farms or in mines, oilfields, refineries or factories. Few understand where their food, clothing, cell phones, cosmetics and other essential products actually come…
In Dealing With China, Trump May Have a Trick Up His Sleeve
Trump is deliberately shrinking the U.S. market for wind turbines and for the predominately Chinese-supplied raw materials that go into them. The goal is to play to America’s strengths, which…
Mine, Baby, Mine!
President Trump is determined to make America not just energy self-sufficient, but energy dominant. The USA already produces more oil and gas than any other nation, and he intends to…
Will 47 revive the U.S. mining industry?
“While the Biden Administration’s mineral policy ‘heavily features international cooperation’,” Wischer says Trump will likely “significantly prioritize” building more mines, processing facilities, and refineries in the U.S.
Leveraging the Defense Production Act to Stockpile Minerals
The Trump Administration could use any of the Defense Production Act’s $1 billion in unobligated funds for stockpiling minerals. Depending on the final defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2025, the incoming…
