Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a new RBC report shows. More than C$700 billion ($512 billion) has been raised in Canadian mining equity and mergers and acquisitions since 2000, with 70% flowing to gold and precious metals, …
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Critical minerals in focus as major Toronto mining conference underway
The securing and production of critical minerals is in focus this week as one of the world’s biggest mining conferences takes place in Toronto. The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference, which counts over 27,000 attendees, comes as the push accelerates for countries to secure supplies of key metals amid rising global trade tensions. In a keynote speech Monday, …
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India, Canada launch defense dialogue, sign pacts in critical minerals, uranium supply
Pacts signed as Indian Premier Narendra Modi hosted Canadian Premier Mark Carney for bilateral talks in New Delhi. NEW DELHI India and Canada on Monday launched a defense dialogue and signed agreements in several areas, including uranium supply and critical minerals, following bilateral talks in New Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney …
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Critical minerals need reliable financing frameworks
In critical minerals policy, one of the costliest things we can say is ‘we signed a memorandum of understanding’. Public announcements can signal intent, but they don’t build processing plants, turn ore into usable materials or keep factories running when supply is tight. What must change is how projects in the middle of the supply chain are funded and backed. …
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UK strikes critical minerals deal with Kazakhstan
U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will announce a critical minerals deal with Kazakhstan on Thursday as the West scrambles to diversify its supply chains away from China. Britain’s top diplomat will host foreign ministers from the five Central Asian countries — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan — at Lancaster House in London. Cooper will unveil the critical minerals deal with …
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South Korea and Brazil Elevate Ties with Strategic Minerals and Trade Pact
South Korea and Brazil have agreed to significantly deepen cooperation across key minerals, trade, technology and security, as President Lee Jae Myung hosted Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Seoul for the first Brazilian state visit in more than two decades. South Korea and Brazil have agreed to significantly deepen cooperation across key minerals, trade, technology and security, …
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What lessons can be learned from Japan’s critical minerals strategy?
The Center for Asia Policy Studies at Brookings hosted a workshop on Japan’s critical minerals strategy with experts from the United States and Japan on February 4, 2026. Mireya Solís, director of the Center for Asia Policy Studies at Brookings, followed up with a written conversation with Eiki Tagami, visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics in Tokyo. …
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Brazil and India sign critical minerals pact
Brazil and India signed a series of agreements during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s three-day state visit to New Delhi covering critical minerals and pharmaceutical technology, but the trip fell short of one of its most commercially significant objectives after negotiations to open the Indian market to Brazilian chicken and eggs collapsed, Folha de S.Paulo reported. On the minerals front, the …
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Canada’s defence strategy opens door for critical minerals, resource growth
Canada’s newly unveiled defence industrial strategy could unlock opportunities for the country’s mining and critical minerals sectors, as policymakers look to strengthen national security while reinforcing domestic supply chains. Ottawa-based industry coalition New Economy Canada said this week that the federal commitment to a modernised defence framework had the potential to transform Canada’s manufacturing, resources, electricity and supply chain industries. The group, comprising business, Indigenous and labour organisations, argues that defence spending, if structured strategically, …
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Breaking China’s Hold on Critical Minerals Requires More than Tariffs
Project Vault tackles investment risk directly, while FORGE will falter unless it becomes an enforceable trade regime. The Trump administration has unveiled two new initiatives to break China’s grip on critical minerals. One has a high likelihood of success. The other needs a strong dose of enforcement to work. At a ministerial meeting in Washington this month, the administration introduced the Forum …
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