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Strategic & Advanced Materials

Strategic & Advanced Materials research within the Energy, Materials & Industrial Systems series.

Strategic & Advanced MaterialsSeptember 16, 2026

Commodities & Resources Industry & Production Trade & Investment Geopolitics & Security

Critical Minerals in 2026: The Strategic Constraint Is Moving Downstream

Resource ownership is only one layer of mineral power: refining, smelting, advanced materials and component manufacturing increasingly determine usable industrial supply.

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