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Tamil Nadu's Drone Corridor with Taiwan
Tamil Nadu proposes drone production hubs in Chennai, Hosur, Coimbatore with Taiwanese investment, leveraging India's import ban on assembled drones to force joint-venture integration.
2026-07-22
Pentagon's Supply-Chain Ultimatum for Defense
Trump's July 20 executive order compels defense contractors to map critical mineral supply chains and qualify domestic sources by January 1, 2027, when a ban on Chinese-origin magnets takes effect. With one rare earth mine and one magnet factory, the Pentagon bets on forced compliance to build a domestic industry.
2026-07-22
SK Hynix, CXMT IPOs Fueled by Chip Shortage
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in record US IPO while China's CXMT targets $10B Shanghai listing. Both deals are underwritten by the same global memory shortage, with Chey Tae-won's chipflation warning as the backdrop.
2026-07-21
G7 Turns Latin American Lithium Into a Geop
G7's binding 60% rare-earth diversification target by 2030 turns Latin America's lithium and copper into geopolitical chokepoints, pitting China's unconditional capital against Western conditional market access.
2026-07-21
Critical Mineral Supply Chains More Concentr
IEA 2026 data shows top three refining nations control 86% of critical mineral processing, up from 82% in 2020. Low prices lock in China's dominance as Western diversification efforts lag.
2026-07-21
China's Rare Earth Strategy Shifts to Co-Opt
China's rare earth strategy shifts from export bans to 'strategic co-option' in Malaysia and Indonesia, embedding technology and state-owned firms inside foreign processing hubs to control supply chains even as rivals build them.
2026-07-19
India's Critical Minerals Midstream Gap
India holds 8% of global rare earth reserves yet imports 85-90% of magnets. An April 2025 Chinese export licensing shock halved Bajaj Auto production. Midstream processing remains the gap.
2026-07-18
Japan's $2.3 Trillion Bond Market Stress Test
Japan's 10-year bond yield hits 2.87% as PM Takaichi's $2.3 trillion spending plan breaks the yen-JGB inverse, threatening global markets via $1.2 trillion in Japanese-held US Treasuries.
2026-07-17
Japan's $2.3 Trillion Bond Market Revolt
Japan's 10-year JGB yield hits 2.87% as PM Takaichi's $2.3 trillion fiscal plan triggers bond sell-off, with spillovers to US Treasuries and yen carry trade.
2026-07-17
India's Critical Mineral Pledge vs China's G
India's 50% critical mineral self-sufficiency target by 2035 faces bottlenecks in processing technology, exploration depth, and auction participation, despite a strong policy scaffold.
2026-07-17
China's Tariff Wall Became a Factory Door
Chinese EV exports surged 40% in April 2026 as tariffs backfired, driving factory relocation inside the EU and accelerating Global South adoption amid an oil shock.
2026-07-17
China's EV Battery Tech Lock-In
China's LFP export controls keep best battery tech at home while Western tariffs push EV factories abroad. Analysis of Wood Mackenzie's 2026 outlook on the two-tier global battery order.
2026-07-17
Alaska's $15M bet against China's mineral str
NSF awards University of Alaska Fairbanks $15M to lead a Critical Mineral Accelerator targeting gallium and germanium, as the U.S. races to break China's near-monopoly on critical minerals.
2026-07-16
Canada's Critical Minerals Bet in the AI Arms
Canada commits C$4B to critical minerals strategy aiming to break China's 90% grip on rare earth refining. Success hinges on building midstream processing before 2026 truce expires.
2026-07-10
Brownfield Mining Wins the Critical Minerals
Brownfield mining — expanding existing operations — is outpacing greenfield projects in the critical minerals race. The US, EU, and China compete over supply security as demand for copper, lithium, and rare earths surges.
2026-07-10
US Push to Break China's Magnet Monopoly
The US commits $4.3 billion to establish a rare-earth magnet supply chain outside China, targeting Beijing's control over global production.
2026-07-09
G7's 60% Rule on Rare Earths Explained
The G7 commits to reducing dependence on non-member rare earth suppliers to 60% by 2030, reshaping industrial policy in response to China's dominance.
2026-07-08
Meituan's 1.6T AI Model on Chinese Chips
Meituan's LongCat-2.0, a 1.6T AI model trained on Chinese chips, shows US export controls have backfired, fueling China's AI industry.
2026-07-07