Release Notes

75-Year REE Production Chart, Country Breakdown by Producer

• feature75-year rare earth production chart (1950-2025) - a new interactive stacked area chart traces global REE mine output from the Mountain Pass era through China's monopoly and the current Western recovery, with four historical reference lines and a custom tooltip showing US share. Data is drawn from USGS Data Series 140 (1900-2020) merged with MCS 2021-2026.
• featureCountry breakdown chart (2018-2025) - a companion stacked bar chart on the same page breaks down annual production by China, the United States, Australia, Burma, and all other producers. A Python scraper extracts the data directly from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries PDFs (2020-2026), giving eight years of country-level history previously unavailable in structured form.

Value Chain Products, Policy Articles on Product Pages, Active Projects First

• featureRare Earth Products restructured by value chain - the products listing now groups all 32 tracked products into five tiers - Concentrate, Oxide, Metal, Alloy, and Magnet - with colour-coded sections and an anchor navigation bar. Each product carries a category badge on its detail page making it clear where it sits in the supply chain.
• featurePolicy articles now appear on product detail pages - the Policy Articles card has been extended to product pages, surfacing relevant policy updates directly alongside each product. Articles are tagged to specific products (e.g. Dysprosium Oxide, NdPr Metal, NdFeB Sintered Magnets) so the context is precise rather than element-level.
• featureRelated Projects sorted by activity and capped at 6 - the Related Projects section on product, ore, and element detail pages now orders operating and construction-stage projects first, shows only the top 6 by default, and provides a "Show N more" expand button for the remainder. This reduces visual noise on pages with large project lists.

Cross-page Entity Links, Byproduct Recovery Type & Expanded Seed Data

• featureCross-entity internal links on all detail pages - company, country, facility, project, rare earth element, and rare earth ore detail pages now surface rich contextual links to related entities (e.g. elements shown on a project page, facilities linked from a company page). This makes it easier to navigate the full rare earth supply chain from any starting point.
• featureBYPRODUCT_RECOVERY entity type - a new EntityType enum value has been added to the data model and a corresponding database migration applied. This allows supply chain entities involved in recovering rare earths as a byproduct of other mining or processing operations to be correctly classified.
• improvementExpanded country, company and mineral seed data - new countries and companies have been added with detailed policy notes, and rare earth mineral records now include typical element associations and richer descriptions, improving the depth of content available across country, company and element pages.
• improvementProjectStatus component accuracy - a redundant step keyword was removed and the active-step index calculation was corrected, ensuring the status indicator on project detail pages always highlights the correct current stage.

Project Milestones Feed, Homepage Icon Refresh & ESM Compatibility Fix

• featureProject Milestones feed page — a new /projects/milestones page displays all tracked project milestones across the full project portfolio. The page opens in a Timeline view (active & upcoming + recently completed within 24 months) with filter tabs for In Progress, Blocked, Upcoming, Completed, and All. Each card shows status badge, target date, milestone title, description, and a link to the parent project page.
• featureMilestoneFlow component on project detail pages — individual project pages now render an inline milestone timeline (MilestoneFlow) showing the full ordered sequence of milestones for that project, with colour-coded status indicators (Completed, In Progress, Pending, Blocked).
• featuretargetDateIso field on project milestones — a machine-readable DateTime column added to the ProjectMilestone model alongside the existing human-readable targetDate string. Used for chronological sorting and date-range filtering in the milestones feed. All seeded milestones backfilled with ISO dates.
• improvementHomepage value-proposition card icons refreshed — the REE Production card now uses a presentation chart-line icon (conveying production trend data) and the Policy Impact card uses a document-text icon (conveying regulatory documents), replacing icons that were semantically mismatched.
• fixrequire is not defined runtime error on project pages — Next.js 16 with Turbopack compiles server files as ESM, where require is not a global. lib/prisma.ts was updated to use createRequire(import.meta.url) from node:module instead of bare require() calls for loading pg and @prisma/adapter-pg, resolving the ReferenceError on all project detail pages.

