The EU must move quickly to back the critical minerals sector and allow more state intervention after China banned key exports of raw materials, a group pushing for energy security has said. The next EU budget must include “substantial, dedicated” funding for critical minerals, with money drawn from energy and decarbonisation budget lines, the European […]
New York Times: The U.S. Struggles to Break Out From China’s Grip on Rare Earths
Abigail Hunter, the executive director of the Minerals Center at Securing America’s Future Energy, a nonprofit, said that the Trump administration had been “really proactive in trying to solve these problems” but that it would take time for the United States to develop an alternative supply chain for critical minerals. Threats to U.S. mineral supplies […]
E&E News: Trump wades deeper into private sector minerals to take on China
Abigail Hunter, executive director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, applauded the administration for seeing China’s recent export restrictions as an “escalation,” but said the U.S. needs to work in concert with allies abroad. […]
Washington Examiner: China tightens grip on rare earths, imperiling US supply chains
“What’s particularly notable this time is the formalization of Beijing’s attempt to extend the extraterritorial reach of its export restrictions—reminiscent of the United States’ approach to chip export controls,” said Zoe Oysul, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Critical Mineral Strategy for SAFE, a nonprofit group. “It remains unclear how China intends to […]
The Hill: Trump’s war on wind, solar rattles clean energy industry
Changing the energy mix A July report from SAFE, a nonpartisan energy security think tank, and the Energy Security Leadership Council argues a diversified domestic industry will allow the U.S. to curtail its reliance on foreign countries for oil and other energy sources. The report argues that a “shift to new technologies” is “critical to national […]
