SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
The concentration of production of critical minerals (nickel, copper, lithium, etc.) in a small number of countries and the imposition of export restrictions by the 2030s could create serious problems for high-tech industries around the world. This is the conclusion reached by ana...
As the US and China continue to escalate their trade wars with tarrifs on various goods ever increasing its important to note that there are somethings that the US cannot do without and is unable to get from anywhere else despite all the rhetoric from Trump, One these sectors is rare earth elelments...
Russia is planning to significantly increase its production of rare earth metals, and is even willing to collaborate with the United States on this initiative. The ability to control rare earth metals will undoubtedly give one country a significant technological advantage, a position that China curr...
China has imposed a ban on the export to the United States of a number of materials important for the production of microelectronics and the specilised equipment in the military sphere. The materials subject to the embargo include gallium, germanium, antimony and certain superhard materials. This ac...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has just been in Mongolia for a scheduled visit. Now Moscow and Ulaanbaatar have a long-standing history of collaboration. However, this alliance is currently facing challenges from Western countries seeking to source minerals locally. Russia,...
China has decided to retaliate in the trade battle it is having with the US and the EU over computer chips,solar panels and electric vehicles. It has announced a reduction in the quotas of the export of certain rare earth metals which are used in the manufacture of these products.
The reduction in...
