Driven by the accelerating global energy transition, resource-rich countries are actively asserting greater control over their critical minerals—lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and rare earths—thro...

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"Water is increasingly treated like a strategic asset," one analyst told CNBC.

Mineral export bans and upcoming windfall taxes have become the country’s overarching strategy - one that is increasingly running up against regulatory bottlenecks, illegal capital leakages, and local governance deficits.

Government acts amid rising copper prices and growing support for resource nationalism.

Indonesia’s push towards resource nationalism could reshape global commodity trade. With India reliant on Indonesian palm oil, coal, and nickel, is New Delhi prepared to secure supplies and manage eme...

India’s economic rise will be powered by commodities, but five global forces will test how wisely it balances ambition, resilience and resource needs. by G. Chandrashekhar, BasisPointInsight.com