Policy Articles Card, Styled Policy Tables & Production Chart Fix

• featurePolicy Articles Card — a new PolicyArticlesCard server component that surfaces the most recent policy and regulatory articles tagged with a given entity (company, country, project, or rare earth element). The card shows up to five articles with headline, date, and summary, plus a link to the full tag page. Returns nothing if no matching articles exist, so it is safe to render on any detail page unconditionally.
• featureContextual policy updates on all entity detail pages — the PolicyArticlesCard is now embedded in Company, Country, Project, and rare earth Element detail pages. Visitors viewing a specific company, country, project, or element will automatically see related policy updates in context, directly on the detail page.
• featureStyled markdown tables in policy articles — the policy detail page now renders markdown tables with full Tailwind styling: collapsible horizontal scroll wrapper, column borders, alternating row dividers, bold header cells, and dark-mode support. Policy articles that include structured data tables (e.g. trade statistics, regulatory comparison matrices) now display correctly instead of falling back to unstyled HTML.
• fixProduction Revenue Chart shows latest quarter — ProductionRevenueChart updated to correctly identify and highlight the most recent reporting quarter from the production data feed, ensuring the chart always reflects the latest available figures.
• fixHyphen consistency in policy content — em dashes and en dashes in existing policy article content replaced with regular hyphens, consistent with the site-wide writing style rule.

ESG Forensic Audit Registry, LREE/HREE Element Pages & Supply Chain Expansion

• featureESG Forensic Audit Registry — a password-protected dashboard section (/dashboard/audit) that displays satellite-derived metabolic profiles for rare earth processing facilities. Each profile shows SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) truck-activity and SWIR (Short-Wave Infrared) thermal signatures extracted from Sentinel-1/2 and Landsat 8/9 data, with a time-shift control and a composite risk score based on emission-intensity, governance, and supply-chain influence. Access is gated via a token-based cookie issued at /dashboard/audit/unlock.
• featureGoogle Earth Engine forensic engine — a Python-based satellite extraction pipeline (scripts/forensic-engine/main.py) that queries Landsat 8/9 TIRS Band 10 for kiln-level thermal extraction, Sentinel-2 10m RGB for visual pin inspection, and Sentinel-1 SAR for truck-activity layers across registered facility regions. Includes a thermal-hotspot-finder.js GEE script for coordinate calibration and a multi-sensor Mode B pipeline for enclosed HREE separation plants.
• featureMultiple border nodes per metabolic profile — the MetabolicProfile Prisma model was refactored to support a BorderNode[] relation (one-to-many), enabling representation of facilities with multiple cross-border material flows. The ForensicChart component and audit detail page were updated to display each border node.
• featureLREE and HREE dedicated element pages — new /rare-earth-elements/lree and /rare-earth-elements/hree pages provide detailed breakdowns of Light and Heavy Rare Earth Elements respectively, with element cards, key applications, supply context, and internal links to individual element pages.
• featureRound Top → Caremag → JOGMEC supply chain corridor — a new STRATEGIC corridor added to the supply chain map: Round Top Project (TX, USA) feeds heavy REE concentrate to Caremag Lacq (FR), which supplies Dysprosium and Terbium oxides to JOGMEC Strategic Offtake (Tokyo, JP) under a government offtake agreement (20%). Anchored by the France-Japan Critical Minerals Roadmap (Apr 2026).
• featureFive new policy articles added to the Policy Tracker: Vietnam REE Export Ban (impact on HREE supply chains); Canberra Consensus (EU–Australia critical minerals FTA); Japan/Lynas NdPr $110/kg Floor (bilateral price floor contract); China 45% Price Hike & Sulphuric Squeeze (Apr 2026 export pricing and upstream chemical constraints); and the Caremag Protocol — the France-Japan heavy rare earth roadmap (Apr 2026) with linked company pages.
• featureCountry flag clipped to silhouette — the country detail page header now renders the national flag image clipped and composited inside the SVG country shape silhouette, replacing the blank outline for a richer visual identity.
• featureMine popup notes display — the MinePopupContent map popup now shows analyst notes when present, giving in-map context for flagged or noteworthy projects.
• featureNew mining project: Boland Project — added to seed data with full attributes covering an exploration-stage project.
• featureNew companies added — several new rare earth industry companies added to seed data, expanding the Companies directory.
• featureNew ISR Jailbreak article and Cobra Resources content — added analytical content on in-situ recovery innovation in rare earth mining.
• improvementProxy middleware for audit access control — middleware.ts protects all /dashboard/audit routes via cookie validation, with the unlock route issuing a signed cookie on correct token submission.
• improvementGitHub Actions forensic audit workflow — automated forensic-audit.yml workflow added to run the Python extraction pipeline on a schedule.
• improvementRevalidation period extended to 86400 seconds (24 h) across marketing pages for improved CDN cache efficiency.
• improvementVerify script parallelised — TypeScript type-check, oxlint, and slug validation now run concurrently in verify.sh, cutting pre-flight check time significantly.
• improvementProduction data updated — new financial-year tonnage entries and corrected values added to production-data.json and mp-production-data.json.
• fixIdempotent migration — all DROP statements in the border-node migration use IF EXISTS guards to prevent re-run failures in staging/production.
• fixSecurity hardening — removed console.log of MailerLite API responses, contact-form email addresses, and supply-chain map debug output to prevent credential/data leakage in production logs.
• fixCorrected Lynas map coordinates; updated website URLs for China Rare Earth Group and Guangdong Rare Earth Industry Group; updated project statuses and target years for accuracy across seed data.
• fixReplaced Unicode country emoji with the CountryFlag component across company detail pages for improved cross-platform consistency.

