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Data source: U.S. Department of the Interior’s 2025 list of critical minerals; U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 list of critical materials and a recently proposed addition
Note: This Today in Energy article launches the Energy Minerals Observatory, a new project of the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 2026, as part of the Observatory and the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS), EIA plans to conduct field studies of three minerals: graphite, vanadium, and zirconium.

Critical minerals, such as copper, cobalt, and silicon, are vital for energy technologies, but most critical minerals markets are less transparent than mature energy markets, such as crude oil or coal. Like other energy markets, many supply-side and demand-side factors influence pricing for these energy-relevant critical minerals, but critical minerals supply chains contain numerous data gaps.

The lack

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Published: 10 December 2025

Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: Volcano Discovery.com--Global earthquake monitor

Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 9, 06:12 am (Auckland)

4.1

265 km68 km (42 mi) to the SW 7.1 km east of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand I FELT IT InfoDec 8, 01:21 am (Auckland)

3.6

111 km96 km (60 mi) to the NW South Pacific Ocean, 68 km east of Waiheke Island, New Zealand I FELT IT

Info

Dec 7, 03:50 pm (GMT +12)

3.0

33 km88 km (55 mi) to the E South Pacific Ocean, 106 km northeast of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand I FELT IT

Info

Dec 3, 03:02 pm (GMT +12)

3.6

187 km80 km (50 mi) to the NE South Pacific Ocean, 152 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Info

Dec 3, 11:38 am (GMT +12)

3.2

52 km90 km (56 mi) to the N South Pacific Ocean, 155 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Info

Nov 17, 04:16 am (Auckland)

4.0

68 km67 km (42 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean, 29 km northeast of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand InfoOct 27, 04:01 pm (Auckland)

3.9

49 km73 km (45 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean, 45 km northeast of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Info

Oct 24, 08:06 am (Auckland)

4.0

151 km54 km (33 mi) to the S South Pacific Ocean, 41 km east of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand InfoOct 22, 05:42 am (Auckland)

4.7

279 km66 km (41 mi) to the SW Waikato, 10.1 km east of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 1 report InfoOct 15, 2024 04:01 am (GMT +12)

5.2

234 km82 km (51 mi) to the NE South Pacific Ocean, 154

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Published: 10 December 2025

Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: Volcano Discovery.com--Global earthquake monitor

Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025 13:43 | 36 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Papua New Guinea was shaken near Arawa, Bougainville, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 only 12 minutes ago, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.
The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 92. km beneath the epicenter near Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, after midnight on Thursday, December 11th, 2025, at 12:30 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.4. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.1, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.1.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Panguna (pop. 2,900) located 58 km from the

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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake – Philippine Sea, 148 km northeast of Pulau Karakelang Island, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025, at 02:09 pm (Universal Time)

Energy Minerals Observatory: The data deficits in critical supply chains

Light mag. 3.9 earthquake – South Pacific Ocean, 73 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, on Thursday, Dec 11, 2025, at 01:56 am (GMT +12)

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea