Rare earth magnets sit at the heart of electrification. They are used in EV traction motors, wind turbines, robotics, drones, industrial motors and many other high-performance applications. The key magnet type is NdFeB — neodymium-iron-boron — which is powerful, compact…
In the past 12 months there have been a number of examples of a substantial disconnect between physical commodity prices and paper commodity prices. Commodity exchanges were historically set up to solve a very practical problem for producers and consumers…
It’s fair to say that I never wanted to write this blog. I was at PDAC all last week and I hoped that this subject would go away. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like it is, so here I go. It…
Price Volatility Is the Disease. What’s the Cure? Winter 2026 will be remembered as one of the most consequential periods ever for U.S. and allied critical‑minerals policy. Over the course of several days in the first week of February, a…
2025 was quite a year in the battery industry and, while everyone is excited about the potential for ESS demand for batteries and cells, EVs are still the biggest driver of battery demand and that looks set to continue for…
What a difference a year makes 2025 was very much a year of two halves for the lithium sector, and also for me personally. I formally joined RK Equity in mid-2025, at a time when the platform was expanding both…
An update to RK Equity’s Strategic Lithium Reserve framework.
You can’t get around the fact that the main driver of growth in the battery market over the past 12 months has switched away from EVs and to ESS. And ESS demand is starting to go mainstream, with a number…
On 9-10 October 2025, in response to what it saw as trade provocation from the US, China broadened its rare-earth export controls, expanding restrictions on a number of materials and technologies. The US response was immediate and, by mid-October, the…