Country Shape Silhouettes on Country Detail Pages

• featureCountry shape silhouette added to each country detail page header — an auto-fitted SVG outline of the country is rendered on the right-hand side of the header on desktop, using Natural Earth 110m vector data via world-atlas@2 and d3-geo with a Mercator projection for familiar, recognisable shapes.
• improvementCountry detail page header restructured into a two-column flex layout on desktop — stats and metadata on the left, country silhouette on the right (320px wide), making better use of horizontal space.

Myanmar Supply Chain Mapping, OG Images & Project Notes

• featureAdded Myanmar artisanal cluster and border gate entity types — new ARTISANAL_CLUSTER and BORDER_GATE entities with custom map icons and pulse animations to represent informal mining zones and trade crossing choke-points (e.g. Myanmar–China border gates).
• featureAdded Growth Hub and State Hub entity types — new GROWTH_HUB and STATE_HUB entities with distinct map icons to distinguish non-China bypass hubs (e.g. Thailand) from Chinese state-owned processing clusters. Seeded 4 Chinese state hub super-nodes (Baotou / Inner Mongolia, Ganzhou / Jiangxi, Leshan / Sichuan, and a downstream magnet hub) plus a shadow-flow supply link from Myanmar's Chipwi artisanal zone to Ganzhou.
• featureDynamic Open Graph images for policy pages — each policy entry now generates a branded 1200×630 OG image via /api/og/policy/[slug], with headline, summary, and date rendered server-side using next/og and sharp.
• featureOpen Graph & Twitter Card metadata added to all policy detail pages — og:title, og:description, og:image, twitter:card, and article:published_time are now set for improved social sharing previews.
• featureAdded Analyst Notes section on project detail pages — projects with notes now display them in a highlighted amber panel beneath the existing content.
• featureNew policy entry: Canada–Australia G7 Alliance added to seed data, covering the bilateral critical minerals cooperation agreement.
• featureNew facility: REalloys Inc. Metal Alloys Facility added to seed data with processing facility details and supply chain links.
• improvementCarbonatite ore type matching updated to use includes() instead of strict equality, correctly handling projects with composite ore type strings (e.g. Carbonatite/Xenotime).
• improvementMap popup positioning improved across Mines, Facilities, OfftakeLinks, and SupplyLinks layers — autoPanPaddingTopLeft added to prevent popups from being obscured by map controls.
• improvementUpdated Lynas company details and operational notes for enhanced HREE content accuracy in seed data.

