The Week That’s Done: China flexes its upstream muscles
July 8, 2023Gallium and germanium stole the headlines this week. The even bigger headline: China’s asymmetric play underlines the importance of investing in upstream resources. Meanwhile, Europe dubs aluminum a critical raw material, Moderna takes a chance of the China market, and Toyota claims a battery breakthrough.
The US Is Vulnerable in Critical Minerals. But There Is a Solution.
October 24, 2022The US is at least 50 percent import dependent for 26 out of the 32 minerals that the 2022 US Geological Survey publishes data on, or 81.25 percent. Of those, China is the top source of US imports for 11, or 42.3 percent. Gallium underscores how severe this dynamic is.
