Selected Tag: rare earths
Selected Tag: rare earths

Budget 2026

Coconuts, Birdwatching and the Lost Art of a Free Sunday

A Budget rich in coconuts, corridors and birdwatching trails, but thin on demand. A long Sunday spent tracking schemes instead of birds.

Kalyan Ram

February 1, 2026 at 9:44 AM IST

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Geopolitics

Why Rare Earths Now Sit at the Fault Line of US–China Power Politics

China’s hold over rare earths has become a strategic pressure point. The United States is now pushing outward in search of partners to soften that dependence.

Rami Niranjan Desai

December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM IST

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Wikipedia.org

Geopolitics

China's Rare-Earth Own Goal

Whereas the conventional wisdom holds that the US depends on Chinese rare earths, it is actually China that depends on the US (and others) for higher value-added processed minerals.

Daniel Gros

November 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM IST

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The Bureau

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