October 8, 2024
State: U.S., ‘C5’ officials eye high-standard critical minerals projects
Officials from the U.S. and five central Asian countries held the inaugural meeting of the “C5+1 Critical Minerals Dialogue” this week to determine the initiative’s objectives, including investments in projects that will help secure critical minerals supply chains, the State Department said on Friday. The U.S., Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan committed last September to work toward closer trade and investment ties and launched the dialogue on critical minerals. The inaugural meeting was held on Thursday and...
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