{"id":3729,"date":"2023-07-13T14:32:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T12:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a2kadvisory.com\/?p=3729"},"modified":"2023-07-15T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T08:30:28","slug":"us-bill-aims-to-counter-china-control-of-congo-critical-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a2kadvisory.com\/fr\/2023\/07\/13\/us-bill-aims-to-counter-china-control-of-congo-critical-minerals\/","title":{"rendered":"US Bill Aims to Counter China Control of Congo Critical Minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3729\" class=\"elementor elementor-3729\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-264cd755 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"264cd755\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"col-lg-8 order-0\"><p>Lucien Kahozi\/Bloomberg , Bloomberg<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614cdd06 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"614cdd06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-622af7c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"622af7c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"single-post\" class=\"container my-4\" data-post-id=\"1043168\"><div class=\"site-content single\"><div class=\"single\"><div class=\"post-inner-content row\"><div class=\"col-lg-8 order-0\"><p>(Bloomberg) &#8212; The Chairman of the House Africa subcommittee, Representative John James of Michigan, introduced a bill requiring the creation of a US national strategy to secure supply chains of critical minerals from Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p><p>The DRC produces about 70% of the world\u2019s cobalt, an ingredient in electric vehicle batteries, and also has major deposits of copper, lithium, tantalum and germanium.<\/p><p>The dominance of Chinese companies in the extraction, processing and refining of these minerals \u201crepresents an economic and national security threat\u201d that impacts energy independence and military preparedness, according to the draft bill.<\/p><p>Read More: China Said to Boost State Cobalt Reserves After Price Tumble<\/p><p>The bill is co-sponsored by Jim Baird of Indiana, Young Kim of California, Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey and Cory Mills of Florida, all Republicans, like James.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b71c99b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b71c99b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"single-post\" class=\"container my-4\" data-post-id=\"1043168\"><div class=\"site-content single\"><div class=\"single\"><div class=\"post-inner-content row\"><div class=\"col-lg-8 order-0\"><p>Source :<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/us-bill-aims-to-counter-china-control-of-congo-critical-minerals-1.1944983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 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