NAGOYA, Japan/SYDNEY — Australia's resources minister says Japan will be a key source of investment and technology to build supply chains for critical minerals independent of China.
Speaking to Nikkei Asia on the sidelines of the Australia-Japan Joint Business Conference in Nagoya, Madeleine King said the two countries needed to strengthen cooperation to compete with China, which dominates the supply of rare earth minerals and the processing of important metals lithium and nickel. used to make batteries.