United States Challenges China’s Mineral Dominance

The United States just flipped the script on critical minerals, and Beijing is going to need a minute to process. In a whirlwind 24 hours, a Chinese-backed cobalt deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo got axed, Trump teased a rare earths pact with Ukraine, and a Gates-backed mining firm made a play for Congolese lithium.  If that’s not a full-court press on China’s mineral dominance, what is? Let’s start with Chemaf Resources Ltd., a cobalt and copper mine in Congo backed by Trafigura that was all set to be gobbled up…