Trump announces $560m critical minerals investment in tiny NSW town

The Pentagon is investing more than half a billion dollars to expand an Australian critical mineral project poised to become the world's first scandium mine.

The projects include a $1.4 billion loan for batteries, a $400 million loan for scandium, and a $150 million loan for magnets, plus $58 million in Export-Import Bank financing for graphite and boron.

Trump announces $3bn in mining projects as part of critical minerals push  thenationalnews.com

The United States on Friday announced several critical minerals agreements with multiple mining companies, marking its latest push to curb China’s dominance over the production and processing of strategic materials. While attending a round table with global mining industry executives at the State Department, US Preside