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Senate hearing warns China dominates critical-mineral supply chains in Africa
Summary
At a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing, the State Department witness and senators described Chinese control of African critical-mineral supply chains, cited examples including lithium market disruption and a recent tailings-dam collapse, and urged U.S. action to build domestic processing and allied supply routes.
Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee's Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee pressed U.S. State Department witness Ambassador Fittrell on China's role in securing critical minerals across Africa and the risks that creates for U.S. supply chains.
"The primary reason why China is investing so heavily in Africa is critical minerals," Chairman Ted Cruz said during opening remarks, and Ambassador Fittrell told the panel the administration is prioritizing throughput to U.S. processing operations as part of a broader commercial diplomacy push. "It's my job to get…
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