A fresh deal on the future of critical minerals

Marketplace Morning Report

American Public Media

News, Business

4.5 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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From the BBC World Service: Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. have launched a new push to secure supplies of critical minerals, especially the "rare earths" used in many tech products. Pride events in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom have been hit by falling corporate sponsorship. What effect will this have on events? Plus, the Australian airline Qantas says it's investigating a data breach, although it insists flights won’t be impacted.

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1:32.5	There's a new deal on the future of critical minerals.
1:35.7	Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.
1:40.3	I'm Leanna Byrne. Good morning.
1:42.0	Australia, India, Japan and the US. It's a group known as the Quad,
1:46.5	and it's launched a new push to secure supplies of critical minerals. The goal is to cut their
1:51.3	reliance on Chinese rare earths and strengthen their own supply chains. The deal was struck at a meeting in Washington.
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