Japan, U.S., Australia, India to bolster critical mineral cooperation

The top diplomats of Japan, the United States, Australia and India agreed Tuesday to launch an initiative aimed at bolstering cooperation on critical minerals, at a time when China is the dominant player in the global supply of rare earth elements vital for modern technologies.Following a meeting of the so-called Quad grouping in Washington, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters that officials of the four countries will put flesh on the bones of the new project in the coming months before a summit of their leaders in New Delhi this fall."We are deeply concerned about the ab…READ FULL ARTICLE