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BLOOMBERG: Mining Investor Says U.S. Must Outspend China on Critical Minerals

TechMet's Chairman & CEO, Brian Menell, spoke with S'thembile Cele of Bloomberg News on the importance of challenging China's control of critical minerals supply chains and what the U.S. and other western governments can do to secure the materials that are vital to 21st century economies.

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Congressional Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Hearing on “China’s Domestic Energy Challenges and Its Growing Influence over International Energy Markets”

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S&P Global - INTERVIEW: West urgently needs to redress critical minerals balance: TechMet CEO

Further steps to redress the balance of supplies in critical minerals are urgently needed but displacing China's overwhelming dominance in the sector will be a long and difficult exercise, with Western countries likely to be reliant on the Asian giant’s supply chains for at least the next decade, TechMet CEO Brian Menell told Platts in an interview.

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Op-ed: The Washington Times - China’s critical mineral monopoly threatens U.S. national security

“Unchaining America from dependence on China’s critical mineral supply chains is a national security imperative.”

– Brian Menell 

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