Policy Tracker — Markdown Rendering & Clickable Tags

• featurePolicy entries now support full Markdown rendering — headings, bold/italic, bullet and numbered lists, blockquotes, inline code, horizontal rules, and smart external/internal link detection. Powered by react-markdown + remark-gfm.
• featureAdded new policy entry: US Critical Minerals Price Floor Proposal — covering the proposed contract-for-difference price floor mechanism for NdPr and Dysprosium to de-risk domestic rare earth production.
• featurePolicy tags are now clickable — each tag links to a dedicated tag detail page at /policy/tag/[slug], listing all policy articles for that topic. Active tag is highlighted in blue; other tags on each card remain navigable.
• improvementGit commit hash is now embedded at build time via next.config.ts and displayed in the footer alongside the version number, linking to the release notes.
• fixCorrected a punctuation error (apostrophe) in the US output statement on the Global Output page.
• improvementDependency refresh — all direct and dev dependencies updated to latest compatible versions.

Country Intelligence & Myanmar Coverage

• featureAdded Myanmar country page with spotlight block highlighting its role as the world's dominant Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREE) supplier, including ionic clay production context, conflict-zone supply risk disclosure, and 100% China export dependency.
• featureIntroduced USGS & MCS mineral stats on all country pages — production and reserves figures (USGS MCS 2026 / USGS MCS 2025) shown in a 2-column stat grid with N/A states, hover tooltip explanations, and a years-of-reserves-at-current-production sub-label.
• featureAdded CountryMineralStat database table (country_mineral_stats) with production, capacity, reserves, year, source, and estimate flags per country. Seeded from USGS 2026 and MCS 2025 CSV data files with 72 records across 36 countries.
• featureCountry listing page now orders by production descending (secondary: reserves), with each card showing production and reserves chips and a footer row of project/facility counts pinned to the card bottom for consistent alignment.
• featureIntroduced isArtisanal flag on the Country model. Nigeria and Myanmar are marked as artisanal producers — listing cards show an amber "Artisanal Producer" badge instead of zero project/facility counts, and detail pages explain the informal/distributed production model with N/A project and facility sections.
• featureAdded production share donut chart on each country detail page, showing the country's share of global REO output against top 6 producers using USGS 2026 data.
• fixFixed country flags not rendering on Windows — replaced Unicode Regional Indicator emoji with flagcdn.com CDN <img> tags for cross-platform compatibility.
• fixFixed contradictory MINERAL_COUNTRY_ALIASES in seed.js that caused United States production stats to fail country linkage.
• improvementUnit formatting corrected to proper SI notation: kt (kilotonne) and Mt (megatonne) across all stat displays.

Processing Facilities Listing Page

• featureAdded a new Processing Facilities listing page at /facilities — browse all rare earth midstream and downstream processing facilities with country and process-type filters, facility cards showing operator, process type badge, country flag, and target year.
• featureAdded Processing Facilities link to the main navigation (desktop and mobile), making the facility index directly accessible from any page.
• fixExisting /facilities/[slug] detail pages now link back to the new listing page instead of the Supply Chain Map, improving in-site navigation.

Projects Filtering & Ore Type Data Quality

• featureAdded country, company, and ore type filters to the Mining Projects listing page, with an active-filter summary banner and empty-state handling when no projects match.
• featureAdded company links on each project card in the Mining Projects listing, allowing direct navigation from a project to its parent company page.
• dataPopulated full descriptions, typical elements, processing difficulty, and processing notes for 8 new Ore Type records (Apatite, Eudialyte, Mineral Sands, Pegmatite, Phosphogypsum Tailings, Complex Ore, Carbonatite / Clays, Zircon / HREE) — previously shown as empty cards on the Rare Earth Ores listing page.
• dataBackfilled ore_type_id on all 27 mining projects — 16 records previously had only a raw ore type string with no relation to the OreType table. Backfill is now integrated into the seed script for all environments.
• fixFixed Related Projects on product detail pages to correctly include projects from companies with company-level production stats (e.g. Lynas projects now appear on the NdPr Oxide page).

