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Expert tells U.S. senators Canada is a key ally on critical minerals

On May 14, 2025, Gracelin Baskaran, an expert on critical minerals from a Washington-based policy institute, informed a U.S. Senate finance committee that Canada could serve as an important partner in securing access to essential minerals for the United States.
She explained the U.S. Holds only 1.3 percent of the world's rare earths, creating vulnerability and a need to reduce dependence on China, which dominates processing and supply.
Baskaran highlighted Canada’s 34 critical minerals and uranium reserves ten times larger than the U.S., plus its role in supplying zinc, germanium, and gallium important to U.S. Industries.
She emphasized that Canada will be a crucial partner for the U.S. In decreasing dependence on China, and highlighted the need to deepen cooperation to enhance mining, refining, and manufacturing capabilities.
Increasing U.S.-Canada cooperation suggests a better strategy to counter China’s dominance, while tariffs on Canadian imports threaten American sectors such as soybean farming and potash production.

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Land and environmental defenders at risk as Canada, the US and UK pursue critical minerals for weapons - Peace Brigades International-Canada

In this joint policy briefing released today, May 15, 2025, seventeen organizations, including Peace Brigades International, warn that the UK government’s drive to secure minerals like cobalt, nickel and lithium could “fuel environmental destruction, human rights abuses and deepen global inequalities.” Their briefing cautions: “The mining and processing of critical minerals is frequently linked to

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