Strategic Materials
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The acute phase runs from April 2025, when Beijing's first heavy-rare-earth controls landed. Standing frameworks that predate the window — such as the EU Critical Raw Materials Act — are shown as foundational context.

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Foundational context · before April 2025

  1. USFinal List of Critical Minerals 2018Superseded
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  2. USAddressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain From Reliance on Critical Minerals From Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic Mining and Processing IndustriesIn force
    National securityEconomic securityLeverage / retaliation
  3. CNExport Control Law of the People's Republic of ChinaIn force
    National securityCompliance modernization
  4. US2022 Final List of Critical MineralsSuperseded
    Compliance modernization
  5. JPAct on the Promotion of Ensuring National Security through Integrated Implementation of Economic MeasuresIn force
    National securityEconomic security
  6. GBResilience for the Future: The United Kingdom's Critical Minerals StrategySuperseded
    Supply-chain resilienceAllied coordination
  7. CAICA divestiture order — three foreign investors in critical-mineral firmsActive
    National security
  8. CAThe Canadian Critical Minerals StrategyIn force
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilienceAllied coordination
  9. USDoD Defense Production Act support for Perpetua's Stibnite antimony projectEnded
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  10. JPJARE additional equity investment in Lynas and heavy rare earth offtakeActive
    Supply-chain resilience
  11. CNMOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 23 of 2023 on export controls on gallium- and germanium-related itemsActive
    National security
  12. USArmy-backed antimony trisulfide pilot and process-development agreement with PerpetuaActive
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  13. CNMOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 39 of 2023 on graphite export control measuresActive
    National security
  14. USDoD DPA support for 5N+ space-qualified germanium substrate capacityActive
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  15. EURegulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (Critical Raw Materials Act)In force
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  16. CNRegulations on Rare Earth AdministrationIn force
    National securityEconomic securityResource & environment
  17. CAGovernment of Canada Invests Over $9 Million to Enable Made-in-Canada Lithium Battery Supply Chain in British ColumbiaActive
  18. CNMOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 33 of 2024 on export controls on antimony and related itemsActive
    National securityCompliance modernization
  19. EUFinland: EU and Sibanye-Stillwater, through its Keliber lithium project, join forces in €150 million deal to improve EU access to and resilience in battery materialsActive
  20. CAGovernment of Canada Supporting Critical Minerals Processing in KingstonActive
    Supply-chain resilience
  21. CNRegulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Dual-Use ItemsIn force
    National securityCompliance modernization
  22. USDOE closes ATVM loan for Thacker Pass lithium processing facilitiesActive
  23. CNMOFCOM Announcement No. 46 of 2024 on strengthening export controls of dual-use items to the United StatesActive
    National securityCompliance modernization
  24. USActive Anode Material From the People's Republic of China: antidumping and countervailing duty investigationsEnded
  25. USDOE closes $996 million loan guarantee for Rhyolite Ridge lithium processingActive
  26. INNational Critical Mineral MissionIn force
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  27. CNMOFCOM/GACC Announcement No. 10 of 2025 on export controls on tungsten and related itemsActive
    National securityCompliance modernization
  28. AUFuture Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Act 2025In force
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  29. USImmediate Measures To Increase American Mineral ProductionIn force
    National securityEconomic security
  30. EUCommission Decision recognising 47 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials ActIn force
    Supply-chain resilience
April 2025 · acute phase
  1. CNMOFCOM & GACC Announcement No. 18 of 2025: export controls on certain medium and heavy rare-earth-related itemsActive
    National securityCompliance modernization
  2. USEnsuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative ProductsIn force
    National securityEconomic securitySupply-chain resilience
  3. CNNational Export Control Coordination Mechanism Office deploys special campaign against smuggling and illegal export of strategic mineralsActive
    National security
