United States deploys financial firepower to challenge Chinese control of African minerals
Washington is using offtake deals and state funding to secure African copper and cobalt. This strategy bypasses Chinese control without the high risk of mining.
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US government is utilizing offtake agreements and state-backed funding to secure supplies of African copper, cobalt, and other critical minerals. This strategy is designed to reroute production into value chains aligned with the US US and to contest the long-standing control held by Chinese 
CN firms over these resources. These ongoing efforts are actively changing mineral trade flows and the overall structure of global supply chains for these essential inputs.
US government is utilizing offtake agreements and state-backed funding to secure supplies of African copper, cobalt, and other critical minerals. This strategy is designed to reroute production into value chains aligned with the US US and to contest the long-standing control held by Chinese CN firms over these resources. These ongoing efforts are actively changing mineral trade flows and the overall structure of global supply chains for these essential inputs.
