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China moves to regain iron ore market power
The Chinese government established the 20 billion yuan (US$3 billion) Chinese Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) in 2022 to coordinate Chinese iron ore purchases in the international marketplace. Earlier in 2025, it made headlines after asking the iron ore buyers it represents to stop buying a particular iron ore blend from BHP, one of China’s top providers, until it agreed on various terms for the coming contracts. These included a commitment to renminbi-denominated settlements.
How Canada Can Meet the China Challenge in Critical Minerals
The authors participating in the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada panel on Canada’s Strategic Positioning in the Critical Minerals Era, September 4, 2025. Pascale Massot and Vina Nadjibulla September 16, 2025 Canada’s critical minerals strategy needs to move past broad ambition to systematic, prioritized, and partnership-focused action.
“China’s Vulnerability Paradox”
China’s appetite for critical minerals, fossil fuel, timber, and other commodities is the subject of countless news articles and has created anxiety in capital cities around the world. The dominant narrative is one of concern over Beijing’s dominance of global supply chains. Yet while the country clearly exhibits strengths as a commodity superpower, it also suffers from important vulnerabilities.
The China Challenge in Critical Minerals
The China Challenge in Critical Minerals De-risking is unlikely to truly alter China’s dominance over global critical mineral supply chains. There’s a better approach. Read Full Article »
The China Challenge in Critical Minerals: The Case for Asymmetric Resilience
De-risking is unlikely to truly alter China’s dominance over global critical mineral supply chains. There’s a better approach. Subscribe for ads-free reading China is the dominant player in global critical minerals supply chains, especially in the midstream segments. The country controls, on average, two-thirds of the production or refining of major critical minerals such as lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements and above 90 percent for the latter.
The China Challenge in Critical Minerals: The Case for Asymmetric Resilience
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The China Challenge in Critical Minerals: The Case for Asymmetric Resilience
De-risking is unlikely to truly alter China’s dominance over global critical mineral supply chains. There’s a better approach. Subscribe for ads-free reading China is the dominant player in global critical minerals supply chains, especially in the midstream segments. The country controls, on average, two-thirds of the production or refining of major critical minerals such as lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements and above 90 percent for the latter.
Conceptualizing contemporary markets: Introduction to the special issue
Introduction Markets are ubiquitous in contemporary life and central features of the global political economy. As markets become increasingly complex and increasingly dominant in our lives, how we define them should be a matter of central concern. Yet, the minimalist, atomistic classical liberal definition of markets is dominant in the global political economy (GPE) literature.
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