Abigail Hunter, executive director of the SAFE Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, said that given the long timelines and capital expenditure required to develop mines and processing facilities, international diplomacy must be a “cornerstone” of minerals efforts.
Hunter said the summit exemplified the Trump administration’s approach on critical minerals: prioritizing supply chains for American companies, which it believes can benefit allies at the same time.
“The U.S. has been uber-clear to its allies, we need to steer the stuff for us, for our industry,” Hunter said. “Making sure that those expectations are set is really helpful to kind of empower other nations to also pursue similar measures, while also being able to join in when it makes sense under this large market player who’s making these sizable differences in the supply chain through investments and through regulations.”
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