USGS MCS 2026 Dashboard Refresh

• dataUpdated all three Market Intelligence Dashboard KPI cards with USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 figures: Global Output revised to 390,000 MT (2025 est., +2.6% YoY); Diversification Pipeline delta updated to reflect current 16% non-Chinese capacity vs 30% target.
• dataRefreshed Global Output detail page with 2025 production data. Country table reordered by actual output with real tonnages. Burma footnote added clarifying concentrate vs REO accounting. Market context narrative updated with correct 2.6% YoY growth and country-specific highlights.
• dataUpdated Separation Bottleneck detail page with USGS MCS 2026 import data: US sources 71% of REE compounds from China; Terbium, Holmium, and Lutetium 100% China-sourced; US net import reliance rebounded to 67% in 2025. Added visual import-source bar chart.
• dataRevised Diversification Pipeline detail page: non-Chinese capacity updated to 16% (from 12%); Vietnam strategy relabelled to Restricted following export control-driven output collapse to 150 MT; Vietnam reserves corrected to 3.5M MT per USGS MCS 2026 (removing prior unsourced 22M MT figure); US domestic compound production milestone of 8,900 MT (2025) added.
• uiRebuilt Diversification Leaders leaderboard with four entries grounded in USGS 2026 production data: USA (51,000 MT, record output), Australia (29,000 MT, Lynas), Brazil (+257% YoY), Thailand (+129% YoY). Replaced prior entries for Nigeria and Vietnam which were based on stale or inaccurate figures.
• fixFixed Burma/Myanmar flag not rendering on the Global Output country table — added Myanmar ISO code (MM) mapping for all name variants including "Burma", "Myanmar", and "Burma (Myanmar)".

2025 USGS Data Series Integration

• dataIntegrated USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (2025 production data) across all visualization pages, providing the most current rare earth market intelligence available.
• featureImplemented parallel -2024 and -2025 route architecture for all data visualization pages (Market Share, Sleeping Giants, Sustainability Clock, Geopolitical Balance, Global Growth), enabling year-over-year comparison and historical analysis.
• visualizationUpdated Geopolitical Balance Sankey Chart with 2025 data showing China Bloc production increase to 301,000 MT and Western Alliance growth to 87,220 MT.
• dataAdded Data Quality Note on Nigeria's 88.5% production revision (13,000 MT → 1,500 MT) explaining USGS methodology shift from customs-based estimates to verified formal production reporting.
• infrastructureEnhanced Sitemap and Smoke Test Coverage to include all time-series data visualization routes, ensuring proper indexing and runtime validation of 343 total routes.
• uiStandardized all data visualization pages with consistent year-suffix naming convention reflecting actual data year rather than USGS report publication year for improved clarity.

Platform Launch: Complete Market Intelligence Suite

• featureUpgraded Interactive Rare Earth Map to a dedicated full-screen tool (previously embedded in marketing pages) with multi-layer visualization of projects, facilities, consumers, and offtake contracts. Features dynamic filtering, Pacific-centric projection, and direct navigation to entity detail pages.
• dashboardIntroduced Market Intelligence Dashboard featuring Global Output Analytics, Refining Concentration metrics, and Geopolitical Diversification KPIs with real-time data integration.
• featureAdded comprehensive Policy Section with metadata generation, listing views, and detailed policy analysis pages covering strategic initiatives and regulatory frameworks across major producing nations.
• visualizationImplemented Interactive Periodic Table with clickable rare earth elements, detailed chemistry information, and enhanced seed data featuring element descriptions and applications.
• analyticsCreated dedicated Global REE Output and Refining Concentration pages with detailed statistics, insights, and production flow analysis from mine to market.
• dataEnhanced Country & Company Intelligence with filterable company directories, detailed country profiles for Nigeria and Brazil, and expanded metadata including city locations and business registration details.
• compliancePublished Privacy Policy and Terms of Service pages establishing legal framework and data governance standards for the platform.

Geopolitical Balance of Power

• featureAdded Geopolitical Balance Sankey Chart visualizing the "Two Worlds" of Rare Earths: The China-Centric Bloc vs. The Western Alliance.
• visualizationImplemented comparative analysis of Production Dominance (China: 76%) vs. Reserve Potential (West: 43%) using USGS MCS 2025 data.
• dataIntegrated specific 2024 data points for China Bloc (China, Burma) and Western Alliance (USA, Aus, Brazil, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Nigeria).
• uiAdded "Relative Market Share" scaling to Comparison Charts to accurately visualize the disparity between production flows and massive reserve bases.

