GREENWIRE | The White House is competing with China to shore up rare earths, but a new report suggests an emerging vulnerability deserves equal attention: metals. Beijing has a vise grip on the processing and refining of steel, aluminum, and copper that’s used to build military equipment, data centers and more. China’s state-backed dominance is […]
Financial Times | Defence groups clamour to delay US ban on Chinese rare earth magnets
Defence companies are pushing Washington to delay a deadline, years in the making and now just months away, banning them from sourcing rare earth magnets from China for the US military. … The change would “allow the United States — not an adversary — to define when, what and how we source materials for our […]
E&E News | Trump-Xi summit raises terrifying prospect for US and Europe: Chinese cars
Chinese automakers have set their sights on the U.S. BYD has invested in its own logistics with a fleet of eight container ships that can each carry up to 9,000 vehicles, making it easy to redirect exports to the U.S. as soon as the barriers crumble. The Chinese industry’s overcapacity is largely due to ramping […]
POLITICO | Trump admin touts 27 mineral deals in bid to counter China
China unveiled new regulations to prevent “security risks in industrial and supply chains.” According to a release, Chinese agencies can “launch investigations and take countermeasures against foreign countries, regions or international organizations, as well as foreign organizations or individuals, that undermine China’s industrial and supply chain security.” Abigail Hunter, executive director of the think tank […]
World Today Journal | Protecting the Power Grid: How Utilities Are Combatting Rising Physical Attacks and Drone Threats
A Global Pattern of Sabotage The vulnerability of energy infrastructure is not limited to North America. Danielle Russo, executive director of the Center for Grid Security at Securing America’s Future Energy, emphasizes that these attacks are a global phenomenon. While high-intensity attacks are common in conflict zones like Ukraine, non-conflict nations are also seeing […]
