The UK’s Critical Minerals Wake-up Call: Why Midstream Processing Is the Missing Link

The UK’s critical minerals wake-up call: why midstream processing is the missing link

With rising geopolitical tensions and soaring demand for rare earth elements, the UK must invest in midstream critical mineral processing to reduce reliance on China and secure its defence, energy, and technology sectors, says Nitesh Shah I have over 30 years’ experience across commodities, mining and advanced materials –watching as the UK and the West first externalised their critical mineral supply chains to China – and then over the past few …

Rare Earths, Magnets, and Missiles: Unmasking the West’s Military Metals Gap

“Until we invest in a domestic rare earth magnet pipeline, our ‘arsenal of democracy’ rests on supply chains we neither own nor control—and that’s a strategic vulnerability no amount of rhetoric can fix.” — Jack Lifton, Co-Chair, Critical Minerals Institute The mismatch between the political narrative of a critical materials crisis and the effective allocation […]