Latest news on rare earths and strategic raw materials
TOPSTORY
Politics Increasingly Shapes Raw Material Markets – Market Report Q4/2025
What shaped the markets for critical raw materials in the fourth quarter?
NEWS
ANALYSES, BACKGROUND, INTERVIEWS
The German Energy Transition Has a Raw Material Risk
On behalf of the German “Wissenschaftsplattform Klimaschutz” (Climate Protection Science Platform), the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) has investigated the risks posed to Germany on the path to climate neutrality by imports of critical raw material.
What Are the Implications of Tesla’s Abandonment of Rare Earths?
Tesla wants to do away with rare earth magnets, but what impact will this have on demand for these critical raw materials?
High Tech for the Pharaoh
The Egyptian king Tutankhamun was accompanied into the afterlife by a gift of cosmic raw material.










