10+ hour, 24+ min ago  (318+ words) Nd-Fe-B magnets, first commercialized in the early 1980s, revolutionized energy efficiency by enabling smaller, lighter, and more powerful motors. For decades, research centered on improving magnetic strength and durability. Sustainability, when considered at all, was largely economic'how to reduce reliance on…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (646+ words) Taken together, Africa's resource base gives it outsized influence over the future of critical mineral supply'provided extraction, processing, and governance challenges can be effectively addressed. China often enters at the exploration or "late exploration / early feasibility" stage'buying stakes in juniors,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (365+ words) Yet another critical reality emerges involving humanoid robotics: while American firms dominate AI and advanced semiconductors, China increasingly anchors the hardware backbone'from motors to rare earth magnets. The result is a deeply interdependent supply chain with significant implications for U. S. industrial…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (290+ words) India's Geological Survey (opens in a new tab) has sharply increased exploration for critical minerals and rare earth elements, signaling urgency'but not yet capability. The move reflects rising geopolitical pressure to secure supply chains, yet major gaps remain in processing,…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (204+ words) The authors of a recent Buenos Aires Times entry (opens in a new tab) correctly identify the central truth of modern resource geopolitics: mining is not power'processing is. China's dominance did not come from owning the most deposits. It came…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (387+ words) India is making its boldest push yet into the rare-earth midstream'the narrow, strategic layer where ores become magnets. A March 2026 government tender invites firms to build integrated Nd Fe B magnet plants, aiming to convert domestically produced oxides into finished…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (288+ words) But today's news isn't about magnets'it's about metals. On December 22, 2025, The Financial Express reported (opens in a new tab) that Ashvini has commissioned a 15-tonne-per-annum Neodymium'Praseodymium (Nd-Pr) metal facility, the first of its kind in India outside China's orbit. This…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (457+ words) Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2026 9: 29 PM Subject: [News] Not a Shortage'A Chokepoint: China's Grip on Magnets Puts the Auto Industry at Risk Yes a handful of prominent mine-to-magnet and cyclical/recycling projects are funded by the American government. And Rare Earth Exchanges…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (574+ words) Rare Earth Exchanges Melissa Sanderson Warns the U. S. Is Still Behind in Critical Minerals Race - U. S. diplomat and critical minerals expert Melissa Sanderson warns that Western nations walked away from mining and processing 25 years ago, allowing China to build strategic dominance that…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (218+ words) India has inaugurated a pilot plant for rare earth magnets in Hyderabad. This matters because magnets'not mining'are the real bottleneck in the global supply chain. The question for investors: can this move from pilot to industrial scale? A new Nd…...