If there is any mystery over America’s historic agreement to partner with Australia this week on the supply of critical minerals, it is why it took so long. On April 4, just two days after Donald Trump’s much-touted Liberation Day tariffs panicked investors and sent markets into a tailspin, Beijing retaliated with its own ferocious…
US President Donald Trump said the deal had been negotiated over the last four to five months. Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed an agreement on rare earth and critical minerals as…
China’s rise in the Pacific isn’t just about aid or diplomacy — it’s about survival and power. As domestic demand slows and Western tariffs squeeze exports, Beijing has been forced to turn its industrial surplus outward. Behind the roads, mines and ports it is building across the Pacific lies a deeper urgency: China has more…
Australia may have spotted a lucrative hole in the market for rare-earth metals, which are crucial for the defence industry and for manufacturing products necessary for the development of artificial intelligence (AI), such as semiconductors. Last week, China, which has a stranglehold on the supply of these critical minerals, tightened its export controls over its…
China’s pledge to choke off shipments of rare earth elements could wreak havoc on tech giants like Apple and Tesla as well as big US military contractors – and experts called it a major bargaining chip as Beijing haggles with President Trump over tariffs. US companies and investors alike are scrambling to assess the impact…
China has accused the United States of “double standards” after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods in response to Beijing’s curbs on exports of rare earth minerals. China says its export control measures announced last week were in response to the US restrictions on its entities…
China tightened export controls for critical rare-earth metals on Thursday. The new restrictions were announced by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and come ahead of an expected meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump’s later this month. The world’s two largest economies have been locked in trade negotiations aimed at…
China announced it is tightening the export of rare earth technologies, broadening restrictions that have been a source of tension between Beijing and Washington. Technologies related to the extraction of rare earth minerals, manufacturing of magnets and recycling of rare earths are banned from being exported unless permitted, according to a notice published Thursday by…
The prime minister says he’s “concerned” by reports that China has banned iron ore imports from mining giant BHP in the midst of a pricing dispute, saying he wants the issue resolved “quickly”. Bloomberg reported yesterday that China’s state iron ore buyer had ordered steelmakers to pause purchases of iron ore shipments from the company…
Mining, Belt and Road participation feature in trilateral meetings between China, Afghanistan and Pakistan in Kabul. China wants to explore mining in Afghanistan and have Kabul formally join its Belt and Road Initiative, a massive infrastructure plan, which is a central pillar of President Xi Jinping’s bid to expand his country’s global influence, the Afghan Taliban…