Pit for tat
China has a weapon that could hurt America: rare-earth exports
Soldering on
Tin, an overlooked critical metal, is enjoying a boom
Crib sheet
A visual guide to critical materials and rare earths
In rust we trust
Donald Trump’s Super Bowl tariffs are an act of self-harm
Break the ice
The Arctic offers climate change’s great economic opportunity
Golden moment
Will interest-rate cuts turbocharge oil prices?
An ill wind
Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?
Guns and hoses
Three surprises that could inflame commodity markets in 2024
Through the roof
Three commodities could take off in 2024
Full metal jackpot
The energy transition will mint new fortunes in surprising places
Transfer window
The green transition will transform the global economic order
Rod stewards
Conflicts and resurgent demand combine to send uranium prices soaring
Keep digging
How to avoid a 6.5bn-tonne green-metals crunch
Cash and quarry
How Latin America could be a commodities superpower
Raw potential
A growing and greening world needs Latin America’s commodities
Mission-critical
A dozen obscure minerals are key to Western armies. China largely controls their supply
Copper comes a cropper
The king of transition metals is unexpectedly getting cheaper
Ahead of the battery pack
Why crashing lithium prices will not make electric cars cheaper
The battle for Europe’s economic soul
Policymakers in Brussels ready their response to America’s protectionism (with Christian Odendahl)
Bolt from the blue
Cobalt, a crucial battery material, is suddenly superabundant
Green shoots
War and subsidies have turbocharged the energy transition
Cell-side analysis
Could the EV boom run out of juice before it really gets going?
Helter skelter
Do cheaper commodities herald a recession?
Full metal jackpot
The transition to clean energy will mint new commodity superpowers
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