The EU needs to take bolder, more aggressive action to secure critical minerals and could follow the US in pursuing interventionist policy to achieve that goal, delegates heard this week at the Antimony Day in Brussels. The US is deploying aggressive strategies to secure critical minerals, driven by national security concerns and a need to reduce reliance on China. These measures include using the Defense Production Act for funding, establishing price floors to de-risk domestic markets and acquiring stakes in foreign mineral companies. These developments from the US should serve as a wake-up call for EU policy ... (full story)