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Reagan Was Right About Deep-Sea Mining
On 18 February 1873, a dredge came up over the side of HMS Challenger about 2,825 metres below the surface, southwest of the Canaries, carrying dark ferromanganese material nobody had a use for. Three weeks later, on 7 March, at Station 16...
What the U.S.–Canada Tariff Dispute Tells Us About America’s New Industrial Strategy.
I wrote back in November 2025 about where blanket tariffs fall short. What we are seeing with Canada now suggests America understands the distinction.
Canada exports roughly $380–410 billion of goods to the United States every year, repres...
Defence Critical Minerals: When Mineral Supply Chains Become a Matter of National Security
For the past several years, much of my work has been devoted to explaining why critical minerals matter.
Increasingly, that argument no longer needs to be made.
Governments, manufacturers and investors now broadly recognise that minerals...
From Mine to Missile: The Real Story Behind the U.S. Stockpile Panic
Recently the New York Times published reports suggesting that the United States had severely depleted key missile stockpiles.
The core claim was clear: months of high-intensity operations against Iran, on top of earlier Ukraine aid and oth...
The Gas Imperative
The world is obsessed with oil.
Every geopolitical crisis produces the same reflex: watch Brent, calculate how many barrels might disappear, look at spare capacity and ask what it means for inflation.
It is understandable. Oil remains the...
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Founder of the Critical Minerals Hub. Author of the Mineral Imperative. Mineral commodites related commentary and research. Not investment advice. I intend to keep the subscriptions free, and please note I do not solicit on this platform.
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