The European Union is preparing to tell member states that Europe can no longer treat Middle Eastern jet fuel as a dependable pillar of its aviation system. Draft guidance expected next week will push countries to diversify away from Gulf supply, examine greater use of US imports, and place more emphasis on longer-term resilience through sustainable aviation fuel and synthetic fuels.

The Commission is also preparing practical recommendations on how to manage possible shortages, even while stopping short of changing the EU’s emissions trading or SAF rules in response to airline lobbying.

Altmin, India’s sole cathode active materials producer, is actively pursuing talks with the Australian government to secure lithium supplies as part of its expansion strategy to meet the increasing demand for this critical mineral. Anjani Sri Mourya Sunkavalli, the company’s managing director, revealed that Altmin is engaging…

The sudden transformation of antimony from mining waste into strategically critical material illuminates how great power competition fundamentally reshapes resource valuations and industrial priorities. What prospectors once discarded while pursuing precious metals has become the object of frantic exploration, massive government investment, and contentious local battles, a metamorphosis driven entirely by geopolitical confrontation rather than technological innovation or market discovery.

Antimony’s journey from overlooked byproduct to national security priority reflects recurring patterns in how industrial economies value natural resources. Throughout history, materials have oscillated between obscurity and critical importance based on technological requirements and geopolitical circumstances.