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Structured register of government actions in the geoeconomic space — export controls, tariffs, sanctions, FDI screening, subsidies, industrial-policy laws — cross-referenced into the country, minerals, and ETF surface. Charter: docs/IPTM_CHARTER.md.
Severity 1-5 is the qualitative impact rating (1=minor, 5=structural). The bilateral-trade-grounded quant scorer is the next IPTM milestone. RBI (Register Breadth Index) is a complementary structural-breadth indicator from scripts/py/iptm/breadth.py; divergence between RBI and severity is itself informative (high-sev / low-RBI = strategic chokepoint; low-sev / high-RBI = broad but shallow). Every action has at least one primary source URL. Verify-or-don't-file. See also themes, timeline, graph, sankey, map, country exposure, sector exposure, material exposure (+ graph), weekly briefs, portfolio scan, escalation monitor, trans-shipment hubs. Internal triage tools (RSS-poller candidate feed, source-feed health) live under /admin/candidates + /admin/sources. Subscribe via Atom feed (accepts ?country=CN, ?material=lithium, ?issuer=BIS, ?type=export_control, ?etf=SOXX, ?company=NVDA, ?minSeverity=4, ?year=2026, ?q=…) or pull /api/iptm/actions.
India's Ministry of Mines launched, on 1 October 2026, the country's first auction of offshore mineral blocks since a 2024 attempt (13 blocks) was cancelled in December 2025 for lack of bidder interest. Two blocks in the Andaman Sea off Great Nicobar Island — West Sewell Ridge-01 (1,000 sq km) and Sewell Rise-01 (632 sq km) — are offered for Composite Licences (combined exploration and mining rights) covering polymetallic nodules and crusts bearing cobalt, nickel, manganese and copper. The auction runs under the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 and the Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2024, as amended by the Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Amendment Rules, 2026 (notified and effective 24 September 2026), which cut the minimum technically-qualified-bidder threshold for a first-attempt auction from three to two specifically to avoid a repeat of the 2024-25 no-bid cancellation.
On 29 June 2022 the Government of Fiji formally joined the Alliance of Countries for a Deep Sea Mining Moratorium at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama committed Fiji to a precautionary moratorium on commercial seabed mining pending finalisation of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) mining code and comprehensive scientific assessment of environmental impacts. Fiji confirmed it would not operationalise its International Seabed Minerals Management Act 2013 ahead of the ISA regulatory framework. The moratorium stance has been consistently reaffirmed under the subsequent Rabuka administration (2024, 2025), and at the ISA Pacific SIDS Regional Workshop in Suva in May 2026 Minister Filimoni Vosarogo confirmed Fiji remains aligned with the ISA process and will not activate domestic seabed-minerals licensing.