Tag: Critical Minerals

  • EU Widens Web

    Brussels prepares to unveil a sweeping alliance with Canada as the centerpiece of a trade diversification strategy designed to hedge against American tariffs and great power politics BRUSSELS, September 10, 2026. The European Union is preparing to announce a new, far-reaching alliance with Canada spanning trade, security, critical raw materials, and scientific research, in what…

  • EAEU Alloy Cut

    The Eurasian Economic Commission has carved niobium-aluminium master alloy out of its common tariff schedule and set the import duty at zero through October 2028, a small line item that opens a wide window onto how Russia and its customs union partners are managing their dependence on one of the world’s most concentrated critical mineral…

  • EU-China Clash

    Brussels dispatches technical delegation to Beijing as an October deadline for trade rebalancing collides with a deepening standoff over subsidy probes, rare earths and a record one billion euro a day deficit BRUSSELS, Aug. 26: A team of European Union officials will travel to China in the coming days in an attempt to salvage trade…

  • Ottawa Responds

    Four federal ministers unveil the September 8 counter-tariff schedule and a support package of loans and benefits, as provinces threaten energy and mineral leverage and small business groups question whether relief reaches the firms that need it OTTAWA, August 25, 2026 Four members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet appeared together in Ottawa on Tuesday…

  • Tomago Rescue

    Canberra and New South Wales have committed A$2.5 billion over a decade to keep Australia’s largest aluminium smelter alive, a bailout that lays bare the accelerating global race to subsidise strategic metals. SYDNEY, August 13, 2026. Australia’s federal government and the New South Wales state government on Thursday jointly announced a rescue package worth A$2.5…

  • Polysilicon Tax

    White House imposes 15 percent Section 232 duty and a first-of-its-kind minimum import price program on polysilicon, wafers, cells and solar modules, effective December 4 WASHINGTON, August 8, 2026 President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 15 percent ad valorem tariff on imported polysilicon and a broad range of its derivatives, pairing the…

  • Scrap Lockdown

    A temporary Commerce Department rule issued under Defense Production Act authority orders United States sellers of battery black mass and tungsten scrap to route all monthly sales to domestic buyers from August 27 By the Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, August 7, 2026. The Commerce Department has closed the export door on two recovered…

  • Polysilicon Hit

    The White House prepares a hybrid price floor and tariff regime on the raw material behind every chip and solar panel, aiming at China’s 93.5 percent grip on global supply while U.S. solar developers brace for higher costs WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The Trump administration is preparing to impose a combination of minimum import prices…

  • Rare Earth Rift

    Washington issues its sharpest warning yet over Beijing’s widening export controls on rare earths and strategic minerals, as prices spike, enforcement tightens and both capitals signal they would rather decouple than blink. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2026 – The United States closed the week with a blunt public warning to China over its expanding rare earth…

  • Scarcity Pays

    China shipped fewer rare earths in the first half of 2026 but earned dramatically more for them, and customs figures reported Monday reveal how Beijing’s licensing wall, backed by a new enforcement campaign, is converting geology into leverage over Europe, Japan and the wider world. BEIJING, July 20, 2026. China is selling fewer rare earths…