Critical Minerals

Geopolitics Markets

JPMorgan’s $1.5 Trillion Security Bet Marks Wall Street’s Geopolitical Pivot

Jamie Dimon's 10-year commitment to allied defence and critical infrastructure validates great-power competition as a permanent investment thesis.

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AI Energy

IEA Quantifies AI’s Energy Constraint: Data Centers to Consume as Much Power as Japan by 2030

Global data center electricity demand will nearly double to 945 TWh within four years, with energy scarcity replacing silicon shortages as the binding constraint on AI deployment velocity.

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Geopolitics Technology

China Triples Export Controls in Five Years, Weaponizing Supply Chain Dominance

Beijing's restrictions on gallium, rare earths, and graphite now threaten Western AI, defense, and EV industries that depend on Chinese refining capacity for 70-90% of strategic minerals.

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Energy Geopolitics

US and Australia Deploy $600M to Break China’s Rare Earths Stranglehold

Joint financing for Tronox refinery project marks largest coordinated Western push yet to crack Beijing's 85% processing monopoly over minerals essential to semiconductors, EV batteries, and advanced weapons.

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Energy Macro

Hormuz Crisis Forces Nuclear Over Renewables as Energy Security Trumps Climate Timelines

Strait closure and critical mineral tariffs are redirecting G7 capex toward tariff-resilient baseload, reshaping the economics of net-zero through 2030.

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Breaking Geopolitics Macro

White House Imposes 50% Tariffs on Full Transaction Value in Section 232 Overhaul

April 6 proclamation shifts metals tariffs from content-based to full customs value, raising effective rates on derivatives while pharmaceutical and Iran actions weaponize supply chains.

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Geopolitics Technology

Brazil-India Rare Earths Pact Targets China’s Processing Stranglehold

South-South partnership aims to break Beijing's 91% control of critical mineral refining needed for chips and AI infrastructure.

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Energy Geopolitics

U.S. Unlocks Venezuelan Oil as Iran War Pushes Brent to $105

Maduro's capture triggers sanctions relief, introducing new crude supply amid Strait of Hormuz crisis and reshaping hemispheric energy flows.

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Energy Geopolitics

DRC Cobalt Quotas Expose Structural Limits of US Mining Counter-Strategy

While Washington acquires mines, Beijing controls the processing infrastructure that transforms ore into batteries—a dominance built through 20 years of patient integration.

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Energy Geopolitics

Renewables Hit 50% of Global Capacity, Shifting Energy Power from Petrostates to Mineral Producers

Solar's explosive growth drives a structural inflection that erodes oil leverage while concentrating new dependencies on China's battery supply chain dominance.

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Energy Geopolitics

U.S. Firm Secures Congo Cobalt Mine in Strategic Win Against Chinese Dominance

Virtus Minerals' $750 million Chemaf acquisition marks Washington's first major operational foothold in critical minerals, but structural challenges remain.

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Energy Geopolitics

Pentagon Recruits Bayan Mining as US Races to Break China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold

Defense consortium membership signals acceleration of Trump's decoupling strategy, but structural timelines and environmental challenges threaten pace of domestic capacity buildout.

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