A geopolitical conflict over minerals may finally be a real threat

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A geopolitical conflict over minerals may finally be a real threat - Financial Times

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Similarly, during panics over lithium and nickel supplies in the early 2020s, producers such as Chile and Indonesia were courted (or taken to the WTO) by big users like China, the US and the EU.

A rare earth mine in Inner Mongolia, northern China.

Policymakers worry about bottlenecks — the EU is currently on its fifth list of critical raw materials — but it’s very hard to point at any manufacturing industry in a major economy where a shortage has caused serious damage.