By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor In the great U.S.-China decoupling, the U.S. picked up a key ally this week, with the UK’s announcement that it would reverse itself and ban Huawei’s 5G network, just in time for the U.S. to slap travel sanctions on Huawei employees. The implication is clear: the U.S. […]
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Reaugh: Now that the World Has Stopped… A Strategic Metal Can Help Us Start It Again
By Larry Reaugh, CEO, American Manganese “You cannot make steel without manganese. And if you cannot make steel – the world stops.” That’s the glass of cold-water quote from former BHP Billiton CEO Brian Gilbertson, more than a decade ago as the world toppled into the finance-driven 2008-09 Great Recession. Fast forward to […]
WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: America can use its own strategic minerals, indexing capital gains for inflation and more…
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor Congress is back at work, kind of, with the National Defense Authorization Act and funding issues looming while the Democrats bicker among themselves. In the meantime, free market conservatives are advancing ideas and legislation that cover a startling diversity of topics. Here’s a roundup of last […]
RARE EARTHS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING: How the U.S. can break China’s metal grip to foster innovation
By Larry Reaugh, CEO of American Manganese The U.S.-China trade wars took a turn last week into new and worrisome territory, as China unofficially floated the threat of cutting off rare earths exports to the U.S. The elements – unknown to most people but present in nearly every tech gadget […]