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What is driving the global race for critical minerals? - Australia's Mining Monthly
GNews: critical minerals·2026-06-16TradeP1: Resource SovereigntyP5: Strategic DecouplingP3: Industrial Base
Why it matters
Australia holds substantial critical mineral reserves and sits at the centre of a strategic global race for rare earths, lithium, cobalt, and other defence/energy-critical inputs. Rising global competition strengthens Australia's resource-sovereignty position (Pillar 1) and strategic decoupling leverage (Pillar 5), provided domestic processing and manufacturing capacity expand in parallel.
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