By Sandra Wirtz, courtesy of American Resources Policy Network Rock beats scissors. Scissors beat paper. Copper beats coronavirus. It sounds flippant, but at this moment of utmost seriousness, there’s a truth to it. In a new piece, senior writer for Fast Company Mark Wilson discusses the thesis of Bill Keevil, […]
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Time for U.S. and Canada to join the tech metals race
By Larry Reaugh, CEO, American Manganese What makes your smart phone smart? How do electric vehicles propel us down the highway? How does power from the sun and wind reach the light switch in our homes? Materials scientists know. So do the technologists that create the devices and apps we rely on. The […]
Miner Discovers Lithium in Them Thar Hills (of Waste Rock)
Miner Discovers Lithium in Them Thar Hills (of Waste Rock) FT today has an interesting piece on the serendipity of resource exploration. Major multinational Rio Tinto, a world-class copper and iron ore producer, uncovered an unexpected find at its long-running California boron mine – […]
U.S. MINING “SUPER ROYALTY REFORM” WILL HAND CHINA A LOT MORE THAN RARE EARTHS FOR LEVERAGE
By Larry Reaugh, CEO, American Manganese, Inc. In my previous piece published by The Economic Standard, I recommended that the U.S. introduce “Flow-Through Funding” to kick start exploration of critical and rare earth metals, for which the U.S. is presently dependent on imports, most notably […]
IN THE ARCTIC RESOURCE WARS, GREENLAND IS A HOT PROPERTY
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor Imagine in some parallel universe, the President orders his national security team to make an offer to buy Greenland. The offer is drawn up, the demarche made, the Danish official receiving it is suitably shocked. […]
WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Heritage Blasts Debt, CEI vs. Carbon Tax, and more…
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor While the media screams about Mexico, Tariffs, The Mueller Report and Impeachment, free market conservatives are working every day on legislation, policy initiatives and practical approaches. Here’s a roundup of this week’s activity in Washington… Heritage Foundation Attacking the Debt. The Heritage Foundation has focused its […]
McGroarty on “60 Minutes”: Warns of China’s Stranglehold on Rare Earths (Again)
The U.S. had plenty of warning about China’s dominant position in the production of rare earths, elements key to the manufacturing of smartphones, and a wide range of defense technologies – not that anyone paid attention. This week TES GeoPolicy Editor Dan McGroarty was featured for the second time on “60 Minutes,” explaining […]
Resource Wars: Can the U.S. Lose a War it Hasn’t Fought?
By Daniel McGroarty TES GeoPolicy Editor “A fight between the United States and China is brewing over 5G and the question of who can be trusted to control the world’s wireless infrastructure. But scant attention is being paid to an issue of arguably greater importance to the future of the world’s economy and […]
A Test of Metal: Are We Ready for the “Electrification of Everything?”
By Anthony Huston, President & CEO, Graphite One For most people, you say graphite, and they think of No. 2 pencils. But the reality is, you say graphite to a materials scientist, and they think of laptops and LEDs, smartphone and solar cells, Electric Vehicle batteries, drones and satellites, energy storage devices […]