— The race is on to secure rare earths and minerals critical for clean energy technologies. China dominates much of the supply chains today. How do key economies compete? ... Book Launch: Industrial …

 — Jun 6, 2024. Tom Campbell Wins the Desautels (and the Lidstrom, too!) Tom was thrilled and honored to be awarded both the Desautels Trophy for the "finest individual display of crystallized mineral specimens entered in the show" and the Lidstrom Trophy for "the outstanding single mineral specimen entered in the competition" at the …

In particular, valuable minerals took center stage after "conflict diamonds" or "blood diamonds" became a prominent feature of Sierra Leone's civil war. Unfortunately, competition over minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has followed a similarly brutal course. This toolkit: 1) examines the relationship between valuable minerals ...

 — U.S. production and refining of critical minerals has been declining for decades, while production has become more concentrated in fewer countries. Given the urgency to increase and better secure critical mineral supply, DARPA partnered with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to launch the AI for Critical Mineral Assessment …

and minerals consumption is rising rapidly. The burden of inflated prices in the cartelized potash market falls, for example, mainly on India, China and Brazil, the main importers of the mineral fertilizer. China, as the world's largest importer of metals and minerals, is particularly vulnerable to mineral market distortions.

 — Therefore, this paper will examine America's strategic dilemma in the mineral sector through the lens of competition with China. Within the framework of U.S.-China security competition, security concerns will take precedence over normal economic incentives and international cooperation cannot be expected with any certainty.

 — This chapter analyzes the global access to critical minerals, which are in demand for producing future technologies, with a particular view on the USA–China …

 — The list of critical minerals (NARA, 2018) published by the United States (US) in 2018 and the report of the A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2018) indicate that US′ critical minerals depend on foreign suppliers such as China.The US government has taken measures, …

 — It also highlights potential risks, such as greater conflict as the global competition for critical minerals on the African continent intensifies. Tom Sheehy, a distinguished fellow in USIP's Africa Center and the report's executive director, discusses the importance of critical minerals and key recommendations in the report. ...

Critical minerals are defined as commodities essential to the U.S. economy and national security with significant supply chain vulnerabilities. The supply of many critical minerals remains highly vulnerable to disruption due to high levels of import reliance, particularly on unstable or even adversarial nations.

 — Collectively, these four essays provide context for the new geopolitics and strategic competition emerging around controlling critical minerals and outline pathways for the United States and its partners in …

 — These minerals form the core input of modern high-value Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) sectors, such as renewable energy, defence, and space, becoming increasingly indispensable in an era propelled by digital transformation and the shift towards green energy. ... The competition for these resources is not merely a commercial contest …

 — As the world sets its sights on Africa's minerals, the competition for access is getting tougher, putting into question future access to these critical minerals. Multiple parties are actively laying claim to certain minerals and building supply chains to ensure their access—perhaps at the expense of the United States' interests.

China this week announced a plan to revitalize that railway, providing direct competition to a U.S.-backed rail corridor from the mineral-rich area to the other side of the continent.

 — The competition for critical minerals is likely to escalate as nations strive to innovate in the shift from high- to low-carbon economies. As electrification makes the world's energy economies increasingly dependent on minerals, critical minerals are likely play an expanding role in the Sino-American rivalry for influence and power [16] .

In collaboration with USGS, MITRE, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, DARPA launched the AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition, which solicits innovative solutions for automatically georeferencing scanned or raster maps and extracting their features. DARPA and USGS will apply lessons learned from the competition to future ...

 — In order to not have absorption issues of competition between minerals, how long does the average human body need between supplements of a given nutrient before supplementation with the next nutrient can take place without absorption problems? [e.g. 2 hours, 3 hours, 5 hours?] minerals;

 — The interdisciplinary research techniques and methods are more adapted to the new trends of international competition in critical minerals. The article reviews relevant security risk identification and …

 — Apart from gallium and germanium, most mineral supplies have either moderate or low disruption potential. Nevertheless, supply chains for the minerals examined have a strong nexus in the PRC, granting China considerable freedom to manipulate its export controls across a range of material inputs, scaling up or down in accordance with …

Minerals can be classified into three main types based on their formation processes: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic minerals. Igneous Minerals: Igneous minerals form from the solidification of molten material called magma or lava.When magma cools and solidifies within the Earth's crust, it forms intrusive igneous rocks, and the minerals that …

 — Geopolitical competition and geographic concentration have increased concerns in many countries about critical mineral supply chains. In the past, China has …

 — Critical minerals represent the new 'black gold' oiling the 21st century 4IR technology trade. In an era marked by heightened strategic and trade competition …

 — Researchers find that of the 42 minerals deemed important for emerging technologies, the U.S. is mostly import-reliant on 13 minerals that China is less import-reliant on. Notably, China is a leading source of …

 — In this episode of Asia Insight, NBR's Tom Lutken discusses critical mineral competition with Niharika Tagotra and Kristin Vekasi. Niharika Tagotra is a Senior Research Specialist in the WRI India Energy Program. Before joining WRI, Dr. Tagotra was working as consultant for energy security at the Ministry of External Affairs as a master's ...

The USGS Mineral Resources Program entered a partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA). The partnership objective is to accelerate advances in science for understanding critical minerals, assessing unknown resources, and increase mineral security for the Nation so USGS can more efficiently assess critical mineral …

In the SDS, total mineral demand from nuclear power – mostly chromium, copper and nickel – grows by around 35% compared to 2020 levels, reaching almost 70 kt by 2040. However, demand for these minerals from nuclear accounts for less than 6% of overall demand from low-carbon power.

 — African countries may use this rise of a new geopolitics of mineral supply chains and the competition between major economies to transform their extractive sectors in a direction that unlocks economic …

 — Comprehensive study of the international trade of 24 strategic minerals. • Quantitatively define the "dominator of international trade". • Identify the competitive minerals and areas. • Existing potential hedging interaction between the dominators and …

 — U.S.-China mineral competition. Researchers find that of the 42 minerals, both the U.S. and China are highly import-reliant on 11, on account of heavy domestic consumption, limited resource endowments, or limited processing capacity. Among these minerals are niobium, a mineral crucial for bridges, skyscrapers, oil pipelines, and …

 — This paper is a review discussing Rwanda's mineral reserves. It aims to identify challenges and opportunities for investment and development of the country's mining sector. Data were collected from the literature review including existing published books, articles, mining reports, and online documents on Rwandan mineral reserves …