{"id":1108,"date":"2026-10-27T17:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:44:37","slug":"geopolitika-kriticnih-sirovina-i-povratak-protekcionizma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/geopolitika-kriticnih-sirovina-i-povratak-protekcionizma\/","title":{"rendered":"The geopolitics of critical minerals and the return of protectionism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The push toward electrification and advanced technology has forged a volatile industrial dependency. Replacing hydrocarbons, geopolitical leverage now centers on lithium reserves, battery-grade nickel, cobalt and rare earth processing capacities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kriticne-sirovine-blog-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Usporedba klasi\u010dnog industrijskog pogona (nafta, \u010delik, plin i otvorene burze) i novog tehnolo\u0161kog pogona (rijetki metali, litij, poluvodi\u010di, koncentracija prerade i carinske blokade)\" class=\"wp-image-1109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kriticne-sirovine-blog-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kriticne-sirovine-blog-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kriticne-sirovine-blog-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kriticne-sirovine-blog-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kriticne-sirovine-blog-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kriticne-sirovine-blog.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extreme geographic concentration of refining infrastructure has weaponized basic raw material supply chains into geopolitical instruments. Open multilateral commerce is retreating under export quotas, aggressive tariffs and industrial protectionism. Operating companies face recurring risks where foundational components become suddenly unavailable or structurally overpriced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Securing sovereign and dependable supply corridors now supersedes chasing spot-market price discounts. Geopolitical exposure can no longer be treated as an external tail risk. It is an active variable within every commercial balance sheet.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tranzicija prema elektrifikaciji i novim tehnologijama stvorila je novu vrstu industrijske ovisnosti. Umjesto nafte i plina, klju\u010dne geopoliti\u010dke poluge postale su nalazi\u0161ta litija, nikla, kobalta i kapaciteti za preradu rijetkih zemljanih metala. Koncentracija prerade tih sirovina u rukama malog broja zemalja pretvorila je dobavne lance u instrument vanjske politike. Nekada\u0161nja otvorena globalna trgovina ubrzano se [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","rank_math_description":"","_sky_seo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nekategorizirano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1110,"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/1110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zajedno.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}