Rare earths
China halts critical mineral, magnet exports as trade war intensifies
The move threatens to choke off supplies of components central to car makers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies and military contractors around the world.
- Keith Bradsher
Latest
Mining sector urges Dutton not to class gas a ‘critical mineral’
Classing gas as a “critical mineral” would qualify gas drillers for support from a $4 billion loans facility.
- Nick Toscano and Simon Johanson
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
Trump’s peace talks are just a charade. Russia wants to obliterate Ukraine
The notion that a peace deal can be brokered with Vladimir Putin is a dangerous delusion, as the US is about to find out.
- Rob Harris
The ‘orange guy’ wants Greenland – but what do Greenlanders want?
Voters brushed snow from their coats before finding a seat in the packed community hall. Then, with the world’s media watching, a man in a black and grey jumper stepped forward to the mic.
- Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen, Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman
- 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
- 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
- Exclusive
- 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
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