Uzbekistan’s $4.2 Billion Critical Minerals Plan Aims to Turn Raw Materials Into Industry

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/uzbekistans-4-2-billion-critical-minerals-plan-aims-to-turn-raw-materials-into-industry/

LIVE: Last day of G7 summit

G7 leaders and heads of partner countries gather for the last day of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains. Host France is pushing partners to agree a statement on critical minerals that could include measures to help the West reduce its reliance on China and shield investors from counter-measures and dumping, diplomats said. #G7 #Groupof7 #Macron #US #Britain #Canada #Germany #Italy #Japan #China #criticalminerals #EvianlesBains #France #live…

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-last-day-of-g7-summit/

PM #Carney meets w/PM of Italy #GiorgiaMeloni

Leaders note ongoing efforts 2 deepn cooperation across range of priorities, inc #CriticalMinerals, #energy, #defence, secure #SupplyChains. Includes recent investment of ~$100M by #Italian nrg co #Eni 2 procure #Canadian #graphite from.. #Québec. The last year has seen #Italy bcecome a member of the #CriticalMineralsProductionAlliance, a Canadian #Trade Mission to Italy, and #CanadianCriticalMineralsInvestmentForum in Italy

https://www.europesays.com/people/116977/

Why Latin America’s Critical Minerals Matter More After the Iran War. #criticalminerals #latinamerica
Two reasons stand out.

The US-Iranian conflict is demonstrating the centrality of AI-enabled warfighting in real time.

The US-Iranian conflict has the potential to propel the energy transition.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-world/why-latin-americas-critical-minerals-matter-more-after-the-iran-war

The US and Central Asia are trying to make critical minerals their thing, and it's actually kind of a big deal

https://worldbriefly.news/the-us-and-central-asia-are-trying-to-make-critical-minerals-their-thing-and-its

#CriticalMinerals #CentralAsia #SupplyChains