重要鉱物
Argentina signs strategic agreement with US on critical minerals
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Argentina and the United States signed an agreement in Washington D.C. to boost the supply and processing of critical minerals, vital for new technologies. Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and his counterpart Marco Rubio took part in the signing at the Ministerial Meeting on Critical Minerals on February 4, 2026.
On January 28, 2026, China's Zijin Mining announced a US$4 billion takeover of Allied Gold's three African mines. On February 3, Swiss mining giant Glencore entered talks to sell a 40 per cent stake in its Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) copper and cobalt operations to the US-backed Orion Critical Mineral Consortium. These developments underscore the escalating competition between China and the United States over critical minerals.
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米国は4日、日本と欧州諸国と協力して重要鉱物の供給を確保するためのアクションプランを策定すると発表した。中国の希少金属輸出制限への懸念が高まる中、供給チェーンの安定化を目指す。貿易代表部は、多国間貿易イニシアチブの検討も示唆した。