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Threat of war is new driver of mineral markets

Fragmenting geopolitical outlook weighs on minds at Riyadh conference

William Clarke
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Threat of war is new driver of mineral markets | Credits: Air Force Senior Airman Nicole Koreen

Robert Friedland struck a typically bombastic note in his keynote address to the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. To his well-rehearsed arguments for growing need for critical minerals, he...

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