Resource Nationalism: Global Export Crunches Threaten to Derail EV and High-Tech Supply Chains
SATURDAY, MAY 02, 2026
A fivefold increase in trade restrictions since 2009 has left industrialised nations facing a "systemic challenge" as producer countries tighten their grip on the minerals essential for the green transition
G-7 ministers discuss more aid for resource-rich economies
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2026
G7 finance ministers examined World Bank-backed support for resource-rich economies to expand rare earth industries and build more resilient supply networks beyond China.
15 years on: Japan’s “Phase Free” design turns everyday items into emergency resources
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 04, 2026
Fifteen years after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japan is seeing growing momentum behind "phase free" design, a new approach to disaster preparedness that integrates emergency functionality into everyday items.
Japan and five Central Asian nations kicked off their first-ever leaders' meeting in Tokyo on Friday (December 19), aiming to deepen cooperation on energy and mineral resources and on artificial intelligence.
Myanmar resistance groups have rejected efforts by former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to mediate in the civil war that has engulfed the neighbouring country, according to sources.
Coal plants seeing second life with renewable power projects
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022
Across the US, old coal plants are living out second lives. The sites, long a source of pollution, are now becoming resources for solar, renewable energy.