China’s Critical Mineral Strategy: Looking Beyond Geopolitics

Critical minerals have become a battlefield in intensifying geopolitical rivalries. Economies across the world, from developed and developing to resource-rich and resource-poor, are racing to secure supplies, strengthen sovereign control, expand processing capabilities and advance extraction and refining technologies.

Many of these strategies rely on friendshoring supply chains with allies and trusted partners to derisk against the dominant player—China. But the extent to which China poses a risk in critical mineral supply chains requires a closer examination of its strategies and policies, which are more nuanced than widely perceived.

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