Sustainability Clock: The Time Dimension

• featureIntroduced the Sustainability Clock visualization (R/P Ratio), a new strategic tool analyzing the lifespan of rare earth reserves for major producers like USA, China, and Brazil.
• visualizationImplemented a logarithmic time scale chart using recharts to effectively visualize the massive disparity between "Fading Star" producers (~42 years) and "Strategic Vaults" (>1,000,000 years).
• growthIntegrated Newsletter Signup components across all key data chart pages (Market Share, Velocity, Sleeping Giants) to improve user capture from high-value analysis pages.
• uiEnhanced chart tooltips for better readability and fixed layout overflow issues in vertical chart presentations.

Supply Chain Velocity Map

• featureAdded Supply Chain Velocity map to visualize Year-over-Year production growth (2023-2024), highlighting emerging producers like Thailand (+261%) and Nigeria (+80%).
• interactiveInteractive map elements with direct navigation to Country Detail pages (e.g., clicking USA, Thailand) for deeper analysis of local supply chains.
• uiNew "Dark Mode" visualization scheme using react-simple-maps with dynamic color scaling (Red for decline, Green for growth) and accessible tooltips.
• performanceOptimized map hydration strategy to prevent server-client mismatches and ensure smooth loading of geospatial data.

Pacific-Centric Map Visualization

• featureIntroduced Pacific View for the Global Supply Chain Map, reorienting the visualization to center on the Pacific Ocean. This better illustrates Trans-Pacific logistics flows between Asian producers and American consumers.
• enhancementImplemented dynamic map centering that automatically adjusts to fit all visible nodes, ensuring optimal framing whether viewing global chains or specific regional networks.
• visualizationUpdated coordinate systems for supply chain links and offtake contracts to seamlessly handle the 180th meridian crossing in Pacific View.

Sleeping Giants: Reserves Analysis

• featureLaunched Sleeping Giants analysis page, visualizing the critical gap between proven Rare Earth reserves and current output for key nations like Brazil, Vietnam, and India.
• visualizationEnhanced REEReservesChart with high-contrast accessibility updates, clear unit scaling (Millions vs. Thousands of Tonnes), and improved tooltip clarity.
• dataAdded India to the tracked countries database and linked analysis narratives directly to country detail pages for deeper exploration.
• dataExpanded India's supply chain map with 4 key facilities (OSCOM, MK, Chavara, RED) and strategic offtake agreements with Toyota Tsusho (Japan) and MIDHANI (Defense).

Global Market Share Visualization

• featureAdded Global Market Share Analysis page, visualizing the 'Dominance vs. Diversity' shift in 2024 global rare earth mine production.
• visualizationImplemented a high-contrast Donut Chart to clearly differentiate Chinese production (69%) from the emerging Allied supply chain (USA, Australia, Thailand).
• uxAdded context-aware tooltips and custom legends sorted by production volume for better data readability.

MP Materials Data & Multi-Currency Support

• featureAdded comprehensive production tracking for MP Materials (NYSE: MP), monitoring both REO Concentrate and separated NdPr Oxide outputs.
• architectureImplemented multi-currency support for production charts. Charts now dynamically display revenue in the reporting currency (e.g., USD for MP Materials, AUD for Lynas).
• dataAdded historical and recent production/revenue data for MP Materials from FY2023 to present.
• uiEnhanced Data Hub with dedicated cards for MP Materials production streams.

Generalized Production Stats & Dynamic Routing

• architectureRefactored production statistics to support any company and product. Stats are now linked directly to Company and Rare Earth Product entities.
• featureIntroduced dynamic routing for production data at /data/production/[company]/[product], enabling scalable tracking for additional producers beyond Lynas.
• uiUpdated production charts to be generalized, supporting dynamic product names and volume units.
• uiAdded cross-linkages: Company pages now list available production data, and Product pages list producing companies, enabling seamless navigation to statistical insights.

Lynas Q2 FY26 Production Data

• dataUpdated NdPr production and revenue tracking with Lynas Rare Earths Q2 FY26 results: 1,404 tonnes NdPr production and $201.9M AUD revenue.

