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The battle for critical minerals: Why the fight over rare earths could shape the future global economy

For much of the 20th century, oil was the world’s most strategically important resource. Countries that controlled energy supplies often held enormous geopolitical and economic influence. Today, however, a new global competition is rapidly emerging around another group of resources that many experts believe could define the 21st century economy: critical minerals.

19 May 2026-23:21
Renault’s Ampere signs lithium battery deal with Basquevolt

24 Feb 2026-13:59
How Mercedes-Benz locked in lithium supply for its EV future

26 Jan 2026-15:15
China to allow foreign investors into nickel, lithium futures

China will allow foreign investors to trade domestic nickel and lithium futures, a move aimed at strengthening Beijing’s influence in global commodities markets.

26 Jan 2026-12:37
Mercedes-Benz secures lithium supply from UAE company

A UAE-based company has entered into a Dh1 billion lithium supply agreement with German automaker Mercedes-Benz.

23 Jan 2026-17:30
China’s lithium breakthrough: Key development for EV batteries

China has achieved a major industrial breakthrough in lithium extraction by launching the world’s first 20,000-tonne production line using new technology to extract lithium from salt lake brine, a critical step for electric vehicle battery production.

23 Jan 2026-10:52
Ukraine begins its first lithium mining project

13 Jan 2026-21:13
How lithium-ion batteries made the EV revolution possible

07 Jan 2026-10:44
Chinese astronauts study lithium-ion batteries in space

A pioneering experiment on the fundamental science of lithium-ion batteries has been successfully carried out aboard China’s Tiangong space station, the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences informed on Wednesday.

07 Jan 2026-10:33
Russia plans industrial lithium production by 2030

Russia plans to launch industrial-scale lithium production before 2030, with key output expected from deposits in the Murmansk Region and the Republic of Tuva, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Alexander Kozlov announced.

29 Dec 2025-14:24

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