Blacksburg, SC – USA Rare Earth (Nasdaq: USAR) has announced a $1.2 billion investment to build a major rare earth magnet manufacturing and refined metals facility in Cherokee County’s Bailey Industrial Park in Blacksburg, South Carolina. The project marks a significant milestone in the company’s effort to create a fully domestic “mine-to-magnet” supply chain and […]
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A major industrial proposal is advancing in northeast Oklahoma at the Tulsa Port of Inola along the Verdigris River. The Inola Aluminum Smelter—formally known as the Oklahoma Primary Aluminum project—represents the first new primary aluminum smelter in the United States since 1980 and would become the largest ever built in the country. What Is the […]
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Grimes County, Texas, took a bold step forward on June 3, 2026, by approving a major incentive package for SpaceX’s proposed TeraFab semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing facility. In a 4-1 vote, county commissioners designated a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) and granted a 100% property tax abatement for the project, paving the way for […]
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In a breaking maritime incident that has sent ripples through global shipping and energy markets, a Panama-flagged vessel was struck by an unknown projectile, triggering a large explosion in the Arabian Gulf. The event occurred just hours after Iran announced it was suspending talks with the US until the IDF withdraws from Lebanon, raising fresh […]
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As artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, data centers, renewable energy infrastructure, and grid modernization drive explosive demand for copper, the United States faces a critical minerals supply crunch. Domestic production has stagnated for decades, leaving America heavily reliant on imports from geopolitically risky sources. Enter the Resolution Copper Mine in Arizona—a joint venture between Rio Tinto […]
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Stu Turley here from the Energy News Beat Podcast. For years on this show, we’ve been hammering home a core truth: energy policy is destiny. Affordable, reliable, abundant energy drives manufacturing, jobs, investment, and GDP growth. Ideological Net Zero pursuits that ignore reality — spiking costs, killing baseload power, and forcing deindustrialization — deliver the […]
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In a recent appearance on Squawk Box Asia, veteran commodities strategist Jeff Currie (Co-Chairman of Abaxx Markets) delivered a stark warning that resonates deeply with current market dynamics. He described an emerging “rare earth moment” — a qualitative shift where markets have been neglecting the physical world (“atoms”) in favor of financial narratives and tech […]
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The Wall Street Journal recently captured Germany’s predicament with brutal clarity in pieces like “Germany’s Slow Industrial Suicide.” A LinkedIn post by Doug Sheridan amplified the editorial, highlighting how green mandates, Net Zero zeal, and the Energiewende have delivered deindustrialization instead of the promised green nirvana. The ironic title nails it: Good intentions around climate […]
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced on May 19 that the Blue Point low-carbon ammonia project in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, is advancing rapidly under streamlined permitting. The roughly $3.7–4 billion facility is expected to become the world’s largest ammonia production plant by nameplate capacity. According to Secretary Rollins’ post on X, permitting for the […]
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President Donald Trump’s two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing (May 14-15, 2026) delivered a mix of tangible trade deliverables and diplomatic signaling on the Iran war—framed against a backdrop of disrupted global energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz. While no sweeping new trade war truce or grand bargain emerged, both sides […]
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