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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of May 4–10, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly examines how critical minerals strategy is moving into operating systems through G7 trade architecture, Australia-Japan project pipelines, U.S. Project Vault, Canada’s cobalt sulfate refinery, Argentina’s federal mining coordination, Greenland rare earth logistics and Grasberg’s copper supply recovery watch.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of 22–28 December 2025
States are tightening control over who can mine, process and export critical minerals, from the DRC’s suspension of artisanal cobalt, to China’s crackdown on illegal mining, Chile’s Codelco–SQM lithium venture in Atacama and copper ending the year near record highs, signalling that future supply will be shaped as much by governance and state-led structures as…