Mining.com · May 2026

• factual reporting of US government actions and policies
• critical framing of Trump administration's rare earth strategies as 'uneven' or ineffective
• neutral coverage of US companies and market developments
• occasional negative evaluation of US policy outcomes

The outlet treats the US as a geopolitical actor and policy subject, not as a personified entity. Stance is neutral overall, but there is mild critical scrutiny of specific Trump administration policies (e.g., funding allocation, lack of deal outcomes). Headlines about US companies (e.g., Rare Earths Americas, USA Rare Earth) are neutral or positive, but these are distinct from the entity 'US' as a country. The entity's quoted content is not a factor here; the outlet's own framing is factual with occasional evaluative adjectives ('uneven', 'small win').

• entity appears only in one headline as a subject of a pitch
• no evaluative language toward the entity
• entity is not the focus of most coverage

Only headline 10 mentions the entity (CA as Canada), and it reports a pitch by Carney without editorial stance. The remaining headlines cover mining projects in various countries, not Canada. Stance is neutral due to lack of substantive coverage.