I admit that I sometimes choose topics for Crucible articles based on their ‘wow’ factor, but one topic that has cropped up repeatedly since I originally covered it is deep-sea…
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After months of deliberations, the European Parliament voted in the second week of December 2023 to adopt the Critical Raw Materials Act. The key aim of this legislation, aside from…
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China brings in Ga, Ge export permitting From 1 August, the Chinese government announced that eight products related to gallium and six to germanium will require export permits, citing national…
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Welcome to the May-June Crucible issue. With our premier annual event, the International Minor Metals Conference and the MMTA annual general meeting now behind us—see this issue for the conference…
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News spotlight In the last two weeks of March, representatives form 36 member countries of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN regulator tasked with protecting marine life in international…