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Critical minerals are essential for decarbonisation and defence applications and Ms King will tell an audience in Darwin today that the government’s strategy will push back against the “concentration” of critical minerals industries in China.“Market concentration leads to fragility, volatility, and unreliability of key materials, like critical minerals and rare earths. This creates a strategic challenge for Australia, and for our allies,” Ms King will tell the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Darwin Dialogue.“Like-minded partners can build new, diverse, resilient and sustainable supply chains as part of a global hedge against concentration.” QUOTE from AFR article today.
There is a lot of discussions being activated between the Australian Government and allies right now , COB is a perfect example of the type of company that needs to be nurtured to achieve success for the betterment of the domestic economy IMO.