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The 9 Rare Earth Elements Behind Modern Robotics
Robot motors and actuators run on Nd and Pr magnets, with Dy and Tb added for heat resistance. Er and Yb enable LiDAR, and Eu, Tb and Y are used in displays. A humanoid robot can use dozens of these motors, and over 97% of humanoid shipments in the first half of 2026 came from Chinese manufacturers.
Created in collaboration with @sprott.
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Read the full article: Rare Earths and the Humanoid Robot: The Supply Chain Bottleneck Behind Automation’s Next Wave
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Charted: The 2040 Copper Supply Gap 📉
Wood Mackenzie projects a copper supply deficit of about 9.1 million tonnes per year by 2040. The estimate already includes base production, mine life extensions and a 70% conversion rate for probable projects.
Closing a gap of that size will require new large-scale projects. Reko Diq in Balochistan is one of the largest copper projects in development, with Phase 1 and Phase 2 together planned to produce around 460,000 tonnes per year at full capacity. Meeting 2040 demand would take roughly 20 projects of that scale.
Learn more about Pakistan’s role in future copper supply at the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum, 12 and 13 November. Register for PMIF26 at pakminforum.com
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Mapped: Pakistan’s Metallogenic Zones 🗺️
Pakistan’s mineral deposits follow its tectonic history. This map shows the country’s main metallogenic zones and the mines and projects within them, marked as operational, development or exploration.
In the west, the Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc hosts the copper-gold porphyry systems at Reko Diq, Siah Diq and Saindak. In the north, the Kohistan and Karakoram zones contain placer gold and antimony. The ophiolite belts are the main source of chromite, and the Sulaiman and Kirthar fold belts host lead, zinc and barite.
Learn more about Pakistan’s mining sector at the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum, 12 and 13 November. Register for PMIF26 at pakminforum.com
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If you own one gold coin, you hold more gold than 72% of the world's family offices. Their most cited risk is geopolitics.
Yet gold ETFs drew a record USD 31bn in Q3, led by Europe and North America, and kept buying as the price fell in September.
The chapter on why is below.
Zinc in Everyday Use 🔍
Wind turbines, bridges, roads, crops and cars. Its biggest job is protecting steel from rust.
Mapped: Pakistan’s Rare Earth Potential 🌏
Rare earth elements are used in electronics, electric motors and wind turbines. This map shows where rare earth occurrences have been identified across Pakistan, grouped by deposit type: carbonatite, laterite and ion-adsorption clay.
In the north, occurrences are linked to the alkaline rocks of the Peshawar Plain and the Mansehra Granite. In the south, they are found in coastal black sands.
Learn more about the future of Pakistan’s mining supply chain with @pakminforum. Register for PMIF26 at pakminforum.com
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Major Copper Discoveries (1990–2023)
Of 239 major copper discoveries made since 1990, 148 are still not in production.
Out of those 148: 121 haven't completed a feasibility study, 12 have but aren't yet in development, and only 15 have finalized construction plans and begun building.
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence
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1/ Mining CEOs & IR teams: we don't need more geology. We need better storytelling. ⛏️
70+ meetings and 300+ pages of notes later, here's my tough love from Colorado. 🧵👇
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8/ Many slide decks are OK-ish, but not great. The best visuals I've seen in this industry come from @MiningVisuals ✨ They turn complex projects into stories people actually get.
Full disclosure: we liked them so much, we invested. 😉
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Gold continues to play an important role in global reserves.
Central banks have been net buyers of gold every year since 2010, marking a significant shift following two decades of net selling.
Buying accelerated in recent years, with more than 1,000 tonnes purchased annually in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Since 2010, cumulative net purchases have exceeded the net sales recorded from 1983 to 2009.
This sustained buying underscores gold’s enduring role as a strategic reserve asset and store of value.
At Galiano Gold, we are proud to produce gold at the Asanko Gold Mine in Ghana and to be part of an industry producing a commodity that has held an important place in the global financial system for generations.
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