Thursday’s bill represents the latest in Washington’s efforts to deal with the fact that China produces and processes the bulk of the world’s rare earths and critical minerals.Critical minerals such as lithium, nickel and cobalt are essential inputs for military supply chains and clean energy technologies. Rare earths are a type of critical mineral that are especially hard to extract. QUOTE
COB success will be assisted by US grants in the future IMO
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