The announcement, delivered from the East Room alongside the CEOs of the nation's largest industrial titans, marks a fundamental shift in U.S. economic policy. By treating critical minerals with the same strategic gravity as crude oil, the administration intends to provide a "sovereign shock absorber" for domestic manufacturers. For
In a move set to redefine the physical limits of artificial intelligence hardware, the United States and Japan have formalized a series of landmark agreements aimed at fortifying the semiconductor supply chain. At the heart of this alliance is a proposed $500 million synthetic diamond production facility in the U.S. and a comprehensive rare earth [...]
MP Materials Corp (NYSE:MP) shares are moving higher on Monday after reports that President Donald Trump aims to reduce China's dominance in rare earth materials through a $12 billion strategic stockpile of critical minerals.
The global financial markets are still reeling after a tumultuous January that saw the return of "Twitter-diplomacy" and high-stakes protectionism. Following President Donald Trump’s aggressive mid-month demand for the United States to purchase Greenland, a move punctuated by threats of sweeping tariffs against European allies, the Dow Jones Industrial
The final week of January 2026 has been defined by a return to "tariff diplomacy" and a surreal geopolitical standoff over the world’s largest island, sending ripples of volatility through the S&P 500. President Trump’s dual-track strategy of threatening 100% tariffs on Canadian goods while simultaneously pressuring
The global financial landscape has been jolted by a profound "Greenland rift" as the United States aggressively asserts its territorial ambitions over the autonomous Danish territory. This geopolitical friction, which reached a fever pitch in January 2026, has pitted Washington against Copenhagen and Brussels, triggering an unprecedented deployment of European
MP Materials Corp (NYSE:MP shares are trading lower following reports that the Trump administration will not move forward with guaranteeing a minimum price for U.S. critical mining projects.
The red-hot rally in rare earth stocks seen over the past few months has come under pressure after reports indicated that the U.S. plans to move forward without the minimum price guarantee it had initially offered.
In a move that has significantly calmed global markets and redirected the course of Arctic geopolitics, the Trump administration officially unveiled its updated "Joint Arctic Security & Resource Framework" for Greenland. Announced on January 21, 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the new policy represents a strategic pivot from
In a decisive move to break China’s long-standing stranglehold on the global critical minerals market, the U.S. government announced a landmark $1.6 billion investment package on January 26, 2026. This massive capital infusion, directed primarily toward domestic "mine-to-magnet" infrastructure, represents the most significant federal intervention in the
The landscape of the American critical minerals sector was fundamentally reshaped this week. On January 27, 2026, USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ: USAR) stands at the epicenter of a historic geopolitical and economic shift as the United States government formalizes its most aggressive move yet to break China’s stranglehold on the rare earth supply chain. [...]
