Oct 15, 2026 · 40 min · 14 segments
Critical minerals and rare earths – special rocks – do everything from make our cars go to treat cancer. But the vast majority of production, processing, and manufacturing largely happens in or is…
Gracelin BaskaranGuest
Mary ChildsHost
So we're going to talk about these incredibly important minerals that you've spent the past 13 years studying and how they got to be so powerful and so crucial in our economy and in the world and in geopolitics.
recent experience that sort of illustrates the degree to which critical minerals are so embedded in our supply chains and like become such a choke point? Yeah.
But last year when China imposed rare earth export restrictions in April, I remember talking to some of our colleagues from the U.S. government.
And it was a really big wake up call that critical minerals and mining weren't just these niche commodities in the corner.
And it really moved critical minerals into the center of our geopolitical strategy and of the way we think about economic security now.
So we're going to talk about these incredibly important minerals that you've spent the past 13 years studying and how they got to be so powerful and so crucial in our economy and in the world and in geopolitics.
recent experience that sort of illustrates the degree to which critical minerals are so embedded in our supply chains and like become such a choke point? Yeah.
But last year when China imposed rare earth export restrictions in April, I remember talking to some of our colleagues from the U.S. government.
And it was a really big wake up call that critical minerals and mining weren't just these niche commodities in the corner.
And it really moved critical minerals into the center of our geopolitical strategy and of the way we think about economic security now.
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