With the minerals in the ground and global demand soaring, Greenland isn’t waiting forever. As Nathanielsen put it: if the West doesn’t show up soon, someone else will.
The United States and Saudi Arabia have signed two high-profile agreements on energy cooperation and critical minerals, coinciding with President Trump’s announcement of a $600 billion Saudi investment pledge.
President Donald Trump has also directed a review of potential tariffs on critical mineral imports, further signaling a policy shift toward bolstering domestic mining as a matter of national economic and security strategy.
Maverick Metals has raised $19 million to scale its LithX™ technology, a novel chemical solution designed to improve recovery of copper and other critical metals from low-grade and waste materials
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $10.2 million in funding for projects to develop environmentally responsible domestic sources of critical minerals, essential for advancing clean energy technologies and reducing reliance on foreign supplies.
Ukrainian startup Beholder secures nearly $1 million in funding to enhance AI-powered critical mineral exploration, aiming to boost the global supply of raw materials essential for the green energy transition.