Global demand for rare earth elements will far outstrip capacity outside China unless countries make significant, coordinated development efforts, particularly in refining and magnet development projects, the International Energy Agency says in a new report.
April 9, 2026
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The U.S. push to expand critical minerals investments in Argentina could offer a “replicable blueprint” for expanding minerals supply chains across the Western Hemisphere, a new report from the Atlantic Council says, calling on Washington to consolidate dialogues and align investment tools.
The Energy Department will make up to $69 million available to fuel industry-led efforts to prototype critical mineral processing technologies, DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation said on Tuesday.
The Commerce Department “unnecessarily” reduced a preliminary dumping rate for unwrought palladium imports from Russian sources that did not cooperate with an investigation, the United Steelworkers says, warning of a broader slackening in trade enforcement.
Tungsten has replaced cobalt on a list of the top five minerals identified by a global think tank as most worth watching for geographical concentration and supply chain risks.
Two agencies that oversee offshore oil drilling and deep-sea mining will be combined in a new “Marine Minerals Administration,” consolidating responsibilities that had been split over a decade ago, the Interior Department announced on Friday.
President Trump’s fiscal year 2027 budget request calls for Congress to fund several critical mineral-specific programs across the federal government, such as a State Department investment fund to implement the president’s foreign policy agenda and the reorganization of the Energy Department to focus more on critical minerals.