Project Lifecycle Status Indicators

• uiAdded visual lifecycle status indicators (Exploration → Development → Construction → Operating) to project cards, providing an at-a-glance view of project maturity.
• uiEnhanced active project cards with a subtle green border to highlight operational facilities.

Texas Triangle & Supply Chain Logic Improvements

• dataTexas Triangle Update (Jan 2026) — Added 'Round Top Project' ($1.6B investment) and 'Lynas Seadrift' (Status: Stalled/Risk). Established the 'American Independent' loop (Round Top → Wheat Ridge → Stillwater) and 'Allied Chain' connections.
• fixMap Filtering Engine — Fixed issue where selecting isolated projects (e.g., Donald Rare Earths) failed to filter the map. Enhanced recursive chain tracing to correctly display branching supply routes.
• dataData Cleanups — Consolidated legacy Kalgoorlie nodes into a single processing facility and removed duplicate Fort Worth markers.

Data Integrity Verification & Map Legend Updates

• dataComprehensive data verification completed for facility nodes, specifically validating Solvay and Silmet supply chain integration.
• uiEnhanced Supply Chain Map legend to explicitly identify 'Strategic Routes' (purple lines), improving navigation of priority corridors.

Primary domain migration: reetracker.com.au → reetracker.com

• featPrimary domain migrated from reetracker.com.au to reetracker.com. Updated canonical URLs, sitemap entries, and server-side redirects.
• infraUpdated runtime configuration and web manifest to support the new .com domain and ensured subscription endpoints remain functional.

Accessibility & Security Update

• fixSecurity Hardening — Critical dependency updates to address potential vulnerabilities in server-side routing middleware (Hono).
• a11yAccessibility Foundation — Achieved 100% Lighthouse Accessibility score. Consolidated semantic HTML structure and ARIA compliance across core navigation and layout components.
• uiForm Usability — Enhanced form labeling and error state announcements for screen reader compatibility.

Supply Chain Connectivity & Data Fidelity

• featDirect Facility Interconnects — enabled direct modeling of facility-to-facility material flows, bypassing abstract logistics nodes for tighter supply chain representation.
• featLogistics Hub Architecture — added first-class support for Logistics Hubs to model aggregation and distribution points.
• featEnhanced Offtake Confidence — granular confidence tracking for offtake agreements with notes and conditional constraints.
• dataData Fidelity Upgrade — expanded metadata support for supply chain links including transport modes and detailed annotations.

Global Map Optimization & Strategic Policy Intelligence

• featGlobal Supply Chain Visualization v2 — enhanced interactive map with full-height spatial flow tracking and optimized container layout.
• featStrategic Policy Impact Monitoring — integrated tracking for export bans and geopolitical policy shifts, specifically targeting Vietnam 2026 milestones.
• featExperimental Resource Support — initialized mapping for deep-sea extraction nodes (Minamitorishima) and urban mining recovery metrics.
• featRegional Geopolitical Pulse — dedicated flow analysis for strategic extraction-to-processing corridors between Japan and Vietnam.

Offtake Intelligence & Consumer Network Integration

• featIntroduce 'Offtake Agreement' visualization — new binding gold paths and muted ochre lines representing legal supply contracts and projected flows.
• featConsumer Node Integration — mapping downstream end-users including Hyundai (EV), Siemens (Wind), and Apple (Recycled Feedstock).
• featStrategic NKN Hubs — enhanced hexagonal markers for high-integration nodes like the Ochang Metals Plant (ASM) and MP Fort Worth.
• feat2026 Production Watch — dedicated map filter and visual badges for facilities and mines targeting operational milestones in 2026.
• featIntegrated Value Chain UI — new detailed tooltips for vertical hubs showing transition from Mine to Oxide to Metal to Magnet.
• featPWA & Mobile Optimization — improved manifest support and app icons for a native-like experience on critical mineral intelligence dashboards.