  4. EUCommission Decision recognising 13 critical raw material projects in third countries and overseas countries or territories as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials ActIn force
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  5. USDoD–MP Materials public-private partnership for rare earth magnet supplyActive
    National security
  6. CAFedDev Ontario contribution agreement 1019177 with Cyclic MaterialsActive
  7. USDepartment of War DPA support for Alaska Range Resources' integrated antimony supply chainActive
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  8. CNMOFCOM Announcement No. 61 of 2025: decision to implement export controls on relevant rare-earth items located outside ChinaSuspended
    National securityCompliance modernization
  9. CNMOFCOM & GACC Announcement No. 56 of 2025: decision to implement export controls on certain rare-earth equipment and raw and auxiliary material itemsSuspended
    National securityCompliance modernization
  10. CNMOFCOM & GACC Announcement No. 57 of 2025: decision to implement export controls on certain medium and heavy rare earth itemsSuspended
    National securityCompliance modernization
  11. CNMOFCOM & GACC Announcement No. 58 of 2025: decision to implement export controls on lithium battery and artificial graphite anode material itemsSuspended
    National securityCompliance modernization
  12. CNMOFCOM Announcement No. 62 of 2025: decision to implement export controls on rare-earth-related technologiesSuspended
    National security
  13. AUUnited States–Australia Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare EarthsActive
    Supply-chain resilienceAllied coordination
  14. CACanada unlocks 26 new investments and partnerships with 9 allied countries to secure critical minerals supply chains (G7 Critical Minerals Production Alliance, first round)Active
    Supply-chain resilienceAllied coordination
  15. CNMOFCOM & GACC Announcement No. 70 of 2025: decision suspending Announcements Nos. 55, 56, 57, 58, 61 and 62 of 2025 (to 10 November 2026)Active
    Leverage / retaliation
  16. USFinal 2025 List of Critical MineralsIn force
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  17. USOffice of Strategic Capital Agrees to Joint $700M Conditional Loan Commitment with Vulcan Elements and ReElement TechnologiesActive
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  18. GBVision 2035: Critical Minerals StrategyIn force
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  19. EURESourceEU Action Plan: Accelerating our critical raw materials strategy to adapt to a new realityActive
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  20. USDepartment of War DPA investment in 5N+ germanium recovery and refiningActive
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  21. AUCritical Minerals Strategic Reserve — initial mineralsActive
    Economic security
  22. USAdjusting Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Their Derivative Products Into The United StatesIn force
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  23. CACanada Growth Fund invests US$25 million in Cyclic Materials to strengthen Canada’s rare-earth supply chainActive
  24. USCommerce's CHIPS Program letter of intent with USA Rare Earth, and the funding and loan guarantee agreements that followedActive
    Supply-chain resilience
  25. CACanada announces second round of Critical Minerals Production Alliance partnerships and investmentsActive
  26. CAGovernment of Canada invests to unlock Canada’s critical minerals advantage (PDAC 2026 funding announcement)Active
  27. USDepartment of War DPA support for United States Antimony CorporationActive
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  28. JPCertification of Allied Material's critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for tungsten under the Economic Security Promotion ActActive
    Economic securitySupply-chain resilience
  29. JPCertification of Shin-Etsu Chemical's critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for rare earths under the Economic Security Promotion ActActive
  30. USEXIM final approval of project finance for the Stibnite Gold ProjectActive
    National securitySupply-chain resilience
  31. CACanada Growth Fund and Teck strategic investment framework for Trail strategic metals expansionActive
    National securityEconomic securitySupply-chain resilience
  32. JPEstablishment of a Special Purpose Company for Heavy Rare Earth Development in the Republic of Namibia and Investment by JOGMECActive
    Supply-chain resilience
  33. JPCertification of Santoku's critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for rare earths under the Economic Security Promotion ActActive
  34. GBNational Wealth Fund backs Tungsten West to unlock critical UK tungsten supplyActive
    National security
  35. JPCertification of Japan New Metals' critical-minerals supply-assurance plan for tungsten under the Economic Security Promotion ActActive
  36. EUCommission Decision recognising 46 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials ActUnclear

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