Taxpayers have bought shares in two pre-revenue mineral exploration companies in the latest sign that governments are embracing higher-risk methods of bolstering a local critical minerals industry.
The mission to break China’s stranglehold on the global supply of critical minerals began with concessional loans from governments in Australia and the United States, such as the $1.6 billion loan to Iluka Resources to build Australia’s first domestic rare earths refinery.
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