Australia and India sign deal on rare earths

https://www.reuters.com/article/india-australia-critical-minerals/australian-india-sign-joint-deal-on-critical-minerals-idUSL4N2DH287

Reuters: Australia has signed a preliminary deal to supply India with critical minerals needed for the new-energy economy, Australia’s resources minister said on Thursday. The agreement focuses on ways to increase bilateral trade, investment and research and development in critical minerals and comes after a virtual meeting at which leaders of both countries also struck accords on mutual access to military bases, and on cyber and key technology. Australia is broadening its push to supply minerals such as lithium and rare earths to strategic trade partners after it signed several similar agreements with the United States in the past two years, most recently in November.