• Podcast Episode: The #Pentagon Wants 300,000 #Drones But #China Controls The Magnets
    May 30 2026
    Pip: Welcome to a show about the rocks that run the world — or at least the ones that run the drones, the defense contracts, and the supply chains holding everything together. Mara: Today we're looking at work from Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng, and it lands squarely in rare earth territory — specifically who controls the magnets inside American military
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    3 min
  • Podcast Episode: #China’s Zero-Tariff Policy Boosts #African Trade
    May 29 2026
    Pip: Welcome to the blog where the earth gives up its metals, its minerals, and apparently its trade policy opinions — this is A Blog for Browsing Mining, Mineral Processing, and Metals Info. Mara: Today’s episode comes from Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng, and it covers a significant shift in how China and Africa are structuring their trade relationship — and
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    3 min
  • Podcast Episode: Why #Greenland? not #Mountainpass, #California for #RareEarth elements?
    May 29 2026
    Pip: Welcome to the podcast where we dig into mining, mineral processing, and metals — sometimes literally. Today we're following the rare earth supply chain from California to the Arctic, courtesy of Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng. Mara: That's right — we're looking at why Greenland keeps coming up in rare earth conversations, and what the real obstacles are to building
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    4 min
  • INOV8RS CLUB Podcast Episode-7: #China’s breakthrough in solid-state battery technology – double the energy density
    May 28 2026
    Pip: Welcome to the feed where ore meets amp-hours — A Blog for Browsing Mining, Mineral Processing, and Metals Info, and today we are talking batteries. Mara: Specifically, a major development in solid-state battery technology out of China — the energy density numbers, the fast-charging claims, and what the underlying chemistry actually involves. All of it reported by Nanthakumar Victor
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    3 min
  • Podcast Episode: Rare Earths And Trade Tensions
    May 24 2026
    Pip: Welcome to the podcast where we track what the earth gives up and what the markets make of it — rare earths, trade deficits, and the occasional geopolitical scramble. Mara: Today’s episode, shaped by posts from Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng, covers three connected territories: Europe pushing back on its trade imbalance with China, a long-term rare earth supply deal
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    4 min