Eight countries join minerals partnership forum at first high-level gathering

Eight countries joined the U.S. and European Union-led Minerals Security Partnership Forum during its first high-level meeting on Thursday, joining the 15 early members of the partnership, the State Department announced. The July 18 virtual gathering brought together ministers and other high-level officials from partner countries and other mineral-producing nations, according to a joint statement from the U.S. and the European Commission. The MSP Forum was established earlier this year to “to deepen and cement the MSP’s partnership with mineral-producing...