Strategic Metals explains the metals and minerals the future economy runs on — what they are, why they are so hard to replace, and how the technologies pulling on them are reshaping supply, prices, and the companies chasing them. One story runs through everything here: which materials sit at the chokepoints of AI, quantum computing, energy, robotics, and space — and what that means for anyone trying to understand where the world is heading.
What this site covers
Most writing about metals splits into two camps. One is pure technology — how a chip, a magnet, or a reactor works — and rarely mentions the material underneath. The other is pure finance — price charts and trade ideas — and rarely explains why the metal matters in the first place. Strategic Metals sits in the gap between them: the story of which materials the modern economy actually depends on, where their supply and their capital choke, and where demand is heading.
The beat runs across the strategic metals — gold, silver, copper, uranium, rare earths, and the platinum-group — and the lesser-known critical minerals like gallium, germanium, antimony, and tin that quietly gate advanced manufacturing. It runs just as much through the technologies pulling on them: the AI and data-centre buildout, quantum computing, semiconductors, humanoid robots, nuclear power, and space. Much of this detail lives in dense industry reports — the USGS, the IEA, the Silver Institute, S&P Global, company filings — that few general readers ever open. Pulling that material into clear, accurate, genuinely interesting explainers is the whole point.
How the site works
Every article starts from primary sources and is verified before it publishes. Figures, production and reserve numbers, market shares, and policy claims are checked against current primary data — government surveys, agency reports, exchange data, and official filings — and date-stamped, because this is a fast-moving space where the numbers shift month to month. Research is done with AI assistance, then fact-checked and written under the editor’s direct control. An honest, well-sourced figure always beats an impressive-sounding one.
Strategic Metals is independent and supported by advertising, not by the companies it writes about. It accepts no payment, shares, or other compensation for coverage. Nothing on the site is financial advice: it names the major miners, producers, and funds as factual landscape and describes how the markets work, but never tells anyone what to buy, sell, or hold. You can read the full approach on the Editorial Standards page.
Who writes Strategic Metals
Get in touch
Questions, corrections, and suggestions are always welcome. Email Joel Durant directly at joel7223@gmail.com — corrections to any figure that looks off or out of date are especially appreciated, and verified errors get fixed promptly. You can also reach the site through the Contact page.