Interior Department releases final 2025 List of Critical Minerals

View: Source The Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey, today published the final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, outlining 60 minerals vital to the U.S. economy and national security that face potential risks from disrupted supply chains.  “In 2017, President Trump set a goal of first identifying and then securing the mineral resources needed to bolster America’s economy …

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Word Gold Council: Investment Key Driver of Gold Demand in Q3 2025

View: Source Investor appetite for safe-haven assets resulted in a record quarter for gold demand in Q3 2025, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC) latest report. The WGC published its Gold Demand Trends Q3 report on October 30, which clearly demonstrates that investor demand for gold is exploding as economic and geopolitical uncertainty continues to plague the markets. During the third quarter …

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Rare Earths, Real Power: China’s Leverage, Brazil’s Opening, Vietnam’s Promise

View: Source Rare earths are the quiet hardware of modern life—inside EV motors, wind turbines, smartphones, medical devices, and defense systems. The story behind the story is that the real power isn’t in the mines. It’s in the chemistry labs and factories that separate elements and make high-performance magnets. That is where supply chains concentrate, and where politics can pinch. China …

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