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The Pandemic Guts Airbus, But It’s Worse for Thousands of Suppliers

With COVID-19 grounding a third of planes globally, airlines have put orders on hold, crushing the businesses that serve them.

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From Bikes to Prosecco, Covid Is a Dress Rehearsal for Brexit

Faced with the double challenge of Brexit and COVID-19, U.K. supply chains are being thrown into disarray.

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Trump Moves to Expand Rare Earths Mining, Cites China Threat

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at expanding domestic production of rare-earth minerals vital to most manufacturing sectors and reducing dependence on China.

Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder. One of several rare earth elements, neodymium is critical to the motors used in electric vehicles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Amazon’s Fleet of Used Airplanes Makes Green Pledge Harder to Keep

Airlines say their newer generation jets are 20% more fuel efficient than the models they’re phasing out, many of which end up in the fleets of cargo carriers.

An Amazon Air cargo jet sits on a tarmac. Photo: Bloomberg.

Airbus Unveils Hydrogen Designs for Zero-Emission Flight

The European planemaker unveiled three designs it’s studying to build hydrogen-powered aircraft as it races to bring a zero-carbon passenger plane into service by 2035.

An employee adjusts a valve on the cold box for liquid hydrogen (LH2) production. Photo: Bloomberg.

FedEx Seeks to Add Small Self-Flying Planes for Remote Areas

FedEx Corp. is looking at using small self-flying cargo planes to serve remote areas after experimenting with a technology startup on autonomous aircraft.

A close-up view of two FedEx Corp. parcels. Photo: Shutterstock.

Jet Fuel Is Now So Cheap It’s Being Blended for Use by Ships

The fuel that powers passenger planes is normally among the most expensive oil products, but in a sign of the times the coronavirus has turned it into a blending component for typically cheaper shipping fuel.

Source: Bloomberg

Lawmakers Seek to Curb U.S. Reliance on China for Rare Earths

U.S. House lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at reducing dependence on China for rare earths used in everything from electric vehicles to missiles to wind turbines.

Source: Bloomberg

Why the U.S. Can’t Break China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals — Part 3

These are the necessary steps toward developing a research-and-development partnership among the private sector, government and academia to wrest control of the REE supply chain from China.

Lithium ore falls from a chute onto a stockpile at Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine outside of Widgiemooltha, Australia. Photo: Bloomberg.

A U.S. Company Seeks to Reduce China’s Dominance in Rare Earth Production

Efforts are underway in the U.S. to break China’s monopoly on the mining and processing of rare earth minerals, which are found in many high-tech products for consumer, industrial and military use. But it’s going to be a long haul to achieve that goal.

Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder. One of several rare earth elements, neodymium is critical to the motors used in electric vehicles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Why the U.S. Can’t Break China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals — Part 2

It's unrealistic to believe the U.S. can break China’s monopoly over the rare earth element market through private investment and the opening of new domestic mines.

Lithium ore falls from a chute onto a stockpile at Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine outside of Widgiemooltha, Australia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Why the U.S. Can’t Break China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals

The global pandemic has exposed the utter dependence of the U.S. and the world on China for critical equipment and raw materials.

Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder. One of several rare earth elements, neodymium is critical to the motors used in electric vehicles. Photo: Bloomberg.

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