Bipartisan Critical Minerals Push Aims to Quit Reliance on China

Bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday aimed at reducing the world’s dependency on China for critical minerals acknowledges the US’s vulnerability when it comes to producing elements and metals essential for defense technology, renewable energy, and communications.

The bill, sponsored by Reps. Young Kim (R-Calif.) and Ami Bera (D-Calif.), seeks to strengthen US partnerships with allies to overtake China’s global dominance of the critical minerals and rare earths supply chains. While it alludes to boosting US production and processing capabilities, the legislation represents more of a rallying cry to other nations to work with the US ...