Vietnam Pulse & Strategic NKN Integration

• featIntroduce 'Vietnam Pulse' initiative — comprehensive mapping of Vietnam's transition from raw ore exporter to a midstream processing hub (LS Eco Energy, Dong Pao).
• featNKN (Non-Kinetic Networks) Corridor visualization — new pulsing blue paths representing non-Chinese strategic supply chains from Vietnam to South Korea and beyond.
• featVertical Hub mapping — new hexagonal map markers with pulsing animations for integrated 'Full-Stack' facilities (Mine + Beneficiation + Metal).
• featHREE (Heavy Rare Earths) Map Filter — dedicated toggle to isolate high-value Dysprosium (Dy) and Terbium (Tb) production nodes across the globe.
• featProcessing Roadmap UI — multi-stage visual progress bars on detail pages showing the transition from Mining to Oxide to Metal for integrated projects.
• featEnhanced Country Strategic Cards — high-contrast policy highlights for Vietnam (National Strategic Asset Law) and Australia ($6Bn Critical Minerals Facility).
• featNew 'Global Production Hubs' index — dedicated /countries page providing a hierarchical overview of the REE sector by nation.
• infraUpdate Prisma schema with VERTICAL_HUB and NKN_CORRIDOR entities for refined supply chain modeling.

SEO & Data Integrity Enhancements

• featUpdate global SEO metadata — new title 'REE Tracker | Global Rare Earth Supply Chain Map & 2026 Intelligence' with enhanced description for better search visibility.
• featImplement mobile gesture handling — map now requires two-finger drag on mobile and Ctrl+Scroll on desktop, preventing scroll-trap issues for improved user experience.
• featAdd institutional trust indicators — footer now displays 'Data last verified: <timestamp>' with link to new Data Methodology page.
• featCreate comprehensive Data Methodology page explaining sourcing from ASX/SEC filings, verification processes, and data currency.
• dataAdd strategic supply chain link — Browns Range (Kimberley) to Eneabba Refinery (Mid-West WA) connection with Xenotime Concentrate offtake agreement.

Supply Chain Detail Pages and Performance Enhancements

• featIntroduce dedicated supply chain detail pages with comprehensive route information showing mine-to-facility connections.
• featAdd conditional UI for integrated operations — facilities co-located with mines now display as single-location operations with enhanced visual indicators.
• featImplement server-side data fetching with Suspense boundaries for instant page shell loading — users see navigation and skeleton immediately while data streams in.
• featAdd ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration) with 1-hour revalidation for improved performance and reduced cold starts.
• featNew 'Details' column in supply chain map table with direct links to individual supply chain pages.
• featEnhanced cross-linking — project and facility detail pages now link to related supply chain routes.
• featOptimize database connection pooling to prevent build-time connection exhaustion with configurable pool limits.
• featImproved URL structure — supply chain slugs now use single hyphens (project-to-facility format) for cleaner, more readable URLs.
• featSEO enhancements — metadata titles now use hyphens instead of arrow symbols, and supply chain links added to sitemap with priority weighting.
• perfAdd preconnect tags for OpenStreetMap tile servers to reduce map load latency.
• perfImplement aggressive caching headers (stale-while-revalidate) for supply chain API with 1-hour fresh cache and 24-hour stale tolerance.

2026 Production Watchlist and Supply Chain Selection Features

• featIntroduce 2026 Production Watchlist highlighting Australian rare earth facilities reaching commissioning or first production in 2026 (Yangibana, ANSTO, Eneabba, Koppamurra).
• featAdd visual indicators for 2026 milestone nodes with gold pulsing animation.
• featImplement multi-select supply chain filtering — users can now select multiple supply chains to view on the map simultaneously.
• featAdd intelligent map pan and zoom — map automatically centers and zooms to show all selected supply chains for optimal viewing.
• featNew supply chain selector table with clear visual hierarchy and 2026 milestone badges.

Major new feature: Interactive Mine → Processing Supply Chain Map

• featIntroduce a map visualizing mining projects and processing facilities, with directional arrows showing supply chain links.
• featCustom icons for mines and facilities, and interactive arrows for supply chain directionality.
• featRich popovers with company, status, ore type, and more for each node and link.
• featImproved map UX and interactivity for supply chain exploration.

Summary of recent feature additions (commits with feat:)

• featAdd release notes page and footer link — a dedicated page listing releases and notable features.
• featAdd product-specific routes and pages for REE products to improve navigation.
• featClient-side improvements to the NdPr production chart for better performance and interactivity.