US ‘Way Ahead’ of Last Year for Rare Earths Operations, Says CSIS Critical Minerals Director

President Donald Trump has made securing rare earth minerals that are crucial for military and high-tech applications one of his top priorities, The US has renewed a focus on not just operations abroad, including a newly vowed $1 billion for critical minerals supply chain in Congo, but also accelerating mining and processing production domestically. CSIS Critical Minerals Security Program Director Gracelin Baskaran joined Carol Massar and Matt Miller on ‘Bloomberg Businessweek Daily’ to break it down. (Source: Bloomberg)