Rare earths
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Trump wants to extort $785b from Ukraine. But questions remain over Zelensky’s ‘treasure trove’
Donald Trump wants Ukraine to hand over $US500 billion of future income from its plentiful resources reserves – but what if those resources aren’t economically viable, and just a ploy from a “moderately successful comedian”?
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Economic colony: Trump’s secret plan to put Ukraine in a stranglehold
Donald Trump’s demand for an $800 billion “payback” from Ukraine goes far beyond US control over the country’s critical minerals.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
- Explainer
- US politics
‘This is not a joke’: Could the US buy Greenland?
Trump is again floating the idea of acquiring Greenland. Could he? And what do Greenlanders think?
- Angus Holland
‘Security shield’: US hands Zelensky draft deal on rare minerals
The idea of a minerals-for-security deal is said to have come from Ukraine to appeal to Donald Trump’s business-first mindset.
- Tom Balmforth, Max Hunder and Yuliia Dysa
Australia close to breaking China’s critical mineral stranglehold
Australian firms are within a few years of refining most of the rare minerals used in the world’s critical defence systems, electric vehicles and clean energy transition.
- Simon Johanson
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- Trade
The sweetener Australia will use to try to dodge Trump tariffs
Australia has rare earth metals crucial to high-tech manufacturing that will become more important for the US to get as it enters a trade war with China.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Trade wars
China is on a collision course with Trump. It just fired a warning shot
China has not wasted any time responding to the latest US attempt to restrain its development of a crucial industry. It was an unusual move and perhaps a sign of things to come.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
The buried treasure in NSW that could power a clean energy world
NSW is home to some of the world’s most in-demand minerals and metals needed for the world’s clean energy future, and the state is looking to cash in.
- Alexandra Smith
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- Bulls N' Bears
Hydration rehydrates share price with non-US asset sale
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Hydration Pharmaceuticals. The company sold its non-US assets for a sum five times its market capitalisation.
- Craig Nolan
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Astron JV scores FIRB green light for Victorian play
The Foreign Investment Review Board has approved Astron Corporation and Energy Fuels Resources’ bid to develop Victoria’s Donald rare earths-mineral sands play.
- Craig Nolan
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