Japan issued a strong protest with China after Beijing added 20 Japanese defence-related entities to its export ban list for dual-use items, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the measures, a senior government official said, as reported by Kyodo News.
A Fact Sheet from the office of State Department Spokesperson on '2026 Critical Minerals Ministerial' said that critical minerals and rare earths are essential "for our most advanced technologies and will only become more important as AI, robotics, batteries, and autonomous devices transf
The United States announced a major global push to reshape the critical minerals and rare earths market, unveiling a series of agreements, financing commitments and new institutional frameworks aimed at building secure, diversified and resilient supply chains, as global demand rises with
India's 2026-27 Union Budget reinforces a "whole-of-country" approach to industrial development, with a strong emphasis on public-private collaboration in strategic sectors such as semiconductors, rail infrastructure and rare earths, V. Vualnam, Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Minis
Congress MP Manickam Tagore said Union Finance Minister has "neglected" education, minority affairs, and research and social spending and Tamil Nadu in the 2026 union budget.
Noting that critical minerals, rare earths, and permanent magnets are a very important part of manufacturing sector today, Union Minister Electronics and Information Technology has hailed the Union Budget's announcement of Rare Earth Corridors to support the mineral-rich states and said i
The upcoming Union Budget should expand its focus beyond exploration and mining to include targeted support for processing and recycling of critical minerals and rare earths, along with risk-mitigation mechanisms for overseas mineral assets to achieve self-sufficiency and stem reliance on im
Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, announced on Tuesday that the Group will invest over USD 75 billion in the energy transition over the next five years.
Novasensa, a US-based recycling company working in India, says the country can move faster toward securing critical minerals by fixing gaps between policy plans and industry realities. The company's co-founder and COO, Vanessa Lacayo, speaking to ANI, says the most urgent task is to match wh
In a detailed piece published in Turkiye Today following his visit to the summit as an observer, Panda said that rare earths, lithium, copper and other minerals essential for renewable technologies have become "political instruments embedded in the strategic ambitions of the Communist Party
India is stepping up efforts to strengthen its rare earth resources and build a complete domestic value chain to reduce dependency on imports, according to V. Chandrasekar, General Manager and Head of the Rare Earth Division at IREL India Ltd.
India has access to rare earth elements and can be part of the global supply chain if it focuses on refining and processing capabilities, Adnan Amin, Chairman of the World Energy Council, has said.