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The UK’s 2025 Critical Minerals Strategy
1 December 2025 | Franklin Avery, Ismet Soyocak
The UK just launched its most elaborate critical minerals strategy to date, setting firm targets and funding to reshape supply chain security.
Critical minerals could make the next outage permanent
18 November 2025 | Jamie Underwood, Ismet Soyocak
Cloudflare’s outage disrupted 20% of global web traffic, spotlighting the internet’s vulnerability to centralised systems, and the critical minerals powering them.
Iridium’s outlook linked to hydrogen economy wariness
21 October 2024 | SFA (Oxford) & Heraeus
Chinese heavy-duty vehicle platinum demand could be ready for a rise
7 October 2024 | SFA (Oxford) & Heraeus
Where does the palladium market go from here?
23 September 2024 | SFA (Oxford) & Heraeus
The Chinese car market in 2024 – PHEVs, subsidies and palladium
19 August 2024 | SFA (Oxford) & Heraeus
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