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Quad countries join forces to secure critical minerals

2025/7/2
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Bertha Bradley
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Emily Sally
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Marco Rubio
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Marco Rubio: 我认为关键矿产全球供应链的多样化至关重要，不仅要获取原材料，还要具备加工和提炼能力，这对于所有技术和行业都至关重要。 Roe Darwin: 我认为四方联盟的成立改变了市场氛围，但缺乏具体措施，企业不会立即投资。中国在采矿和加工方面没有天然优势，关键在于西方过去缺乏这样做的意愿。借助新技术，矿产加工不再像过去那样具有污染性，许多冶炼厂和精炼厂都是高科技运营，排放得到控制，可以为国家带来就业和税收。西方政府需要通过补贴或最低支持价格等形式介入，以支持这些设施。 Ronan Murphy: 我认为关键矿产行动计划已经宣布过，这些国家都知道需要更多的关键矿产供应，并且已经承诺投入数十亿美元，但这些都是长期的，短期内对金属价格没有实际影响。贸易战和相关波动实际上造成了更不确定的贸易环境，缺乏透明度，这抵消了美国、欧盟和中国以外的亚洲国家推动私营部门投资的动力。

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