Australia pitches to be US fix for China’s rare earth curbs
Representatives of Australian mining firms were told by US agencies that the administration is assessing mechanisms to take equity-like stakes.
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NextSource says graphite operations not impacted by political unrest in Madagascar
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Government equity in miners becomes US norm
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