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Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Minerals processing is not rocket science, and China’s dominance of rare-earth production is surprisingly fragile.

19.10.2025 10

WA Today

David Fickling

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Minerals processing is not rocket science, and China’s dominance of rare-earth production is surprisingly fragile.

19.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Minerals processing is not rocket science, and China’s dominance of rare-earth production is surprisingly fragile.

19.10.2025 20

The Age

David Fickling

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Trump beating China on rare earths is easier than you think

Minerals processing is not rocket science, and China’s dominance of rare-earth production is surprisingly fragile.

19.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Fickling

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from inside...

19.08.2025 8

WA Today

David Fickling

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from inside...

19.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Fickling

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from inside...

19.08.2025 10

The Age

David Fickling

Inside job: Why Saudi Arabia is losing its appetite for oil

You know that horror movie trope where the babysitter gradually realises the crazed killer is phoning, not from some distant location, but from inside...

19.08.2025 8

Brisbane Times

David Fickling

America got the world driving. Now it’s going home

The US car industry is turning inwards again for the first time in a century. Detroit got the world on the road. BYD will inherit the earth.

19.11.2024 10

Financial Review

David Fickling