In September 2019, at the call of the United States, nine countries joined the US Strategic Minerals Initiative. The ones that joined the initiative were the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, the Philippines and Australia.
This year, the United States still has not stopped. At the beginning of the year, Canada and the United States announced at the same time that the two sides have formulated a key mineral cooperation action plan. The purpose is to promote the safe supply of key minerals required for manufacturing, communications technology, aerospace, defense, and clean technology to ensure both parties interest. Among the 35 key minerals announced by the United States, Canada has 13 key minerals that are very rich in resources and can be used as a source of imports of key minerals from the United States. This action plan will provide guidance in the following areas: industry participation; ensuring the security of the supply chain of key minerals required by strategic industries and national defense; strengthening the sharing of mineral resources and potential information; and cooperating with other countries to organize multilateral forums.
Despite the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, global green energy demand is still rising. A senior US diplomat revealed that the US State Department hopes to continue to expand its energy and resource governance initiatives. Frank Fannon, a senior US energy diplomat, said in an interview that we very much hope that other governments and institutions will join our energy resource governance initiatives.
Recently, the U.S. Department of State (Department of State) announced that it will launch a program to provide technical assistance for the development of Colombia’s mining industry. The program will analyze the state of Colombia’s mining development compared with other countries in the region, and then review the country’s laws and regulations. Regulatory framework and suggestions for improving competitiveness. In addition, the project will also review current regulations regarding environmentally sustainable copper mining, with a particular focus on best practices in tailings ponds.
In order to expand its mineral resources "alliance", the United States has never been idle.
