Securing Western-aligned critical minerals supply

Congressional Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Hearing on "China’s Domestic Energy Challenges and Its Growing Influence over International Energy Markets"

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Op-ed: The Washington Times - China’s critical mineral monopoly threatens U.S. national security

“Unchaining America from dependence on China’s critical mineral supply chains is a national security imperative.”

– Brian Menell 

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Financial Times: Qatar invests in US-backed fund to loosen China dominance of critical minerals

Qatar has invested in a US-backed initiative designed to loosen China’s dominance of minerals critical to clean energy in the first such collaboration between a western and Gulf state.

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has agreed to invest $180mn in TechMet, a Dublin-based mining investment vehicle backed by the US International Development Finance Corporation, the country’s development bank.

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